Volume XXXII No.9 · May 1958 son, who won first place in the local contest. was awarded the I THE ROSTRUM first prize of $500 and Caryl 0 fficial Publication of t!u Milkowski. also a first place lo~ National Formsic League cal winner, receit•ed the second prize of $300. These two win~ EDITOR ners will now qo on to compete B ARBARA M . RADCLIFFE 360 CENTRAL AVENUE in the national contest. DOVER. N EW HAMPSHIRE * Alice Jean Ferguson at St. Published monthly from September to Xavier Academy, Latrobe. Penn~ May at 120 Thorne Street , Ripon, Wis., in the interests of extended speech activities sylvania, received degree of honor in America's high schools. number 60,000. This chapter with fewer than 150 students has a Subscription Prices $1 per year SOc for additional copies chapter strength of 157 NFL de~ grees. Entered as second-class matter at the post-office at R~pon, Wisconsin, under * * * the act of August 24, 1912. WANTED: A...~ E DITOR NFL needs an Editor of The Ros­ trwn for next year, student or in­ structor. Journalistic experience is The Editor's Notebook desirable, but not as essential as interest, enthusiasm, d evotion to As I seal and mail the copy for the work. The position is not sal­ my last issue of The Rostrum, my aried, but it does carry a modest mind wanders back over the year's expense allowance. NFL activities and my part in Apply to the National Secretary them. At this time I extend my before June 15th . personal thanks to NFL for their * * * National Tournament in Kentucky T his year's Nationals, like the last summer, to Mr. for his past several, w ill be a s hirt ~sleeve work in making my a far eas~ tourney. The Rostrum fashion ier one, to the entire national staff editor suggests sport shirts for the for supplying me with material, to gents and summer cottons for the all the NFL~ers and coaches who ladies. have been so co~operative in send ~ Extra~cu rr i cu l ar activities fill ing news and articles for publ ica~ the spaces between rounds as con~ tion, and finally to those who have testants will be enjoying coke par~ written to me expressing their ties, dances, a barbeque, a dr3~ views on thf magazine and mak~ matic presentation, and swimming ing suggestions for its future im~ parties. provement. Have lots of fun, everybody; To an editor, busy with college Nationals is one of those experi~ studies and work as a varsity de~ ences which will stand out in the bater, all of this cooperation and career of any debater. assistance has been invaluable. * * * Two NFL members from THE COVER: After a year of Kenosha, Wisconsin, have won service, this debate case is being put firs t and second place in the to a final use as kindling for the big state Elks "Most Valuable Stu~ c_ampfire at the debating team's pi~ dent" contest. R odger ~ nic.

2 The Rost rum Trophies Donated for Nationals Persons, groups, and business Madison High School Student firms are again providing a major Council: Coach ~ of ~ the ~ Year portion of the more than $2,000 award. worth of trophies and medals to the top ranking students in the Springfield NFL C h a p t e r: national tournament and con~ Second place Radio trophy. gress. This tangible encourage~ ment to straight thinking and Vermillion N F L C h a p t e r: Coach's sweepstakes trophy. good speaking is appreciated. Watertown High School: 24 Following· are the donors to Debate medals and one personal date and their awards: trophy for contest winner. L. G. Balfour Company: First and second place Oratory tro~ phies. Sokol Turns Poet Tau Kappa Alpha: Cumulative tournament sweepstakes trophy. Larry Sokol, whose article on logic was published earlier, has Hamilton W a tc h Company: again contributed his talents to Hamilton watches for national The Rostrum, this time in the champions in Original Oratory form of a poem. He's hoping to and Dramatic Interpretation. be able to write one next fall en~ titled "After the Nationals." We Benrus Watch Company: Ben~ wish him luck, and at the same rus watches for the Most Out~ time thank him for being among standing Senator and ,R epresenta~ those members who take an active tive in the Student Congress. interest in their magazine.

South Da~otans Generous PRELUDE TO THE NATIONALS

Senator Karl E. Mundt: N a~ Working, working, day and night, tional Student Congress sweep~ To get the case

May 1958 3 What is a Debater? BY THE EDITOR What are debaters? They are cases or armloads of heavy books. most easily recognized by open Another unusual physical charac~ mouths and oversized egos. They teristic is an enlarged fist used for can be found in any number of pounding on tables. places - over books, behind thick They run up gigantic telephone glasses, between rounds, under bills by carrying on debates long clouds of gloom, at tourneys, at distance. They lose girl friends by parties following these, and, ex~ calling them at the eleventh hour cept for the nights when they are to say that their case is only half scheduled for practice, in the de~ finished and MUST be finished bate office. that very night, or announcing They are more easily heard that they're sorry, but the district than seen. In fact, it's almost im~ tourney is the same weekend as possible to be within several miles the prom (and, sorry. but much of them and not hear them. They more important.) have a quirk which leads them to believe that the best way to provo?: They especially seem to enjoy a point is to shout louder than all frustrating teachers, enfuriating the others who are trying to prove friends who disagree with them, their points at the same time. confusing parents who wonder why their offspring couldn't have They can be found arguing ev~ been normal. happy people, and erywhere - in the halls, on the overworking librarians. To coach­ way to and from tourneys, with es. by whom they are alternately parents, teachers, friends, enemies, adored and feared, they are an~ and other debaters. They usually other gray hair, to Mr. Jacob they come in pairs, arguing among are names in a huge file - names themselves. The night before a which earn points as fast as he big tournament they can be found can record them, to other students curled around cokes and cookies, they are hopelessly crazy, and to surrounded by m o u n t a i n s of themselves they are a combination books, papers and notebooks, of Henry Clay, William Jennings frantically writing debate cases Bryan, John C. Calhoun, Winston and drinking cough syrup ~s they Churchill and Daniel W ebster. speak in hushed whispers to save their already overtaxed voices. After a hard weekend, they can Their pictures may be found on be found curled up inside large the front pages of newspapers. trophies sound asleep, but prob­ ably dreaming of the final round, They are seen carrying several for they are mumbling incoherent­ different things, depending upon ly about Technical Assistance and which of the three schools they bilateral loans. belong to - the file box, the clip board or the extemp. Those be~ All those who pass tiptoe silent~ longing to the second are the most ly by, knowing from experience modern, and to the third, the most that it is best to let sleeping de­ daring. They are often stoop baters lie, for only then are they shouldered from carrying brief anywhere near silent.

The Rostrum Newton Squad and This Year's Trophies

Newton Leads Kansas The most outstanding record cessful in the field of individual this year in the Kansas NFL Di s~ speech events. tri~t was made by the debaters Mrs. Moore has just been from Newton High School. Walk~ awarded the NFL Diamond Key ing off with seven first place for coaching students who earned awards ,...... W ashington (Kansas 12,000 credit points ,...... only par~ City), Topeka, Southwestern Col~ tial recognition for her years of lege, Garden City, Derby, Shaw~ championship achievement. nee Mission and District Class AA - the team has accumulated a very impressive record of v i c~ Still Winning tories. Along with the firs t place R obert Kubec of Kenosha. awards, the team has won two Wisconsin. the 1956 NFL Na~ seconds, a third, and a fourth tiona! Original Oratory cham~ place. pion. has continued his winning ways in college speech circles. All of this outstanding work A s a sophomore at the Uni ve r~ was done by only sixteen debat~ sity of Wisconsin, he won first ers, under the direction of their place in the field of oratory at coach, Mrs. Alma Moore. Of a the Delta Sigma Rho speech total of 224 debates in whicl

May 1958 s -- Diamond for McGivern Samps.on Wins Diamond

"How we talk is the most im~ Harold Sampson, Executive portant thing in our formal edu~ Secretary of the South D akota cation," states the energetic H igh School Speech Association, Charles McGivern of Two Riv~ has earned the coveted diamond ers, Wisconsin. Since 1943, he key. He has coached the state de~ has been in the speech program at bate champs for the past three Two Rivers High School, where years, NFL sweepstakes w inners he has expanded interest from six for the same years and NFL de~ members to 28 debaters. bate champs for two years. His Along with his teaching and students have received 11 superior numerous community activities, he ratings since 1954. In four years has coached boxing and now he has coached the first place girls teachers archery at a YMCA extemp winner in the state four summer camp. times. H e has i!(creased interest in In National N FL Tournamems NFL in his school to the point he has en tered nine students in where students no longer ask, the various fields of competition, "What is NFL?" but, "How can where they have achi eved a first I become an NFL member?" He is in Poetry Reading, a fifth in Girls completing his fifth year as Dis~ Extemp and, two different times, trict Chairman. teams that have smvived six Mr. McGivern reports that he rounds of debate. is eli!=Jible for the Cardiac Club of In the six years th1t he has Coaches, but this slowed him only coached, his students have ac~ temporarily. His solution: H e cumulated a total of 25 trophies, doesn't get angry or worried any the majority in the past three more. years.

