Worthington High School - Trojan Yearbook (Worthington, MN)

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Learning to Speak Resolved: That the federal government should own and operate the railroads . . . de- bate topic for this year. As the debate season was in full swing when the annual went to press, success of the team is unknown. At the Worthington tourney the team . . . Patricia jordan and Frank Mixa, negative: and Beverly VVolf and Robert Hoskins, affirm- ative . . . won five out of six debates in which they participated. At the Gustaphus Adolphus Northwest Ac- tivities meet the team won three debates out of four . . . and Roger Russell placed third Rag and Mary Alice, winners of the elimination contest, practice or- ation and declamation, respectively 1 - . 1 l at s S' ffdvfsdtti Q with his original oration, Our Unfinished Task? Prospective tournaments are . . . tri-meet at Luverne, the regional elimination, Yvestcrn Union at LeMars, and the district N. F. L. tourney. Winners in the home elimination declam contest were... Roger Russell, hrst. and Hlinifred Ingalls, second in oratory: and Mary .Xlice McCall, first: and Beverly Wolf, second in declamation . . . Worthington contestants will CIIICI' the sub-district contest ill Luvcrnc Zllltl lhe Slllle 'COIIICSL Bev and B011 bark up negative debate argument.: while Frank and Patricia uphold the !lHiTl77Ilfi1'C' . . . Winnie orates . . . Bev dramatizes . . . 1 1'4 e-he -.J Page Tzuenly-Sweu

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Iinglisli XI rr'vir'zu radio programs and study dra- ma bidletin board .... Learning to Write Seniors study English poets and poetry . . . l an-ad ..-.h.4.-snr af Slmlents uiezv Sojrlmmnrc journalism class Book ll a'ek projerts . . . labors on Work Sheets . . Class room work in the English department includes varied material so that students are ahlc to understand more easily the intricacies of modern English . . . Not only do they study traditional work in grammar, composition and literature hut also the more modern use of Eng- lish in magazines, radio programs and news- papers . . . Page 'l'n'f'nly-Six New undertakings this year were a com- prehensive reading program to remedy faulty reading hahits of the students . . . How 'to Study instructions given to senior girls by Miss Shaw, to boys hy Mr. lndall . . . and in the junior and Senior English classes, lis- tening to recorded poetical readings. 2' -Us

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I. 'uh -1 -'T U. Read . . . Learn All About It Most quiet haven in W. H. S .... library . . . used as at study hall to accommodate the students . . . if there is nothing to study . . . and some students think there never is . . . pupils may read from the unlimited supply of material furnished . . Monica Schroer seems to have her eyes on the camera . . . or the photographer . . . the others are just too busy to be disturbed . . . Jean Wright, student assistant, . . . smiling- ly olfers her services to Miss Rorstad, librar- ian . . . Athletes Lowell Knttth and jack Grilllth, spend time on their many assignments . . . grades must be up to par . . . or else no sports. Books lor everybody . . . ask Burnice Town- send or jean Wright . . .no excuse for not having that book report . . . there certain- ly is enough material . . . although perhaps not enough time to read Are they conscious they are posing for the camera? . . .or is this one of the few times they are really studying? . . . ,,,,.....fM4 Page 'l'u't'nly-liiglit