Winslow High School - Meteor Yearbook (Winslow, AZ)

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Debating fiy Wilbur Hensley Before this year, debating has not been one of the activities of the Winslow High School. However this, our first, year has been marked with notable success. To begin with .there were several entrants for the try-out. Although others showed talent and ability in the forensic art, the judges selected Ewart Day and Hazel Armstrong to represent our school in the inter-school contests. The wisdom of the judges' decision has been fully vindicated by these two debaters. They have won “spurs” for themselves and their school. In every debate they have fully upheld the honor and the reputation of the Winslow High. Debating will Ik easier in the future because of this year’s success. As soon as the debaters were selected they launched into a thorough and systematic study of the question to Ik debated throughout the state. The question was: {esohed: “That the Principle of the Closed Shop Should Ik Adopter! in American Industry.” Our debaters debated both sides of this question and in each debate showed a thorough grasp of the issues involved. The debates throughout were conducted on a high plane, with a discusSion of principles and not technicalities. The first debate was held with Williams at Winslow on January 28. Williams had the Affirmative side and Winslow the Negative. The decision was unanimous in favor of Winslow. The next debate was at Holbrook on February 25. Winslow had the Affirmative and Holbrook the Negative. The judges decider! two to one in our favor. The third debate was held at Prescott on March 20. Prescott upheld the Affirmative and Winslow the Negative. Again the judges decided unanimously for Winslow. This debate made Winslow the champions of the Northern District. With these laurels of victory they proceeded to meet Chandler, the champions of the Central District. This inter-district debate was held at Glendale April 2. The Chandler team had won over Phoenix and the large schools of the Salt River Valley. Our team held its own with Chandler but the decision went against us two to one. Only two schools debated for the state championship. These two this year were Chandler and Tucson. We should take special pride in the fact that in our first year we got within one step of the State Championship debate We were one of four schools in the entire state that got this far. With this high water-mark before us we should keep an eye on the State Championship for next year. The debaters acknowledge valuable assistance given them by Mr. Grover, Miss Hudson, Rev. Gray, and Mr. and Mrs. Gammage. Page Tuenly-tigkt

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DRAMATICS By Ruth Goldsworthy The Dramatics of this year have been most successful. The school and classes have put on three g xxl plays and an operetta. The first of the three plays given was “The Prince Chap, the characters Ixjing picked from the entire school. It was a most successful and artistically given play and was enjoyed by the large audience which saw it. The characters were: William Peyton (an artist).......... Runyon (the butler).................t Jack Rodney (Earl of Huntington)... Ballington (a Painter).............. Truck Man........................... Claudia (1st and 2nd acts)..... .... Mrs. Arington....................... Claudia (3rd act)................... Puckers............................. '■ The Importance of Being Earnest, the second play of the year was given by the Juniors. I he characters were taken from the Junior Class alone. A great deal of work was spent on it and this caused the play to come off in splendid order. Everyone was pleased with the play and gave the Juniors much credit for their work. . . . . Wilber Hensley Richard Keyes ........Ewart Day Egbert Bostwick ........Ewart Day Jackline Ka uffma n .......Helen Sellen . Jessebell Jlitchcock . . Hazel Armstrong Algernon Moncrieff John Worthing.... Lady Bracknell C Gwendolyn Fairfax Cecily Cardew..... Miss Prism .... Lane (the butler).. Dick Keyes Kenneth Cooper .... Virginia Bly Ruth Goldsworthy . . . Arlis Miller . . . I fa hi Prade . Francis Iwonard The Hour Glass, a one act Morality Play, was written by W. B. Yeates for an Irish I heater in Dublin. It is quite heavy and very dramatic. It was also enjoyed by the patrons of the school. The characters were picked from the school and were: The W ise Man........................................Wilber Hensley His Wife......................................................Alice Bailey I he Angel..........................................Katherine Bauer I he Fool.......................................Ruthel a Henderson C hildren of the Wise Man ......Charlotte Matthie and Evelyn Garter Edith Williams Eloise 11 ill in ms Evelyn Garter Students of the Wise Man ...................... j Isabelle Coe Ijoretta Bauer Ruth LaMar Mable Kelly I he operetta to be given at the close of school will, without a doubt, lx successful It is called “ Ihe Pennant and has a college theme. The success of the plays was due to the splendid coaching done by Mrs. Gammage anti Miss Jones. Their help was greatly appreciated by the players as well as the entire school. 1‘ogf Thirty