6 The Rostrum ribbons for first place in ex:emp and Minnesotan Scores High three awards ill original oratory. She The NFL Chapter of Cathedral has been active in student congr~ss, High School, St. Cloud, Minnesota, is dramatic and humorous. She will at­ ju ~tly proud of Dennis Neutzling, who tend both NFL state and open-state is the point lead­ competition this year. At present she er of the North­ has a leading role in the high school e r n Minnesota spring play, "Blythe Spirit," one of D i s t r i c t NFL the first high school plays in a rena and among the style. nation's top ten This year Miss Gambee has ·.von point l e a d e r s. certificates in extemp at Purdue and D e n n i s is the Indiana State Teachers College. ::ihe president of his was named outstanding debater of NFL c h a p t e r. the conference and won the debate Last summer he trophy. The school has won ten tro­ represented Min­ ph ies in speech and debate this year nesota i n t h e under its new coach, Don Terry. This Senate at the tops any previous year, with three National Student meets and both state tournaments to Congress. His other high school activ­ go. ities have included membership on Miss Gambee holds staff positions the student council, reporter for the on both the school paper and the school paper, and a part in the school yearbook. She is a member of the play. In spite of his many extra-cur ­ National Honor Society, standing ricular activities, he is maintaining a seventh in a class of 200. B-plus average this year. She plans to attend Manchester For as long as he can remember, College, majoring in speech and Eng­ he has had only one goal for the lish. future - to become a lawyer and possibily to enter politics later in his ··,.c...... -:.• career. ~WI'. • ... ,~(· ~ Cathedral High School has a very '"'"-'· active speech program under the di­ :~ ... .-· rection of the Rev. Robert Lands­ berger, who is in his first year direct­ ing the "Crusaders." In fifteen tour­ naments they have placed either first, second or third in all but two -::ases and have won many firsts in ext.emp and oratory. Indiana Girl Leads State Linda Gambee, a 17 year old Peru, Indiana, High School senior, is the only Indiana student on the national honor l i s t of NFL points. Miss Gambee has won t h i r t y debates, losing only two. She is a member of the Peru var­ sity debate team which has not lost a d e b a t e tournament this year. She is also THE FOUR POTASCHNICKS student speech Evelyn, Margaret, Frances, Sam - assistant. N o t aU from the same family and all only is she an e-x­ activce members in the Sikeston cellent debater, she has won four blue (Mo.) Chapter.

May 1958 7 District Tournament Winners

Northern Ohio Rocky Mountain Held at Cuyahoga Falls Held at Colorado State College, Greeley Howland, Youngstown-Ray., Chr. Albert E. James, Longmont, Chr. Debate- Debate- Cleveland-Cathedral Latin (Ken Goud­ Fort Collins (Gifford Price, Gary G rif­ reau, Tom Sheahen) fin) Parma (Peter Balczuinas, Jim Turner) D enver South (Joe Bell, Gloria Har­ Original Oratory- mon) Paul McBride, Youngstown-Ursuline Original Oratory- AI Hovan, Cleveland-St. Ignatius Eel Venable, Greeley Boys' Extemp- Charles Stevenson, Denver-South K en Goudreau, Cleve.-Cathedral Latin Boys' Extemp- James Turner, Parma Charles Stevenson, Denver-South Girls' Extemp- Vincent Occhipinti, Cheyenne Rachel Abernethy, Barberton Girls' Extemp- Joan Caplinger, Akron-Buchtel Ann McGill, St. Oratorical- Diane Wunnicke, Cheyenne Mary Shuttera, St. Acad. Oratorical- Dennis Brooks, Youngstown-Ursuline John Godfrey, Cheyenne Dramatic- Sally McCabe, St. Francis de Sales Karen McPeek, Euclid Dramatic- Fred Fantini, Euclid Denise Jefferies, Boulder H mnorous-- H ein, St. Francis de Sales P atricia Maloney, Struthers Humorous- Linda Edmiston, Youngstown-Chaney Stephen Cross, Casper T eam Trophy- Jack Chiodine, Denver-Cathedral Parma 66, Barberton 51, Cleveland-St. T eam Trophy- Ignatius 50, Youngstown-Ursuline 50, Denver-South 68, Cheyenne 62, Niles-McKinley 50 St. Francis de Sales 56, Casper 54 Northern Minnesota Florida Held at Elbow Lake Held at Orlando-Edgewater Robert C. Reeve, Chr. Russell F. Handy, North Miami, 0. Debate- Debate- Duluth-Denfeld (Peter Kitchak, Gerald Miami Beach (Carol Miller, Jim Shap­ Brown, Diane Francisco, Jan Dizard) ro) Hibbing (Laura Kuitunen, Mary Holli­ Tallahassee-Leon (Jeanne Newman. day, Michael Fagan, Donald Koenig) Edward Eikman) Original Oratory- Original Oratory- Dale Coventry, Duluth-East Axel Von Borsig, Miami Beach Betty Mayne, Cloquet Marcia Freeman, Miami Beach Boys' Extemp- Boys' Extemp- Aian Wilson, Coleraine Arden Dos~. Miami-Jackson Denni9 Neutzllng, St. Cloud-Cathedral Gary Shapro, Miami Beach Gids' Extemp- Girls' Extemp- Kay Gnifkowski, St. Cloud-Cathedral Ruth Weinstein, Miami Beach Norma Folkedal, Elbow Lake Donna Karn, Miami Beach Ort!loricai- Oratorical- Judy Sletten, Elbow Lake Karsten Struhl, Miami Beach John Drawz, Duluth-Denfeld Gail Mack, Tarpon Springs Dramatic- Dramatic- Betty Mayne, Cloquet Marion Love, Orlando-Edgewater Donna Ferguson, Duluth-East Fay Dunaway, Tallahassee-Leon Humorous- Humorous- .T ay Gerard, Duluth-East Valerie Mamches, Miami Beach Howard Pfannenstein, St. Cloud-C'dral Jean Hobbs, Sarasota Team Trophy- Team Trophy- Du l u~h-Denfeld 52, St. Cloud-Cathe­ Miami Beach 72, Palm Beach 52, dral 43, Cloquet 42, Duluth-East 41 Miami-Jackson 44, Orlando-Edge, 44

