Winterset High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Winterset, IA)

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IVINTERSET TAKES I-'ART IN FIFTY-TIVO DEBATES Loses To Roosevelt High School A of Des Moines In The Dralze Finals The debate season this year was excep- tional. The team, coached by Kermit Crawley, participated in fifty-one de- bates. The squad consisted of the fol- lowing: George Montross, Mary Lucas Wayne Bishop, Robert Crouse, Philip Poland, Kenneth Ritter, Charles Melroy, Robert O'Laughlin, Charles Allgeyeff Willard Vaughan, and Robert Hollen. In the state debate series Winterset competed with Roosevelt high, N01'th high, Valley Junction, Indialwla. B-Fld Perry. Having won all four debates in the upper bracket, Winterset advanced to the finals against Roosevelt. Losing one debate and winning One debate made the outcome a tie. and. the dem' sion depended on a draw, Which Roose' velt won. Those representing the -local school in the state series were: Affirma- tive team, Wayne Bishop and Kenneth Ritterg negative team, Mary 1:11035 9-Hd George Montross. ' A The week following the state series found a determined Group of Three at Drake University striving to win the Drake debates. Having been eliminated in the second round the team entered the consolation tournament, winning from Oakland, Valley Junction, Omaha Prep of Omaha, and losing to Roosevelt High of Des Moines in the finals. The entrants in this tournament were: Affirmative: Wayne Bishop, Kenneth Ritter. Negative: George Montross, Kenneth Ritter. ' The following seniors will be lost by graduation: Mary Lucas, Wayne Bishop. Robert Crouse, Willard Vaughan and Kenneth Ritter. 1-i..l-l John Gillespie- Have you ever been kissed before? ' Mary Bellmlan- Y-y-y-yes 'c-cause I could never say n-n-no fast enough. Making' It Readable Soph.- What are you writing so slow for ' Freshman-'T gotta. My girl can't read very fast. KA. RITTER IS INVITED TO NATIONAL CONTEST Ritter Ranks' Highest of All Speakers In U. S. K.. X NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE The National Forensic League is a na- tional honorary high school speech or- ganization with over 10,000 members. Qualifications for membership in this organization are high. Membership re- quires participation in a specified num- ber of debates or other types of speech contests and a scholastic ranking in the upper third of the class. This year one of our high school stu- dents, Kenneth Ritter, received the high honor of being ranked first in the' United States in points received for de- bate and declamatory. Because of this high rank Ritter was invited to enter the National Speech contest at Topeka, Kansas. This is a tournament in which only first and second place state winners and students who have individually- distin- guished themselves by ranking among the ten highest in the National Forensic League can enter. Those- in the high school belonging to the National Forensic League are: Mary Lucas, George Montross, Orris Holmes, Robert Crouse, Kenneth Ritter, Willard Vaughan, Wayne Bishop, and Marjorie Gaekle. Other students qualified for member- ship in the National Forensic League are: Robert O'Laugh1in, Philip Poland, Margaret Williams. Robert Hollen, Char- les Melroy, and Charles Allgeyer. FRESHIMAN DEBATE Several freshmen entered the inter- class: debates. Those who debated in the prelinminaries were Rex Wade and Philip Grout, affirmative, Ann Drennan and Clyde Bird Wiley, negative: John Givan and Wayrie Griffith, affirmativeg Eliza- beth Corkill and Kathryn Olmsted, nega- tive. The subject for debate was: Re- solved that the government should take over the ownership of public utilities. Those chosen for the class team were: Rex Wade and Philip Grout, affirmative, Elizabeth Corkill and Kathryn Olmsted, negative. The altdrirates chosen were Ann Drennan and Clyde Bird' Wiley. .18-

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oinusaoirns nngri-Iasis YVEEK intrioa 12-17 Mrs. Morgan, Psycholoigist, From ' State Uniyersityi ofilowa- ' Is Speaker Winterset high school boys and girls are congratulating themselves on having found ,at last that rara avis-an adult who understands and appreciates the social problems of the adolescent in a hazardous modern world-a world changing so rapidly that experience proves that fathers and mothers-even teachers, indeed- are too often unable to keep pace with the new standards and ideals practiced by the younger gen- cration. Mrs. Mildred Morgan of Iowa City, a specialist in the psychology of family relationships and adolescent problems, visited the Wiiiterset high school, March iii-15. Her first day's work, which included public addresses and conferences with students, was de- voted to the problems of family relation'- ship and was followed on the second day by discussion of boys' and girls' prob- lems. The tremendous response given Mrs. Morgan by the students shows the need of just what she is giving, highly trained guidance in understanding cne's self, one's family and one's friends: During the entire week of character emphasis, March 12-16. all class activity. even class work when necessary, was set aside for student meetings and confer- ences dealing with this business of char- acter building. The Power of Charac- ter was discussed at a union Sunday evening meeting. The high school girl as she is seen by a woman of the town, the high school boy as he looks to the business man, character when no one is looking, and character in thc open were .preparatory themes. On Wednesday five -hundred mothers and daughters en- joyed a buffet supper in the high school gymnasium in courtesy to Mrs. Morgan. At 8 o'clock two hundred fathers and sons, who had -been banqueting else- where, joined the party for an evening of thinking 'together on how to under- questions that stand one's'falmi1y. The were discussed were not those inherited from Greek philosophers, minute queries from the but up to the boys and girls themselves. , and scores of Hundreds of questions interviews were left unsatisfied when Mrs. Morgan was compelled to leave us A FRIEND , A friend is one who is for you always under any circumstances. He never investigates you. When charges are made against you, he does not ask proof, he asks the accuser to clear out. He likes you just as you are, he does not want to alter you. Whatever kind of coat you are wearing suits him. Whether you have on a dress suit or a hickory shirt with no collar, he thinks it's fine. He likes your moods and enjoys your pessimism as lmuch as your optimism. He .likes your success. And your fail- ures endear you to him the more. I-Ie Wants nothing from you except that you be yourself. Although you may sometimes seem to neglect him and' fsrget him he ignores the slight. Nothing can cause his faith in you to waiver. He keeps alive your faith in human nature. It is he who .makes you believe it is a good universe. When you are vigorous and spirited, you like to take ycur pleasures with him, when you are in trouble, you Want to tell him. When your time comes, you want him near. You give to him without reluctance and borrow from him without embar- rassment. He is the elixir of hope, the antidote for despair, the tonic for depression, tne medicine beside which dcctor's pills are futile. He is your friend. Mix' Li-llard CIn freshman general science classj A theory is an unproven belief. Now is one of the boys comes in wearing a black coat with a blond hair on it, we would have an example of an unproven belief. 'Just then a student on the front row reached up and pulled a long blond hair off Mr. Lillard's coat. on Thursday evening. Perhaps her chief claim to the confidence of our young people lay in the fact that, while she is not a protagonist of indiscriminate pet- ting, early dating, and late hours, she' recognizes the seriousness of these prob- lems to the boys and girls of the present day and understands fully what so few of us can realize-that such problems cannot be answered by mothers, fathers and teachers in statements beginning, When I was young -if The spirit that remains after her departure is a new spirit, a detenznination to improve social conditions, animated with the courage of knowing what to do. 17

