Wyandotte High School - Quiverian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Debate by SHIRLEY JENKINS Q i' 1153- f '- ' 'AV' 5 if fiffr - :s g Carl Ambler I 'net Cregory Shirley jenkins Bill Kerr. , a 1 The debate squad this year participated in five tournaments, bringing home second place trophies from Atchison and Pittsburg, and taking third place in the Regionals. For the first meet of the season the Barking Dogs traveled to Topeka, where they failed to place. Un- dismayed, the following week they journeyed to the Tri State meet at Pittsburg to battle their way through six rounds, defeat El Dorado in the semi-finals and lose only to Russell in the finals. Shawnee Mission was the next tournament which the debaters attended and it was also the first tourna- ment of the year in which four man teams were used. Though Wyandotte came through six preliminary rounds they lost, in a mathematical finish, to El Dorado in the semi-finals. Early in january, Wyandotte was host to its eleventh annual invitational tournament. Twenty- one schools were entered representing debaters from both Kansas and Missouri. Though the Wyandotte team was eligible for the semi-finals they dropped out Page Twenty-fix v after the elimination rounds. William Chrisman captured the first place trophy with El Dorado taking second. A The final tourney of the season for the squad under Coach Jensen was held at Atchison. With verbal thrusts and parries, with ringing rebukes and stinging rebuttals the battling Bulldogs stormed through to the semi-finals where they defeated their old nemesis, Topeka, and in a very close debate lost to El Dorado in the finals. The regionals were held once again at Lawrence, Kansas, and here the Bulldogs took third. The winner of the state meet was, for the second year in succession, Russell. Wichita North captured the second place trophy. The debate class was one of the largest in the his- tory of Wyandotte, with thirty-one students out for debate. The squad won better than 85 per cent of the debates in which it participated. ln the words of Coach Jensen, 'Tm very well pleased with the record set this year.

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by RUTH Lois ABRAMSON To promote the interests of Wyandotte High School, to encourage better school spirit, and to act as a medium of expression between the student body and the faculty, have been the principal goals of the fourteen journalistic seniors on the 1947-'48 Pantograph staff under the guid- ance of Mr. G. W. Corporon, advisor. A special edition commemorating the tenth anniversary of the new Wfyandotte, special editions honoring the foot- ball, basketball, and swimming teams, and a cub edition were included among the 50 issues put out this year. Eleven staff members received invitations to Quill 86 Scroll, international society for high school journalists. Chloris Larson received special recognition in the Na- tional Echo for several of her feature stories. Ruth Lois Abramson won honorable mention in a national Quill SL Scroll editorial contest. Outstanding event of the year and one that will long be re- membered was the annual staff-cub party given by the cubs. FIRST SEMESTER STAFF SECOND SEMESTER STAFF Editors ..................... ....... R uth Lois Abramson .............. ........ R ose Bachman Lou Ellen Poore Business Managers ...... ....... V irginia Johnston ......... ......... P eggy Talbert Peggy Talbert ...,.,,........ ........ V irginia Johnston Page 1 editor ......... ...... R ose Marie Bachman ....... ...,..... A nnette Dillon Page 2 editors ....... ....... W ands. Byars ................ ......,.. B etty Kraner Betty Kraner, ........,.... ........, W anda Byars Page 3 editors ....... ....... A nnette Dillon ....... ........ C hloris Larson Chloris Larson ....,... ......... J oan Hicks Sports editor ......... assistants ................. .......joe Latas............. .......Joan Hicks..-......... ........Joe Latas ........Steve Mermigis Steve Mermigis .......... ......,.. L ou Ellen Poore Circulation Managers ........ ...... D eloras Godfrey ........... ......... D elores Hildebrandt Delores Hildebrandt ........ ......... D eloras Godfrey Staff Correspondent ....... ................................... ......... R u th Lois Abramson Left to right: Lon Ellen Poore, Claloris Larson, Rntb Lois Mr, G. W. Corporon, Wanda Byars, Ioan Hicks, Annette Dillon, Abramson, Virginia Johnston, Betty Kraner, Deloras Godfrey, Steve Peggy Talbert. Mermigis, Delores Hildebrandt, joe Latas, Rose Marie Bachman, Page Twenty-fine

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Radio Production by SHIRLEY JENKINS Bath row, left to right: Boh Klarnrn, Wilma Millrap, Bill Kerr, Lawrence Baldwin, joe Neff, Charlet Smith, Keith Trevolt, Terry Dechert, Ann Orrence, Roherta Yoitnzanx. Second row: Min Florence Hoar, instructor, Mary K. Mitchell, This is Wyandotte -- we need a longer musical bridge-pick up those cues-slow down on those fade outs-start stretching! With that another ex- asperated director collapses. Please do not be alarmed, gentle people! That gigantic conglomera- tion is not the forerunner of eternity. Those direc- tions are clearly understood by the twenty-three mem- bers of the Wyandotte Radio Workshop. The stu- dent charging about the room working like the pro- verbial beaver is usually the director of the coming program. This woeful soul is in complete charge of the casting, preparation, and presentation of the script. Radio Workshop offers any student who can qual- ify one of the most beneficial courses at Wyandotte. Its aim is to bring forth the natural talent of the student, teach him to accept responsibilities, and to give him the poise and assurance it takes to speak be- fore an audience. For those whose primary interest is not in the forensic field of radio, there is the oppor- tunity to learn the mysteries of the sound man. Those who are musically talented may be interested in filling Jeanne Waldvogel's shoes. Every script needs music of some sort to set the mood of the scene. ACK-ACK-ACK--ACK-the bullets from the machine gun resound as they strike the brick, Jeanne Walclvogel, Shirley Snotlgrarr, Jeannie Elliot, Sylvia Grif- fith, Oretta Joiner, Phyllfx Seutter, Mary Economy, Genevieve Kolich, Shirley Ienhinr. Front rcw: Katie Flowers, Pat Pugh, Leona Chavvin. some one yells, Get downin a man dashes into the street in front of the onrushing car-and as the driver swerves involuntarily, the car crashes into a building. Sounds interesting, doesn't it? This is just a portion of an original script written by Catherine Flowers which was presented by the class at the annual KU speech festival. Under the direction of Mr. H. A. Billingsley, the class presented a demonstration of the Wyandotte High Radio Workshop before the English classes and sponsored a talent show composed of students from Argentine, Shawnee Mission, and Wyandotte. They introduced a new type of broadcast called Wyandotte Reports, and still managed to work in their usual 30 programs over KCKN. Mr. H. A. Billingsley, who took the sponsorship of Radio Production when Miss Hoar resigned to be married, commented regarding the class, This was an ideal class, if there ever was one. The students assumed all the responsibility for making each pro- gram a success, and regardless of whether they had supervision or not they carried on and got the job done. Their rewards have been better speech, learn- ing to work together, developing their ability in crea- tive writing and expression, developing initiative, and forming many lasting friendships. Page Tzrerzly-Jeven