8 Th e R o s trum Nebraska Hammond (Warren 'Wickelgren, Geo. Held at Hastings Glendening, Rita Cromwell, Leonard Clark) Harold Siekman, Chr. Original Oratory- Debate- .. Phil Eggers, Warsaw Kearney (Jasper L. Melton, Wthl.am Bill York, Lafayette-Jefferson D. Rizer, Donald R. Fredenck, Boys' Extemp- Thomas C. Henley) Larry , Peru Lincoln-Northeast (Marjean Larson, Curtis Fischback, South Bend-Central Rod McMahan, Alan Peterson, Doug Girls' Extemp- Harman) Mary E. Beall, Lafayette-Jefferson Original Oratory- Anne Miller, Hammond Larry Myers, Omaha-Westside Oratorical- Harold Daub, Omaha-Benson Judy Craig, Lafayette-Jefferson Boys' ExtemP- Michael \Vollan, New Haven Rod McMahan, Lincoln-Northeast Dramatic- David Moran, Omaha-Cathedral Richard Ritte1·, Howe Military Girls' Extemp- Judy Craig, Lafayette-J efferson Susie Moffitt, Lincoln-Southeast Humorous- Beverly Watson, Omaha-Benson Tom Robinson, Howe Military Oratorical- Lana Ruegamer, Lafayette-Jefferson Deniece De Franse, Omaha-Technical Team Trophy- Jeff Poley, Omaha-Westside Lafayette-Jefferson 58, Peru 58, Humorous- Columbia City 48, New Castle 45 John Abrahamson, Lincoln-Northeast Illinois Larry Berg, Omaha-North Team Trophy- . H eld a: Marywood School. Evanston Lincoln- ortheast 57, Omaha-Weststde Rev. Robert Pollauf, Loyola Acad, Chr. 53, Omaha-Cathedral 51, Omaha- ' o. 48 Debate- Dlinois Chicago-St. Ignatiu3 (Alan Schuh, H eld at Aurora-West Matthew Flanigan) Evanston-Marywood (Marcia Black­ Rev. R. A. Pollauf, Loyola Acad., Chr. well, Mary Lee Cullen ) Debate- Original Oratory- New Trier (James Graham, Louis Co­ Robe:t C rowe, Chicago-St. Ignatius hen, Marc Rosen, Ralph Miller) Joseph Kruszynski, Chicago-Mt. Carmel Pekin (Barbara Shipman, Gaylor Bon­ Extemp- ham, John Elliff, Don Davis) Richard Meece, Chicago-Mt. Carmel Original Oratory- Alan Schuh, Chicago-St. Ignatius Louis Cohen, New Trier 01·atoricai- John Elliff, Pekin George Balfre, Chicago-St. Patrick Boys' Extemp- Lutynski, Chicago-St. Ignatius Paul Black, Calumet City Dramatic- AI Alschule,·, Aurora-West Mary Lee Cullen, Evanston-Marywood Gids' Extemp- John Doolin, Loyola Academy Kav Baker, Elgin Humo1·ous- Ev~ly Lase1·, New Trier Patricia Donegan, Evanston-Marywood Oratorical- E dward Dennis, Loyola Academy Jim Wright, Freeport Team Trophy- Gary A Yery, Pelcin St. Ignatius 59, Mt. Carmel 51, Dramatic- St. Patrick 51, Marywood 49 Roger Majak, Calumet City Los Angeles Ann Klein, Pekin T eam Trophy- Held atUCLA New Trier 50, Pekin 41, Calumet City Duane F. Johnson, Fullerton, Chr. 41, Arlington Heights 33 Debate- Indiana Los Angeles-Marshall (David Alls­ Held at Kokomo wang, Beverly Bates) Lester Tucker, Howe Military, Chr. Los Angeles-Marshall (Robert Berg, Debate- Alan Fogelman) Hammond-Clark (Alvin Silvian, David Oriqinal Oratory- Stevenson, Shirley Ringgenberg, Geo. Chester Chang, Los Angeles HS Vischak) Joe Kolmel, Los Angeles.. Loyola

May 1958 9 Boys' Extemp- Hoys' Extemp- David Allswang, L.A.-Marshall Bert Ghezzi, St. Justi r: James Mitchell, La Habra Ray Hodil, Avonworth Girls' Extemp- Girls' Extemp- Susan Sargentich, Alhambra Margaret Rooney, Seton Lela Chavex, Excelsior HS Judith Strathman, Sacred Heart Oratorical- Oratorical- Judy Horowitz, Van Nuys Elaine Nedlick, St. Rosalia Ron Marshall, Los Angeles-Loyola Norman Mackin, St. Justin Dramatic- Dramatic- Jean Weidman, Los Angeles HS Joan Schaefer, St. Benedict Lillian Federman, Hollywood Ann Fallon, St. Justin Hum oro~ Humorous- Denni1 Riley, Los Angeles-Loyola Nancy Woods, Sacred Heart Nancy Rosser, Los Angeles HS Ruth Marra, West View T earn Trophy- Team Trophy- Los Angeles-Marshall 65, Alhambra 51, St. Justin 65, West View 59, Los Angeles-Loyola 49, Excelsior HS 4!1, Sacred Heart 56, Avonworth 53 Fullerton 49 Washington New York State Held at Edmonds Held at Syracuse University Helen Orton, Wenatchee, Chr. Helen Sullivan, Norwich, Chr. Debate- Debate- Seattle-Shoreline (Judy Leland, Anne Arlington HS (Joseph Liggera, Stephen Petitjean) Endsley, Glenn Van Bramer, Regina Mercer Island (Tony Nugent, Ranney Fitzpatrick) Eddy) Liberty (Paul McDermott, John ~o­ Original Oratory- lembc, Abb?. Ruben, George Loos; Ernest Swordmaker, Port Angeles Original Oratory- David Bennett, Seattle-Highline Carolyn Ristau, A .I:ngton HS Boys' ExtemP- Pete.- Binazeski, Aquina ~ Institute John Koehler, Olympia Boys' ExtemP- l{'lbel t Gelhaus, Millwood Larry Barnes, Jamestown Girls' Extemp- Sheldon Richman, Hudson J udy Leland, Seattle-Shoreline Girls' ExtemP- Anne P etitjean, Seattle-Shoreline Diane Jones, Jamestown Oratorical- Kathy Beckman, Jamestown Bill Brazda, Bellevue Oratorical- Patricia Noonan, Mercer Island Thomas Rigoli, Jamestown Dramatic- Kent DeHond, Aquinas Institute Alan Wilson, Kennewick Dramatic- Kay Deeter, Millwood Susan Helbig, Hudson Humorous- Thomas Rigoli, Jamestown Melvin Blake, Seattle-Highline Humorous- Sue Smith, Wenatchee Patricia Frink, Hudson T eam Trophy- Joan Glassel, {effersonville M ercer Island 57, Seattle-Highline 53, Team Trophy- Millwood 49, Edmonds 45, Kent­ Jamestown 51, Aquinas Institute 46, Meridian 45 Jeffersonville 41, Poughkeepsie 38 Northern Texas Pittsburgh Held at Arlington State College Arthur Faulkner, Dallas-Adamson, Chr. Held at Baldwin and St. Justin Debate- Vernon Metz, West View, Chr. Waco (Harrise Siegel, Dan Jacks) Debau- Dallas-Hillcrest (Dale Friend, Joh~ We ~t View (Thomas Calhoun, Willi3m Glancy) Newlin) Oriqinal Oratory- St. Justin (Bert Ghezzi, Richard Eas­ Sheldon Mixson ,Waco ton) Anne Hodges, Dallas-Sunset Original Oratory- Boys' Extemp- Fred Meyers, St. Basil James L. Jay, Abilene Craig Hoyt, Avonworth Robert Richards, Dallas-Sunset

