William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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William Stewart William Monsees Elbert Dempsey D BATE On the whole we feel that this year the debate squad has been rather success- ful in arguing the question: Resolved, That the Federal Government Should Own and Operate the Railroads. The objective of this organization was to provide an opportunity for a larger per cent of students to engage actively in forensics, rather than to concentrate on any one team. The members have engaged in over one hundred debates with forty-five different schools of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Students have participated in tournaments at Atchi- son, Topeka, Valley Falls, Marshall, Liberty, Warrensburg, Bolivar, Springfield, and Kansas City, Kansas. ' During the season members of the squad have met and defeated such out- standing teams as Topeka, Newton, Carrollton, Columbia, Sedalia, Wentworth Military Academy, Webster Groves, loplin, and Springfield. A The following debaters hold membership in the National Forensic League: Elbert Dempsey, Billy Monsees, Billy Stewart-Degree of Distinction, Earl Bonner, Rosemary Spears, Lawrence Clark, lack DeLange, Dick Irwin-Degree of Honor: and Yvonne Tuckfield, Shirley McFarland, Buford Brauninger, Robert Fleming, Robert Kirby, Bill Iones-Degree of Merit. 'The squad was sponsored by Miss Nanabel Cassell. 23

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