Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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First Row, left to right- B. M. Staerkel, debate coach: Ann Study and Sue Grosjean, win- ners of Russell tournament Second Row, left to right4Debate squad: standing, Norman Albright, Jackie Crawford, Don Madole, seated, Rosemary Cobble, Anita Donoho, and Kay Roberts Debate IS IT YES? IS IT NO? Senior high debaters can argue either side with equal dexterity. The students have taken an active part in many tournaments and won second place honors at the state tournament at Lawrence in February. On the question, Resolved: That the United Nations should now be revised into a Federal World Government, B. M. Staerkel's word- wranglers enjoyed a successful season. Although four of this year's team will graduate this spring, several experienced debaters will be on hand next year. Members of the debate .class this year were Norman Albright, Rosemary Cobble, Jackie Craw- ford, Anita Donoho, seniors: Neal Atkinson, Don Madole, Kay Roberts, juniors: Sue Grosjean, Patti Hall, Roberta Saltz, Ann Study, Diane Price, sopho- mores: Carol Wells, Joan Newman, George Fisher, James Lowe, Kathleen Kennedy, and Shirley Price, freshmen. Tourney Rating Tourney Rating Pittsburg third Coffeyville Southwestern second Russell first El Dorado fifth Ark Valley second Hutchinson first District first Kansas City State second

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Y-Teen , Seeking the Beautiful was the senior Y-Teen theme carried out by each committee this year. The highlight of the year was the Mother- Daughter banquet Cherry Blossom time, held February 22 with the Rev. William Sta- ton as the guest speaker. The Mid-Winter Y-Teen conference was held in Sedan with 22 from Winfield attending. The Christmas program given by the Y- Teen was based on a choral reading of the birth of Christ with the senior high homerooms pre- senting gifts to the Children's Home in Wich- ita. Sponsors for the year were Misses Ruth DeTurk, Agnes Lake, Edna Schul, Lucy Headrick, Marguerite Overstreet, Marjorie Manahan, and Grace Karr. First Row, left to right: Head sponsor, Miss Ruth DeTurk, Mary Clarke, Anita Don- oho, Peggy Miller, Beatrice Roessler, Lorice Miller, Phyllis Pickens, Verdeen Craine Second Row, left to right: Marcellee Gra- lapp, Charlotte Anderson, Donita Gentzler, Marilyn Buffum, Pat Curfman, Charlotte gusgi, Joy Fisher, Martha Brant, Patricia oa l-ll-Y The 1948-49 Hi-Y club upheld the stand- ard of their motto, To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian Character, with Martin Snyder, president, Loren Kemp, vice- presidentg and Don Madole, secretary. A Besides the holding of the annual Hi-Y stag in the fall, the local chapter sent two representatives to the second Hi-Y Youth and Government Program at Topeka, gave 3560 to the World Youth Fund, sent S560 to the sup- port of State Work, sent a delegation to the State Conference at Wichita, and sent Presi- dent-elect Martin Snyder to the fifth Na- tional Hi-Y Congress in Oxford, Ohio, during the summer of 1948. T. H. Vaughan and Don Madole were elected as State Conference councilman and representative from the Wichita District for the year 1948-1949. First Row, left to right: Bob Light '45, Bob Jackson, Ronald Carrell, Ralph Titus Jr. Second Row, left to right: Don Smith, Fred Hughes, Bill Lee, Don Madole, Joe Condit Third Row, left to right: Sponsor T. H. Vaughan, Norman Albright, Loren Kemp, Charles McConnell

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First Row, top to bottom-Judging cattle, Field day, Mark Drake and Angus cattle, Preparing seed corn to sell. Second Row, top to bottom-Walter Lewis and cattle, Shop day. Third Row, top to bottom-Minorca Calf Creep, County Fair Exhibit, Ralph Waite and Duroc pigs. Winfield Future Farmers under the leadership of Ira Plank and John Lowe have had a successful year. The Chapter was one of the ten Gold Medal Chapters of Kansas. Last year there were three State Farmers from the Winfield Chapter. Winfield has more State Farmers than any other high school in the state. Among its many co-operative projects the Chapter raises K1639 Hybrid seed corn. The Twenty-first Annual Parent-Son Banquet was held February 9 at Winfield High School. The principal speaker was Dr. C. S. Thompson from Oklahoma A and M College at Stillwater. The Chapter completed a prosperous year with Herman Graham as presidentg Glen David, vice-president: Tommy Groene, secretary: John Falkingham, treasurer: Jay Wood, reporter: Lloyd Craig, sentinel. FUTURE F RMERS