Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1939, Page 56

Description:	NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE ANDDEBATE SQUADPlacing third in the American Legion State Oratorical Contest, LenBunger, Forensic League and Debate Squad member, brought Bloomington High School again into the debating limelight. Bunger is also slatedto compete in the Eddie Cantor oratorical contests.Bunger was successful in winning the local, district, and State RotaryDiscussion Contest, and was the local representative in the DiscussionLeague Contest held at Bedford.The 1939 Debate Squad, though not having as successful a record asin other years, has participated in numerous tourneys against the strongest debate teams of this locality.Those tourneys participated in were the newly inaugurated Tri-StateTourney, the Invitational Tourney sponsored by the National ForensicLeague and held at Bloomington High School, and a district meet againstBedford.The National Forensic League, honorary debate fraternity, is open tothose debaters who have gained a required number of honor points in debating.PROSCENIUM PLAYERSLife Begins at 16, a comedy, was presented by the ProsceniumPlayers as their annual three-act play. As the title suggests, it was astory of high school life and troubles.This year for the first time, the Proscenium Players held OpenHouse. Instead of giving a three act play, the club presented three one-act plays: one a fantasy, one a comedy, and one a tragedy.The tragedy was Taps, which won superior ranking at the SpeechArts Festival in Terre Haute.Membership in the organization is determined by semester try-outs.The club meets bi-monthly, at which time short plays or programs are presented.Sponsors are Mrs. Childs, Mrs. Giles, Miss Slates, and Mr. Ashbaucher.OPTIMISTPublished weekly on Friday during the school year except vacation orexamination period by students in the Journalism Department, The OPTIMIST celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday last February.THE OPTIMIST attempted this year to break away from conventionalities in page make-up and to inaugurate a paper with more eye-appeal. Time-style, headline hints rather than headlines, and insertededitorials were two experiments the staff worked on especially.THE OPTIMIST itself, however, is no longer an experiment. Thetesting days of the early editions, THE SPECULA and THE GOTHICNEWS, are over. THE OPTIMIST is now a self-supporting, subscription-free edition devoted to the interests of the student body.Page fifty-six
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