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DECLAM SEASON IS A SUCCESS Three Seniors: Win First Places In Home Contest Only eleven of the thirty-five students trying out for declalmatory qualified for the home contest held on February 1. The ,program was as follows: Oratorical The Unknown Speaker .... Arthur Goshorn The Enemy of Peace .............. Bhilip Grout In Memory of Our Heroic Dead ............ Ritter Dreann T-rue ...................... ...... E ilef-211 SWVBUS Dramatic Mothers of Men ..........., 'D arlene Chickering Hill of Silence .............. D ella Mae- Leinard Flaming Ramparts ........ Kathryn Olmsted The Wife of Doctor Carnbers ........... ,,,.,,.,,,..,,,,,,,,,,...,,.............Margaret Williams Humorous Jane ,....,. , ....................,,..... Mary Ann Barrus Brotherly Lovei ............... N .,.. Wayne Bishop At The Accident........Gertrude Monaghan Three seniors, Kenneth Ritter in Ora- tory, Margaret Williams in Dramatic, and Wayne Bishop in Humorous, were the winners. The second place winners were Eileen Stevens in Oratory, Kathryn Olmstead in Dramatic, and Mary Ann Barrus in Humorous. These 'students went to the county contest -at Truro, where Eileen Stevens placed first in Oratory. The three first place winners won first in the State Preliminary, and entered the sub-district contest in which Bishop won first and Ritter took second. Bish- op then advanced to the pre-district con- test in which -he took second . ii. Mr. Bossert how did you increase your great vocabulary? Mr. Bossert: Oh, it was something like having a quarrel with one's sweet- heart-one word led to another. Frank Wade: If you try to kiss me, I shall scream! Betty Knight: Not with all these peo- ple about, surely? Frank Wade: Let's find a quieter spot, then! John J. You look lovelier to me every minute. Do you know what that is the sign cf? Margaret W. Sure, you're goning to run out of gas any minute. - 112 FRESHMEN START 80 SENIORS LEAVE Wayne Bishop, Is Class President For Last Two Years Just four short years ago, in Septem- ber 1930, one hundred and two deter- mined enthusiastic students entered the doors of Winter-set high school. Loren Reynard was chosen sponsor, and the following officers were elected: president, Richard Hallg vice president, John Jackson: secretary, Courtney Srnithg treasurer, Harvey A Bridenstine. Mary Lucas was elected to the student council. During tha freshman year members of the class took active part in football, basketball, and track. This year the un- heard of was accomplished when the freshmen won the inter-class debates and also- won two out of three places in declamation. After summer vacation eighty-eight students enrolled as sophomores. R. W. Farris was chosen sponsor and the fol- lowing cl-ass officers were elected: Rich- ard Hall, presidentg' Mary Lucas, vice presidentg Darlene Chickeringgsecretary: and 'Kenneth Ritter, treasuner. 1 Mary Ann Barrus was elected to the student council. This year the class was well represented in athletics, debate, declam- atory, Hi-Y,.and Girl Reserves. In 1932 eighty-four jolly students reg- istered as juniors. This year Miss Vir- ginia Weston and Leslie Johnson were the sponsors and the following oiicers were elected: Wayne Bishop presidentg Orris Holmes, vice presidentg Leo 'Gilles- pie, secretary and Virginia Hylton, treas- urer. Kenneth Ritter was the represent- ative on the student council this year. On 'September 4th eighty seniors start- ed down the last 'mile of the four year course. Miss Virginia Weston and Donal Lillard were selected as class advisors and the following officers were elected: president, Wayne Bishopg vice president, Orris Holmes: secretary, Betty Knightg and treasurer, 'Darlene Chickering. Rich- ard Hall was elected president of the student council. This year nothing much need to be said about activities, because' actions speak louder than words. I C3-Wt get 310113 with :my boy friend lately- He -i8H01'eS -me, and if theres anything that makes me hopping mad it's ignorance, said Mary Ann Barrus, 19