10 The Ro s trum Girls' E:~Ctemp- Oratorical- Anne Hodges, Dallas-Sunset Patsy Balay, Neosho Sandra Hupp, Fort Worth-Victory David Holstein, Springfield-Parkview Oratorical- Dramatic- Leon Flusche, Dallas-Jesuit } eannine Hutchings, Independence Julie Lawrence, Dallas-Hillcrest Mark Yeager, Neosho Dramatic- Humorous- Manzy Mooney, Dallas-Sunset Lana Brown, Neosho Greg Wood, Dallas-Hillcrest Virginia Moore, West Plains T earn Trophy- Team Trophy- Dallas-Hillcrest 51, Waco 49, Neosho 69, Independence 61, Spring­ Dallas-Sunset 45, Wichita Falls 40 field-Central 59, Sp'gfield -Parkview 57 Tennessee Kentucky Held at Belmont College & Belmont Hgts. Held at Scott County HS, Georgetown Baptist Church, Nashville Neville McCracken, Madisonville, Chr. Peggy Welch, DuPont HS, Old Hickory, Chr. Debate- Debate- Bardstown-St. Joseph (James Spencer, Nashville-Hillsboro ( Alfred Lee Evans, Clem Richard) Charles Routh) Ashland (Ronald Kenyon, Phillip Tay­ N:~shville-Cohn (Sylvia Little, Judy lor) Parrish) Oriqinal Oratory- Original Oratory- } ames P. Royalty, Harrodsburg Charles Coss, Nashville-Central Mary W. Ford, Lexington-Clay Buddy Scruggs, Nashville-East Boys' Extemp- Boys' Extemp- Lance Liebman, Frankfort Sibley Burnett, Nashville-Hillsboro Gordon Tingle, Trimble County Neal Batson, Nashville-Hillsboro Girls' Extemp- Girls' Extemp- Joyce Shackleford, Louisville-Male Hilda }o Ray, Nashville-Hillsboro Joyce Hughes, Scott County Betsy Manley, Dickson Oratorical- Oratorical- Franklin Harris, Lexington-Clay Sonja Horton, Nashville-Cohn Jim Stephens, Frankfort Kathryne Highers, Nashville-Litton Dramatic- Dramatic- Diane Birch, Ashland Donna Greene, Nashville-Hillsboro Carolyn Kenney, Paris Kary Orange, DuPont HS Humorous- Humorous- Judy Van Hook, Fort Knox Marilyn Slater, Nashvile-Litton Roxanne Amyx, Louisville-Atherton Sue Bass, Nashville-East Team Trophy- T eam Trophy- Frankfort 43, Scott County 43, ashville-Hillsboro 70, Nash ville-Cen­ Ashland 39, Trimble County H tral 67, Nashville-Litton 66, Madison 53 New Jersey Missouri Held at Univ. of Kansas City H el d at Notre Dame Rev. S. E. Kalamaja, Rockhurst HS, Chr. Rev. Severin F. Dietrich, Trenton Debate- Catholic Bo y~', Chr. Independence ( Philip Soper, Edward Debate- Draper) Camden-Catholic (Albert DePrince, Springfield-Central (Tom · Stribling, Harry Neidig, George Weber, Joseph Bill Baldridge) Sandone) Oriqinal Oratory- . Red Bank-Catholic (Michael Costura, Tony Sestric, St. Louis Univ. HS Paul Cullen, Michael Lisowsky, P~ul Dennis Donnelly, St. Louis Univ. HS Cullen) Boys' Extemp- Oriqi11al Oratory- Bill Baldridge, Springfield-Central Lois Friel, Trenton-Cathedral Homer Wampler, Springfield-Parkview Leonard Freiburg, Camden-Catholic. Girls' Extemp- Boys' Extemp- Donnis Graham, Independence Frank Friedman, Rutherford Annette " 'right, Springfield-Parkview Joseph Triolo, Bonner HS, Philadelphia

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Girls' ExtemP- Oratorical- Carol Holt, Camden-Catholic W alter vVakefield, El Centro Joan Materniak, T renton-Cathedral Karen Wieger, San Diego-Hoover Oratorical- Dramatic- Mildred Dragon, Hasbrouck Heights Janeane Dimple, Mt. Miguel Robert Seamon, New Brunswick-St. P. Roland McFarland, San Diego-Lincoln Dramatic- Humorous- " Gary Vena, Hasbrouck Heights Nelson Kahn, San Diego-Lincoln Henry Allegretti, Trenton-Catholic Sue Strain, El Centro Humorous- Team Trophy- Valerie Lawrence, Camden-Catholic Sweetwater 64, San Diego 54, Margaret Ruzicka, Red Bank-Catholic San Bernardino 54, Grossmont 52 T eam Trophy- New York City Camden-Catholic 45, Red Bank-Cath­ Held at St. John's Preparatory olic 41, Bonner HS, Philadelphia 28, Rev. Francis X. Prior, Chr. T renton-Catholic 27 Debate- Oklahoma LaSalle Academy (David Gallina, Held at Central State College, Edmond Valentine Lehr) Chaminade (John Kane, Donald f,u l­ Mrs. ZaZclle Gifford, Northeast HS, Chr. livan) D ebate- Original Oratory- Seminole (John Spiker, Jim Johns) John Hagan, Chaminade Midwest City (John Swaney, •_;ary Joseph McGrath, St. John's Rayburn) Boys' ExtemP- Original Ora/o,·y- John Greg, St. John's John McCullough, Miami David Gallina, LaSalle Academy Don Gordon, Okl ahoma Ci ty-Northeast Girls' Extemp- Boys' Extemp- }oan Haberl2nd, Academy SHM Rennard Strickland, Muskogee Denise Farrell, Academy SHM Jirn Johns, Seminole Oratorical-- Girls' Extemp- Patrick Bottino, Mt. St. Michael P aula Alexander, Muskogee Charles Cushing, LaSalle D ianne Burdick, Okla. City-Northeast Dramatic- Oratorical- Josephine Formica, SHM Academy Mike Downs, Okla. City-Marshall Anne Munster, Dominican Comm. John Bushnell, Muskogee Humorous- Dramatic- George Johnson, Xavier Lena Ohrn, Midwest City Valerie Verini, St. Ag. Academic (CP) Jean Sorrell, Okla. City-Capitol Hill T eam Trophy- · Humorous- St. John's Prep. 52, LaSalle Acad. -l-9, Judy De Lozier, Cushing Chamina de 46, Mount St. Michael 44 Patricia Catlett, Muskogee Southern Texas Team Trophy- Seminole 63, Midwest City 55, Musko­ Held at University of Houston gee 52, Oklahoma City-Northeast 50 Jerry Callahan, San Jacinto H S, Chr. Southern California Debate- Bellaire (Mack Kidd, John Williams\ Held at Occidental College, Los Angeles Lamar (Reed Martin, Tom Watkins) Joseph G. Lagndse, Sweetwater H S, Chr. Original Oratory- Debate- Alan Haufrecht, Bell.:ire Sweetwater (Pat Vi'alsh, Fred Hla­ Stephen Kaufman, Bel laire watsch) Boys' Extemp- San Diego (Diane Vivell, Martha Jim Bob Doty, Reagan Karp) John Williams, Bellaire Original Oratory- Girls' Extemp- Fred Hlawatsch, Sweetwater Carmen Stallings, Lamar John H~rrington, Redlands Cathy Baxter, Bellaire BoyJ' Extemp- Dramatic- William Stoever, Riverside-Ramona Marie Cheatham, Bellaire Arne H ansen, Sweetwater Ronny Cohen, San Jacinto Girls' Extemp- T earn Trophy- Eleanor Taylor, San Bernardino Bellaire 52, Lamar 49, San J acinto 47, Martha K arp, San Diego Reagan 42

