Father: David Todd Briggs
Mother: Katherine Leon Whigham
Siblings: Lena Belle, Wallace Eugene, David Todd IV, *, Melton Baty.
Spouse: Hazel Jones
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Home in 1920: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas with parents and siblings.
Home in 1930: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents and siblings.
Home in 1940: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents.
Home in 1950: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with spouse.
Our Lampasas County Interscholastic League winners went into Austin. And there at Austin, they emphasized Debating, Extemporaneous Speaking, Spelling, and Declamation. Now, here in Lampasas, we did not have what was called the Public Speaking Department which we call it Speech today. I guess we fell heir to the organization of public speaking.
Well, not only that, but I was told that I would be given two years to accredit that course, so the kiddos would know they'd have to pay for part of it.
The first year I taught a little bit of all of them. And then I had to concentrate on one of the divisions for the second year. And I decided on debating, and the reason I did that is because I had two of the keenest minds of the boys, Porter Briggs, and Clyde Walker, Stanley Walker's youngest brother. And I mean, those boys, they had keen minds! They also could spot some misquote on the part of the opponent. And each one of them had a, just a very subtle, bit of sarcasm that they could use. I don't know what some of them thought I was coaching instead of debate. But they really worked hard at that.
Voice: They thought it was a challenge, didn't they.
Lucile Norris: Yes, they did. There were very few TVs. And not even too many radios. And they certainly didn't bring the news reports in. And the State Department would send out
ten subjects at the beginning of the year to be used for Debating and Extemporaneous Speaking. So these kiddos, and I wonder how many [inaudible term] they won state. They would take newspapers. They would take newsmagazines. And cut out the articles, and the chains, and the news subjects. They would study, and they would work, so that they would be prepared.
And then the night, they would begin the special extemporaneous speeches. They would each be given, those who were competing that night for the winner of the county, they would be given a topic. They would scrabble through their material; they were given about fifteen or twenty minutes to get all this together. Of course, they had it beforehand.
They would start speaking, and believe me, it was good. And here again, the town certainly did co-operate. Every time we had anything like at night; I mean that auditorium in the old building was full! So, these kiddos each took a pride in their accomplishments, they really did.
The rural schools, most of them I just loved it. They had their departments also, and we would go and cipher by debate and some of the rest of these and all, you know, at one time, you know, they even let us go WAY over to BROWNWOOD and practice one night! Now, I mean, that was a journey! - Lucille Norris
Contributor: Peggy Smith Wolfe (47006885) • [email protected]
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Mother: Katherine Leon Whigham
Siblings: Lena Belle, Wallace Eugene, David Todd IV, *, Melton Baty.
Spouse: Hazel Jones
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Home in 1920: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas with parents and siblings.
Home in 1930: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents and siblings.
Home in 1940: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents.
Home in 1950: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with spouse.
Our Lampasas County Interscholastic League winners went into Austin. And there at Austin, they emphasized Debating, Extemporaneous Speaking, Spelling, and Declamation. Now, here in Lampasas, we did not have what was called the Public Speaking Department which we call it Speech today. I guess we fell heir to the organization of public speaking.
Well, not only that, but I was told that I would be given two years to accredit that course, so the kiddos would know they'd have to pay for part of it.
The first year I taught a little bit of all of them. And then I had to concentrate on one of the divisions for the second year. And I decided on debating, and the reason I did that is because I had two of the keenest minds of the boys, Porter Briggs, and Clyde Walker, Stanley Walker's youngest brother. And I mean, those boys, they had keen minds! They also could spot some misquote on the part of the opponent. And each one of them had a, just a very subtle, bit of sarcasm that they could use. I don't know what some of them thought I was coaching instead of debate. But they really worked hard at that.
Voice: They thought it was a challenge, didn't they.
Lucile Norris: Yes, they did. There were very few TVs. And not even too many radios. And they certainly didn't bring the news reports in. And the State Department would send out
ten subjects at the beginning of the year to be used for Debating and Extemporaneous Speaking. So these kiddos, and I wonder how many [inaudible term] they won state. They would take newspapers. They would take newsmagazines. And cut out the articles, and the chains, and the news subjects. They would study, and they would work, so that they would be prepared.
And then the night, they would begin the special extemporaneous speeches. They would each be given, those who were competing that night for the winner of the county, they would be given a topic. They would scrabble through their material; they were given about fifteen or twenty minutes to get all this together. Of course, they had it beforehand.
