York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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be W vb Eebate MONG THE PLEASANT THINGS in high school life are the inter-school debates. York has a record as being a very literary town and the high school has a record as being a star in the debating field. At the re- quest of the Ord school two debates were arranged this spring between Ord high school and York high school. The first debate was to be held at Ord. The program was to consist of several pieces of music a11d also a recitation by a representative from each school as well as the debate itself. Three boys were selected to rep- resent York by a committee chosen for that purpose. The debaters were Burdette Provost and Don Hopkins and the recitation was to be given by Frank Page. 1lThese boys left York, Thursday evening, April ltlth and arrived in Ord late that night. Provisions had been made for their entertainment and as soon as tl1ey arrived they were shown to their respective places. On the following day the boys from York visited the high school and found the members of the Ord schools to be studious and orderly as well as good scholars. fjln the evening the debate was held in the Christian church. 1iThe question up for debate was: Resolved,- That United States Senators should be elected by direct vote ofthe peoplef' Ord, Affirmative. York, Negative. 1lThe program was carried out as arranged. As there were no judges for the debate each person had his own opinion as to the result 1iAfter the debate a reception was given to the York representatives by the Ord people. After several forms of amusement had been indulged in, refreshments were served in another room. The refreslnnents were dainty and well selected. 1iAs soo11 as the refreshments were disposed of toasts were given. This reception was a very enjoyable one and was appreci- ated very much by the York people. fiThe return debate was held at York on the evening of April 24. Our school was represented by Weiidell Bemis and Jay King, while May Talbert helped as reader. The subject for debate was Resolved, That Labor Unions are an injury to the laboring manfl Ord took tl1e atlirmative a11d York the nega- tive. The next day the Ord representatives were given a carriage ride over the city and a number of our high school people joined in this pleasant diversion.

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Nfficers FIRST QUARTER P1'GSlLl6I1t-NEVA THOMPSON Vice-president-HELEN XRTIGHTMAN Secretary4ARBY HALL TI'G2LSl11'C1'-FLORENCE TIYDER SECOND QUARTER President-EVELYN VAN WICKLE VlCG-P1'6SldG11t-GOLIJIE SCHMELZEL S6C1'Gt9.Y3'-7BERNICE BALDWIN T1'63Sll1'6I'-TVIARY ANDERSON THIRD QUARTER P1'6SlCl6I1t-GOLDIE SCHMELZEL Vice-president-LOLA LINIYH Secretary-MYRNA SEDGWICK T1'83.Sll1'C1'-TVIARY SKINNER FOURTH QUARTER ' P1'6Sld6Ht-ABBY HALL Vice-president-LURA PREST Secretary and Historian-BEss NIAGUIRE Treasurer-HELEN WIGHTMAN 'Ibi5fOl'Q of the ID. lD. El. THE GIRLS OF V. V. A. have had their own soci- ety for three years. Our motto is Truth Conquers A1l,'3 or in Latin, UV. V. A. Vve meet with the N. N. S. girls every four weeks, and our society is also represented every quarter in joint meeting with the L. L. A. and N. N. S. This year V. V. A. has met in the oflice. The programs are in charge of a committee of three appointed by the president. Each program consists of Recitations, Dialogues, Debates, l'arlaimentary Drills, Readings, Picture Studies and Book Reviews such as Ben Hur, Little Men, Little Woiiieii. We were very successful in Parliamentary Drill during this quarter and gave one drill before the N. N. S. girls. We Occasionally have a program entirely devoted to one author A Hllickens Program given in April proved to be one of the most interesting programs of the year. An especially Hue number was the review of Oliver Twist. At the close of the program Miss Reynolds pre- sented each girl with a souvenir appropriate for the occasion. Wliile we would enjoy meeting with N. N. S. every Week, we feel that it is a decided advantage to us to pre- pare all of the programs ourselves, and to appear before the society as Often as possible. After this thorough preparation for society work in the Ninth grade, We feel better prepared to do literary work in the other three years of our High school life. 0 In O 1 , A V