12 The Rostru m Western Pennsylvania Western Held at Hempfield, Derry, Trafford Held at Logan, Utah-Leo Johnston, Chr. and St. Vincent's Debate- Helen G. Malseed, McKeesport, Chr. Ogden (Robert Moesinger, Mike Mur­ Debate- dock ) Greensburg (Judy Nowlin, Doris Post) Jordan (Shirley Greenwood, Janice St. Xavier Academy (Francis Terry, Jenkins) Betsy Reilly) Original Oratory- Original Oratory- Suzanne Sessions, Ogden Beth Rubinstein, McKeesport Nancy Wadsworth, Logan George K earns, St. Vincent Prep Boys' ExtemP- Boys' Extemp- Gary Watts, Logan David Harris, California Charles Powell, Ogden Lawrence Arendas, St. Vincent Prep Girls' ExtemP- Girls' Extemp- Trixie Young, Ogden Sallee McNamara, Johnstown-Catholic Lyne Crockett, Logan Karen Duda, Monessen Dramatic- Oralot·ical- Steve Jensen, Ogden Cathy Battaglia, McKeesport Clyn Barrus, Sugar-Salem, Idaho Barbara Riley, California Humorous- Dramatic- Joan H uber, Nampa, Idaho Michele .Giannini, Monessen Joy L. Butler, Rexburg, Idaho Catherine Yanossy, Derry Team Trophy- Humorous- Logan 54, Ogden 5 t, Jordan 49, Bear Mary McMahon, McKeesport River 41 Joan Avampato, St. Xavier Acad. North New Jersey Team Trophy- McKeesport 69, St. Xavier Acad. 69, Held at Dayton Regional High School Greensburg 66, Monessen 54 Pauline Keith, Chr. Wisconsin Debate- Perth Amboy-St. M ary (Robert Kam­ Held at Hartford and Ripon College bach, Lawrence Vartola, Bernard Charles B. McGivern, T~vo Rivers, Chr. Bernanek, Ralph Giles) Debate- Passaic - Jay W eiss, Gordon Berger, Sheboygan-Central (Rhoda Reiss, Lyn Louis Teichholtz, Oliver Zafirion) Imig, Robert Melzer, Lee Huebner) Original Oratory- West Bend (Steven Bauer, Bonnie Ben­ Hugh McCormick, St. Peter's Prep. edict, Carl Ziegler, Joachim Zenk) Zora Mush insky, Trenton-Hamilton Original Oratory- Boys' Extemp- Dan Travanti, Kenosha Howard Blum, South River Michael Ash, Marquette William Walsh, Perth Amboy-St. Mary Boys' Extemp- Rodger Gabriel90n, Kenosha Girls' Extemp- Thomas Murphy, Campion Margaret Foley, Cliffside P ark Meredith Shapiro, Red Bank-Catholic Girls' ExtemP- Lyn Imig, Sheboygan-Central Oratorical- Karen Vogel, Divine Savior Robert Poande, St. Benedict's Prep. Oratorical- Frank G reene, Rutherford-St. Mary Daryl Spooner, Divine Savior Dramatic- Steve Werner, W est Bend Rita Murphy, Red Bank-Catholic Dramatic- Leonore Rovenger, Englewood Dan Travanti, Kenosha Humorous- Pat Harris, Kenosha Doris Knebel, Cliffside Park Humorous- John Cassesse, Cliffside Park Fred Pious, Kenosha Bonnie Brown, W est Bend T eam Trophy- Trenton-Hamilton 47, Red Bank-Public T earn Trophy- 45, Springfield-Dayton 45, Englewood Marquette HS 61, Sheboygan-Cent. 58, West Bend 56, Kenosha 53 43 13 May 1958 District Congress Winners

New Jersey Gifford Price, Fort Collins Held at Springfield Elected National Smator- Vinccnt Occhipinti, Cheyenne, \Vyo. Outstanding Senator- Peter P almadesso, So. Amboy-St. Mary Elected National R epresen tati~·e- Joe Doussard, Denver-Holy Family Superior Senator- Milt Shoup, Longmont, Colo. Larry Kaufman, Trenton-Hamilton Presidents of Senate- New England 'William Walsh, P erth Amboy-St. Mary Held at Laconia, N. H. John Saxton, Sp• ingfield-Dayton Outstanding Representative- Outstanding Senator- Gordon Berger, Passa ic Constance Bogh, Portland, M e. Superior Representative-- Superior Senator- David Power::, Springfield-Dayton Robert Titus, Laconia, N. H. Speakers of H ouse-· President of Senate- Richard Bozan, Perth Amboy-St. Mary Esther Suosso, Dover, N. H. Thomas Barnhorst, Trenton-Hamilton Outstanding Representative­ Elected National Senator- Albert Ayre, Laconia, N. H. John Saxton, Springfield-Dayton Justin Orr, Holde1ne ~J School, N. H. Elected National R epresentative­ Superior Representative- Thomas Barnhorst, Trenton-Hamilton Charles Sawyer, Concord, N. H. "'Howard B lum, South River Ronald .Gi lli~, Mission Church, Mass. Speaker of H ouse- Oklahoma Fred Halperin, Cheshire Acad., Conn. Held at State Capitol, Okla. City Robert Kelly, Mission Church, Mass. Elected National Senator- Outstanding Senator- Dcnault Blouin, Holderness Sch., N.H. Monty Hoyt, Okla. City-Ciassen Elected National Representative­ Supe1·ior Senator- Robert Kelly, Mission Church, Mass. Dianne Burdick, Okla. City-N.E. Kentucky Presidetrt of Senate- Gary Rayborn, Midwest City Held at Scott County HS, Georgetovm Outstanding Representative­ Outstanding Senator- Don Harris, Okla. City-N.E. Dean Elkin~, Louisville-Atherton Superior R epresentati~;e- Superior Senator- Dick Cies, Okla. City-Classen Joyce Shackleford, Loui sv ille-Male Sueaker of House- }'resident of Smale-- Jack Land, M uskogee Lance Liebman, Frankfort Elected National Senator- Outstanding R epresentative­ Monty Hoyt, Okla. City-Classen Jim Jackson, Trimble County Elected National Representative­ Superior Representative- Kenneth Easton, Lawton Lyle Robey, Scott County _ orma Callas, Enid Speaker of H ouse- Jtocky Mountain Doub McCall, Lc ui ~ville·Atherton Elected National Senator- He! d at S•tat e Cap1to. l, D enver Phil Taylor, Ashland Outstanding Senator- Elected National R epresentative­ Vincent Occhipinti, Cheyenne, Wyo. Lyle Robey, Scott County Supuior Senator- Northern Ohio Gary Griffin, Fort Collins, Colo. Held at Youngstown-Chancy President of Senate- Allen Gerstner, Denver-Regis Outstanding Senator- Outstanding R epresentatives­ Neil Scott, Revere Milt Shoup, Longmont, Colo. Superior Smator- Joe Doussard, Denver-Holy Family Kenncth Goudreau, Cleve.-Cath. Latin Superior R epresentatives- President of Senate- Paul Vranesic, Denver-St. Francis Tim Heames, Youngstown-Rayen Sara Leon ard, Trinidad, Colo. Outstanding R epresentative- Speaker of the I-louse- Robert J ablowski, Cleve.-St. Ignatius J ames Steichen, Denver-St. Francis Jim Harri ~, Cleveland-Cath. Latin

14 Th e Rostrum Superior Representative- President ?} Senate- Mary Ann Pittenger, Akron-Buchtel Richard J.ives, Houston-Spring Branch \1\T illiam Brodhead, Cleve.-St. Ignatius Outstand• ng Reprnentative- Speaker of House- Gene Clements, Houston-Lamar Dale DeLetig, Struthers Superiq•· Representative-· John Reisch, Youngstown-Rayen Ronr •ie Cohen, Houston-Bellaire Elected National Senator- Speakr-r of H ouse- Tim Reames, Youngstown-Rayen Scott Morris, Houston-Bellaire Elected National Representative­ E!ecz ~ d National Senator- Neil Scott, Revere Jury \\'heele•·, Houston-Houston Dale DeLetis, Struthers El !cted National Representalive­ Jim Harris, Cleveland-Cathedral Latin Ken Carr, Houston-Bellai re Jim Broussard, Houston-Bellaire Eastern Ohio Pittsburgh Held at \\1ooster Outstanding Senator- Outstanding Senator- Patricia Perkins, Wadsworth Frey Meyers, St. Basil Superio f Repnt.r{!ntative­ Superior Senator- \\Talter Rearick, Wooster Thomas Calhoun, West View President of Senate- President of Senate- Richard Hervey, Canton-Lehman Bert Ghezzi, Sr. Justin Outstanding Representative- Outstandino Represe ntati·~·e­ David Looman, Canton-Lehman Ray Hodil, Avonworth Constantine Vishnevsky, Louisv'ille Robert Madden, McK. Rocks-St. :v!ary Superior Representative- Superior Representative- James Mogus, Louisville .f. Marsucci, St . .Tustin Jon Bordner, Massillon John Piconi, St. Basil Speaker of House- Speaker of House- StJZanne Romary, Loui~ville Mary Lou H armon, St. Canice Jon Richardson, Canton-McKinley Richard Easton, St. Ju~in Elected National Senator- Elected National Smator- Linda Gastman, Canton-Mel :inley .Tudith Strathman, Sacred Heart Elected National Representativt­ Elected National Representative­ Richard Ri nehart, Louisville Swabb, Avonworth Hans Schemer, Wadsworth Tohn Holveck, St. Canice Rich ard Easton, St. Justin Western Ohio Dlinois Held at Dayton Safety Building Outstanding Senator- Held at Loyola University Michael Hord, Dayton-Chaminade Outstandinq Senator- Superior Senator- Brian Henderson, Chica~o-Mt. Carmel James H erbert, Dayton-Chaminade Superior Senator- President of Senate- Mary Lee Cullen, Evanston-Marywood Kermit W olford, Columbus-North President of Senate- Outstanding Representative- Matt Flanigan, Chicago-St. Ignatius John Pier, Dayton-Chaminade Outstandin{l Representative- Superior Representati'l.•e- Allan Schuh. Chicago-St. Ignatius John Lowe, Marysville Superior RePresenlati

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Superior R epresentative- Western Pennsylvania Robert Carlson, Kent-Meridian Held at Trafford Speaker of House- Earl Peterson, Sumner Outstanding Senator- Elected National Repri!sentative­ Paul George, Blairsville Louis Vitalich, Bellevue Superior Senator- San Francisco Bay Dave Lorenzo, Uniontown-St. John President of Senate- Held at San Anselmo Terry Deglau, Derry Outstanding Senator- Outstanding Representative­ Lambert Spronck, Bellarmine Perp. Carole Stakor, Trafford Superior Senator- William Earner, McKeesport Alden Chace, Sunnyvale-Fremont Sallee McNamara, Johnstown-Catholic President of Senate- Superior Representative­ Tom O'Neil, San Francisco-Riordan Tom Ransick, McKeesport Outstanding Representative- Linda Karas, Johnstown-Catholic 'William Gagen, Bellarmine Prep. Gay Gelb, McKeesport Superior Representative- Speaker of II ouse- Don Dean, San Anselmo-Drake Gordon Cook, McKeesport Speaker of House- Larry Garlock, Blairsville Dave Simpkins, Sunnyvale-Fremont Joan Carr, St. Xavier Acad. Elected National SetuJtor- Elected National Senator- Aiden Chace, Sunnyvale-Fremont Lawrence Ondrejack, Johnstown-Cath. Elected National Representative­ Elected National Representative­ Dave Kelly, Sunnyvale Lawrence Arendas, St. Vincent Prep. Southern Minnesota Paul George, Blairsville Held at Minneapolis-Edison Nick Sabin, McKeesport George Kearns, St. Vincent Prep. Outstanding Setzator- Tom Obst, White Bear Lake Tennessee Superior Senator- H eld at State Capitol, Nashville Margery Cunningham, St. Paul-Central Outstanding Senator- President of Senate- John Pickett, Madison Harold Bigot, Hastings Outstanding R epresentative- Superior Senator- Elliot Rothenberg, Mpk.-North Roy Shelton, Nashville-Central Superior Represmtative- Presidmt of Senate- Stephen Robb, Mpls.-De La Salle Virginia Maddux, Cookeville Speaker of House- Outstanding R epresentative­ Dagmar Bauer, Mpls.-Edison David King, Cookeville Superior Representative­ Elected National Senator­ Thomas Obst, White Bear Lake Martha West, Nashville-Litton Elected National Representative...:.... Speaker of House- Harold Bigot, Hastings Harriet Russell, Donelson Don Forsberg, Mpls.-Roosevelt Elected National Senator- Roy Shelton, Nashville-Central Nebraska Elected National Representative- Held at College of St. Mary, Omaha L. A. Sturdivant, Nashville-Litton Outstanding Se"lator- Gene Paul Petty, DuPont HS Rosalee Malone, Omaha-Cathedral Western Superior Senator- Michael Crawford, Lincoln-Southeast Held at Logan, Utah Preisdent of Senate-· Outstanding Senator- Steve Swatek, Omaha-Benson Ronald Fessenden, Ogden, Utah Outstanding Representative- Superior Senator- Brian Hirschman, Omaha-Cathedral Jim Kennedy, Ogden, Utah Superior Representative- President of Senate- Beverly Watson, Omaha-Benson Gary London, Ogden, Utah Speaker of House-· Outstanding Representative­ Gary Greinke, Hastings John Nelson, Ogden, Utah Elected National Senator- Superior Representative­ Steve Swatek, Omaha-Benson Merlin Olsen, Logan, Utah Elected National Representative­ Speaker of House- Kathryn Letter, Omaha-Cathedral Merlin Olsen, Logan, Utah

16 The Rostrum From the Secretary's Desk Sorry, John! gree than there is Rostrum space available. The names of others Somehow the name of John will be published next fall. McCullough of Miami, Okla~ homa, was omitted from the list of New Chapters high~point students published monthly in The Rostrum and no Charters have been granted to the following schools within the one called our attention to it un~ past several weeks: til just now. John was the nation~ al champion in Boys' Extemp last Monona Grove, Wis. year and has qualified for the Louisville-Trinity, Ky. 1958 Nationals in Original Ora~ Bakersfield-South, Calif. tory. To make up for all the list­ Houston-Mary Smiley, Tex. ing missed, we are printing his Chicago-Mt. Carmel HS, Ill. name in bold face type this time. Maywood-Proviso, Ill. Broken Arrow, Okla. VOTE! VOTE! Uniontown-St. John, Pa. The first 25 ballots received San Jose-Lincoln, Calif. from the chapters in our biennial West Plains, Mo. election indicate that the vote will Grossmont-Mt. Miguel, Calif. be close, especially for the direc­ Upland, California torships. If your chapter has not Bakersfield-North, Calif. mailed its ballot, do so now and Ephrata, Wash. be sure to rank five candidates as Silverdale, Wash. instructed on the ballot. In a tight Brookfield, Wisconsin race the fifth choice is often the All places in our established deciding factor. limit of 800 member schools have been assigned. Further charter Seniors Only applications will be laid over un­ As customary, we list only sen­ til October to fill vacancies creat­ iors receiving Degree of Distinc­ ed by failure of some schools to tion this month. Toward the end meet charter renewal require­ of the year more receive the de- ments.

Elected National Senator- Superior Senator- Gary London, Ogden, Utah Jan Dizard, Duluth-Denfeld Elected National R epreuntative­ President of Senate- Merlin Olsen, Logan, Utah Evern Roy, Cloquet Cai·olina Outstattding Representative­ Held at Winston-Salem Gerald Brown, Duluth-Denfeld Outstanding Representative­ Alfred Baker, Lancaster, S. C. Superior Representative- Superior Representative- Michael Nilan, St. Cloud-Cathedral Gerald Platnick, Bluefield, W. Va. Sp eaker of House-· Speaker of House- George Yurchyshyn, Hibbing Charles Elkins, \Vinston-Salem, N. C. Northern Minnesota Elected National Senator- Dennis Neutzling, St. Cloud-Cathedral Held at Hibbing Outstanding Senator-- Elected National Representative- Dennis Neutzling, St. Cloud-Cathedral Gerald Brown, Duluth-Denfcld

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May Leaders Diamond Key Coaches Kenneth Goudreau, Cle'd.-Cath. Lat...... 7 18 Lois Miner, W atertown, S. D ...... -- ...717 R. J. Happe, *So. St. * Paul, *Mi nn ...... 612 6 Tom Gompertz, M erced, Cal...... 705 E. J. Diller, Youngstown-Chancy, 0 .... 5572 Lance Liebm an, Frankfort, Ky...... -.... -...... 692 Fred Meyers, St. Basil, Pa...... - ...... 6:'8 Lucile Stephens, *Poughkeep * sie, N.Y.... 5031 John McCUllough, Miami, Okla. .... 662 Albert E. James, Longmont, Colo ...... 4461 Margaret Rooney, Pitts.-Seton, Pa...... 652 Wm. G. Nagel, Massillon, Ohio--...... 4065 Rennard Strickland, Muskogee, Okla .... 6+9 E. R. Van Kirk, Bentleyville, Pa ...... - ..4003 Claude Sutcliffe, Sweetwater HS, Cal.. .. 647 David Howland, Youngstown-Ray...... 3 8l6 Tim Heames, Youngs.-Rayen, 0 ...... _..... 637 Helen G. Malseed, McKeesport, Pa ....3 73 6 F red Hlawatsch, Sweetwater, Cal...... 626 L. D. H anks, L.A.-Marshall, Cal...... 1620 Harold Levander, So. St. Paul, Minn .... 616 Bertha Hunt, Miami-Jackson, Fla...... 3520 Thomas Calhoun, West View, Pa ...... _.... 6J 6 Frances F. Feris, Casper, Wyo ...... 3424 Tom Watkins, Houston-Lamar, T ex.-... 614 A. E. Melzer, Sheb.-Central, Wis...... 3361 Alden Chace, Sun'vale-Fremont, Cal.... 613 0. W. Kolberg, Lead, S. D ...... 33 54- Dennis Neutzling, St. Cloud-C'draL...... 6 13 Thomas D. Reed, Hammond, Ind ...... _3306 Paula Alexander, Muskogee, Okla...... 6ll Sr. M ary Zoe, Sacred Heart, P a .... -.-.. 3265 Vi7illiam Newlin, Vi'est View, P a ...... 607 Lester M. Tucker, Howe Mil., Ind ...... 3235 Bill Bald ridge, Springfield, Mc...... -.....604 Ruth P. Estes, Laconia, N. H ...... 3194 Ken Moes, 'Vestertown, S. D ...... 592 Mack Kidd, Houston-Bellaire, T ex ...... 5 91 Una Lee Voigt, Enid,* Okla...... 3204 Gary Rayburn, Midwest City, Okla ...... 581 Mary Hamilton, Omaha-No., Neb...... 3039 Tom Stribling, Springfield, Mo. ....- ....._ .... 578 L. D. Schreiver, Charleroi, Pa...... 2960 Joseph Doussard, Denver-Holy Fam ... _.$75 Eunice Horne, Jacksonville-Lee, Fla ... 29JO David Allswang, L.A.-Marshall... .. _ ...... S72 T. C. Bond, Niles-McKinley, Ohio___ .. 2912 Mary Cullen, Evanston-Maryw'd, Ill .... S69 John R. Holcomb, Houston-Rcagan...... 286-1- Richard Bradley, Muskogee, Okla ...... %8 Leonard Jensen, K.C.-Wyandotte...... -. 284-9 P amela Marzulla, Red Bank-Catholic... 56 ~ Julia Brunelli, G reensburg, Pa...... - ...- .....2798 J udy Haas, Neosho, Mo...... -....- ...... 56 8 Karl Boyle, Louisville, Ohio...... - ..... 2629 Joseph Bell, Denver-South, Colo ...... 562 J ohn D. Davies, Kenosha, Wis...... 2622 Vi'alker Blakey, Barberton, 0 ...... _,_...... 556 Jos. Strawbridge, J ef'sonville, N.Y... .2592 Bill Nelson, Longmont, Colo...... - ....- .... _____ 552 James F. Hawker, Lafayette, Ind...... 25 76 Linda S. Gambee, Peru, Ind . ... - ... - ...- ... 549 Robert Walker, Sikeston, Mo ...... 2544 John MacDonald, Mission HS, Mass._549 Carolyn Binkley, Nashville-East._ ____.. 2534 Linda Leininger, So. St. Paul, Minn ...... S-l-7 Sr. M. Perpetua, St. Benedict, Pa ..-. .... 2533 Paul Cull en, Red Bank-Catholic, N.J .... S.J-6 E tta Scarborough, Sarasota, Fla .....- .... 2512 Lucretia Needh~m, Muskogee, Okla ...... 543 Albert L. Swank, Peekskill, N.Y...... - ....2506 David Stapp, So. St. Paul, Minn ...... 542 Dan J . Tewell, P ittsburg, Kans...... 2+07 Leonard Alaria, Bakersfield, CaL...... 541 Sr. M. Constantine, Omaha-Cathed .... 2280 Bert Ghezzi, St. Justin HS, P a...... S+O Margaret Meredith, Indep., Mo...... 2239 Judy Happe, So. St. Paul, Minn ...... SlO Sr. M. Angela, St. Xavier, Pa ...... - .... 2227 Mary J o Volpert, Peru, Ind ...... -...... 538 E'dana Connors, Mpls.-North, Minn ... .2201 Norman Oberstein, Oskaloosa, Ia._____ ....$ 38 Winifred Ray, Terre Haute-Wiley___ .2176 La rry Tribe, San F.-Lincoln, Cal...... - S37 H. H. Bisel, Pueblo-Centen., Colo ...... 2153 Kay Repine, St. Xavier Acad., P a...... 537 Robert Wilson, Jamestown, N.Y...... _ .... 2143 Rachel Abernethy, Barberton, 0. ______~36 M ary Gottlieb, San Bernardino-Pac. ... 213 8 Linda Gastman, Canton-McK., 0 ...... 536 Mary S. Ritter, Modesto, Cal...... 2071 David Greeneisen, M arysville, Ohio...... 534 Vernon Metz, West View, Pa...... 2070 Nedra Lundberg, G regory, S.D ...... 534 Permelia Baldwin, California, Pa ...... 2069

T'h e Rostrum Degrees of Distinction

Sandra Mally, St. Francis de Sales, Colo. Gayle Jackson, Denver-Cathedral HS Sally Mally, St. Francis de Sales, Colo. Katharine Kenney, Auburn, Me. Sharon Beals, St. Francis de Sales, Colo. Evern Roy, Cloquet, Minn. Anna Englert, Acad. Holy Angels, La. Linda Conklin, Stigler, Okl a. Yvonne K ell er, Acad. H oly Angels, La. Kringel, M arquette HS, Wis. Roger Casteel, Great Falls, Mont. Marcia Blackwell, Marywood Sch., Ill. Cile Pace, Casper, W yo. Homer Wampler, Sp'gfield-Parkview, Mo. Alan M. Ruben, Shreveport-Byrd, La. P eter Hoffman, Xavier HS, N. Y. Sherrille Glanville, D enver-W est, Colo. R()y Messina, Xavier HS, N. Y. Barbara DiPilla, Holy Family HS, Colo. James Rice, Xavier HS, N. Y. Milton Shoup, Longmont, Colo. Brian Smith, Xavier HS, N. Y. Sidney Stratman, Longmont, Colo. John Palmroth, Army & Navy Acad., Cal, Diane Thompson, Hutchinson, Kans. Barbara Vance, Cheyenne, Wyo. Ralph Richardson, Rockhurst H S, Mo. Barbara Franzki, Camden-Catholic, N. J , James Brady, Rockhurst HS, Mo. Carol F. Holt, Camden-Catholic HS, N.J. Cernigl ia, Rockhurst HS, Mo. Jay Stevens, Jordan HS, Utah Robert Jaffee, Niles-McKinley, Ohio Scott M()rris, Housron-Bellai re HS Layle Thatcher, Sugar Salem, Idaho Giselle C. Nemeth, Utica Acad., N. Y. Timothy Materer, St. Patrick HS, Ill. Robert Rich, N ewton, Kans. Patsy Smithson, Nashville-Litton, Tenn. Joan DePiore, Young$town-Chaney, 0. Larry Cole, Nashville-Litton, T enn. Karen Mine•·, Cuyahoga Falls, 0. Lanny Losasso, Holy Family H S, Colo. Michael H enke, Vi'aco, Tex. Jim Shapro, Miami Beach, Fla. Dorothy B ruce, Waco, Tex. Bill Biglow, T::mpa-Hillsborough, Fla. Peter Mourer, Olympia, \Vash. Fred Gause, Tarpon Springs, Fl a. Robert L. Carlson, Kent, Wash. Peter Skiko, Fordham Prep, N. Y. Mary Gunning, Seattle-Shoreline, Wash. Carol Duell, Dayton-Julienne, Ohio Max Forsburg, Bear River I-IS, Utah Sue Pollock, Divine Savior I-IS, Wis. John Day, Bear River liS, Utah B rian Henderson, M~. Carmel H S, Ill. Don L. Aker, Bear River HS, Utah Pe:1n Nicholson, Middlesboro, Ky. Shirley J. Lopeman, Lebanon, Mo. Geoffrt>y Mitchell, Middlesboro, Ky. Shirley Reyn()lds, Nashville-Cohn, Tenn. Michael Callahan, Concord, N. H amp. Susan Coleman, Burlington, Vt. Steven Brams, Concord, N. Hamp. Gail Williams, Omaha-North, Nebr. Susan Ape!, Chaffey HS, Calif. Charlotte Yost, Minneapolis-Henry, Minn. Vito D. Francesco, Chaffey HS, Cal. Jan A. Nosker, Minneapolis-Henry, Minn. Robert Young, Ft. Madison-Aquinas, Ia. Larry Carr, Penn H S, Verona, Pa. Patricia Flythe, High Point, N. Car. William Stout, Penn HS, Verona, Pa. Tristan Jiminez, Tampa-Jesuit, Fla. Kurt Bennett, Sioux City-Central, Iowa Donald Broderick, Ursuline HS, Ohio Beverly Sarver, Madison, Tenn. Kathleen Vescio, Sacred Heart HS, Pa. Kathryn Letter, Omaha-Cathedral, Nebr. Charles Powell, Ogden, Utah Donna Stone, South Salem, Ore. Susan Brown, Ogden, Utah Buzzy Bryant, Abilene, Tex. I Mike Murdock, Ogden, Utah Sharon Ramage, St. Fran. de Sales, Col(). Bob Sayler, Shawnee Mission, Kansas Camille Burkhardt, Alvernia HS, Ill. Phil Muntzel, Shawnee Mission, Kans. Mike Salisbury, Howe Military, Ind. Harry Lindquist, Shawnee Mission, Kans. LaVerne McKenney, Scott C(). HS, Ky. James Fifield, Shawnee Mission, Kans. James Miller, Dalla9 Jesuit HS, Tex. Robert Richards, Dallas--Sunset, Tex. Le()n Flusche, Dall a~ Jesuit HS, Tex. Jack McMullough, Monett, Mo. Marlene Simpson, Hartford, Wis. April Shawhan, Dayton-Fairmont, 0. David Fox, Turlock, Calif. Margaret Dittes, So. St. Paul, Minn. John Sarsfield, St. Joseph HS, Cal. Harrisc Siegel, Waco, Tex. Martha Backus, Sweetwater HS, Cal. Ronald Conner, Sam Houston HS, Tex. John Lem-ing, Sweetwater HS, Cal. Tom Wingett, Cheyenne ,Wya. James Co()k, St. Paul-Central, Minn. Bill Green, Enid, Okla. Jeff Williams, Mercer Island, Wash. Michael Ferrin, Blackfoot, Idaho Sharon .Grant, Pasco, Wash. Sandra Turner, Houston-Spring Branch Eleanore Taylor, San Bernardino, Calif. Judith A. Dutler, Mankato, Minn. Jim P rosser, Jacksonville-Lee, Fla. Carole K elly, Derry, Pa. Mr. Charles Ledbetter, Houston-Lamar Richard Schulte, H uron, So. Dak. Lyman Smith, Guymon, Okl a.

May 1958 19 -- - The District Standing

Rank Change District Ave. Deg. Second Largest Chapter Degrees 1. 0 Southern Texas ...... 83.0 Bellaire ...... 138 2. 0 W estern Penn ...... 74.2 St. Xavier Academy ...... 161 3. 0 Pittsburgh ...... 64.5 W est View ...... 127 4. 0 Eastern Ohio ...... 62.8 Louisville ...... 126 5. 0 Los Angeles ...... 61.6 Arcadia ...... 136 6. 0 Northern Ohio ...... 57.9 Niles~McKinley ...... 105 7. + 2 Illinois ...... 53.7 Loyola Academy ...... 129 8. - 1 Indiana ...... 53.5 Howe Military ...... 145 9. -1 Central California .. 50.6 Modes to~Downey ...... 105 10. + 3 Southern California 49.3 Sweetwater ...... 102 11. - 1 W estern Ohio ...... 47.4 Dayto n~Chaminade ...... 106 12. - 1 Southern Minnesota 47.3 St. Agnes ...... 82 13. -1 Rocky Mountain .... 47.2 Holy Family ...... 108 14. 0 Southern Wisconsin 44.9 Marquette ...... 83 15. + 1 Kentucky ...... 12.3 \Vinchester ...... 58 16. + 3 New York State .... 42.2 Poughkeepsie ...... 107 17. - 2 Florida ...... 42.1 Miami Jackson ...... 94 18. + 2 Northern Texas ...... ·10.2 Dallas~Adamson ...... 81 19. + 6 Kansas ...... 40.1 Wyandotte ...... 87 20. + 6 Washington ...... 40.1 Olympia ...... 69 21. -4 Missouri ...... 40.1 Rockhurst ...... 112 22. - 1 New Jersey ...... 38.9 Trenton~Cathedra l ...... Ill 23. -5 Iowa ...... 37.9 Muscatine ...... 93 24. +3 Oklahoma ...... 36.2 Lawton ...... 123 25. - 1 South Dakota ...... 36.1 Lead ...... 126 26. -3 San Francisco Bay 35.2 Bellarmine Prep ...... 71 27. - 5 New England ...... 35.1 Notre Dame ...... 56 28. + 2 New York City ...... 34.7 Fordham Prep ...... 75 29. - 1 Tennessee ...... 33.4 Nashville~Hillsboro ...... 70 30. - 1 No. Minnesota ...... 32.5 Duluth-Denfeld ...... 67 31. + 1 Western ...... 32.0 Logan, Utah ...... 54 32. - 1 Nebraska ...... 29.7 Hastings ...... 63 33. 0 Carolina ...... 23.5 High Point ...... 53 34. 0 Nq. Wisconsin ...... 19.8 Chippewa Falls ...... 45

This Month This Year Grand 1957 1958 1957 1958 Total

Chapters ...... 9 8 86 81 800 1202 6422 7890 115,156 Members ~------1099 Keys ...... 534 588 1705 2292 51 ,476 Degrees of Honor ...... 520 651 2110 3323 60,448 Degrees of Excellence ...... 275 399 1064 1797 35,457 Degrees of Distinction .... 178 245 740 872 17,664

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