They would start speaking, and believe me, it was good. And here again, the town certainly did co-operate. Every time we had anything like at night; I mean that auditorium in the old building was full! So, these kiddos each took a pride in their accomplishments, they really did.
The rural schools, most of them I just loved it. They had their departments also, and we would go and cipher by debate and some of the rest of these and all, you know, at one time, you know, they even let us go WAY over to BROWNWOOD and practice one night! Now, I mean, that was a journey! - Lucille Norris
Contributor: Peggy Smith Wolfe (47006885) • [email protected]
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Father: David Todd Briggs
Mother: Katherine Leon Whigham
Siblings: Lena Belle, Wallace Eugene, David Todd IV, *, Melton Baty.
Spouse: Hazel Jones
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Home in 1920: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas with parents and siblings.
Home in 1930: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents and siblings.
Home in 1940: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents.
Home in 1950: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with spouse.
Our Lampasas County Interscholastic League winners went into Austin. And there at Austin, they emphasized Debating, Extemporaneous Speaking, Spelling, and Declamation. Now, here in Lampasas, we did not have what was called the Public Speaking Department which we call it Speech today. I guess we fell heir to the organization of public speaking.
Well, not only that, but I was told that I would be given two years to accredit that course, so the kiddos would know they'd have to pay for part of it.
The first year I taught a little bit of all of them. And then I had to concentrate on one of the divisions for the second year. And I decided on debating, and the reason I did that is because I had two of the keenest minds of the boys, Porter Briggs, and Clyde Walker, Stanley Walker's youngest brother. And I mean, those boys, they had keen minds! They also could spot some misquote on the part of the opponent. And each one of them had a, just a very subtle, bit of sarcasm that they could use. I don't know what some of them thought I was coaching instead of debate. But they really worked hard at that.
Voice: They thought it was a challenge, didn't they.
Lucile Norris: Yes, they did. There were very few TVs. And not even too many radios. And they certainly didn't bring the news reports in. And the State Department would send out
ten subjects at the beginning of the year to be used for Debating and Extemporaneous Speaking. So these kiddos, and I wonder how many [inaudible term] they won state. They would take newspapers. They would take newsmagazines. And cut out the articles, and the chains, and the news subjects. They would study, and they would work, so that they would be prepared.
And then the night, they would begin the special extemporaneous speeches. They would each be given, those who were competing that night for the winner of the county, they would be given a topic. They would scrabble through their material; they were given about fifteen or twenty minutes to get all this together. Of course, they had it beforehand.
They would start speaking, and believe me, it was good. And here again, the town certainly did co-operate. Every time we had anything like at night; I mean that auditorium in the old building was full! So, these kiddos each took a pride in their accomplishments, they really did.
The rural schools, most of them I just loved it. They had their departments also, and we would go and cipher by debate and some of the rest of these and all, you know, at one time, you know, they even let us go WAY over to BROWNWOOD and practice one night! Now, I mean, that was a journey! - Lucille Norris
Contributor: Peggy Smith Wolfe (47006885) • [email protected]
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Mother: Katherine Leon Whigham
Siblings: Lena Belle, Wallace Eugene, David Todd IV, *, Melton Baty.
Spouse: Hazel Jones
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Home in 1920: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas with parents and siblings.
Home in 1930: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents and siblings.
Home in 1940: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with parents.
Home in 1950: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, with spouse.
Our Lampasas County Interscholastic League winners went into Austin. And there at Austin, they emphasized Debating, Extemporaneous Speaking, Spelling, and Declamation. Now, here in Lampasas, we did not have what was called the Public Speaking Department which we call it Speech today. I guess we fell heir to the organization of public speaking.
Well, not only that, but I was told that I would be given two years to accredit that course, so the kiddos would know they'd have to pay for part of it.
The first year I taught a little bit of all of them. And then I had to concentrate on one of the divisions for the second year. And I decided on debating, and the reason I did that is because I had two of the keenest minds of the boys, Porter Briggs, and Clyde Walker, Stanley Walker's youngest brother. And I mean, those boys, they had keen minds! They also could spot some misquote on the part of the opponent. And each one of them had a, just a very subtle, bit of sarcasm that they could use. I don't know what some of them thought I was coaching instead of debate. But they really worked hard at that.
Voice: They thought it was a challenge, didn't they.
Lucile Norris: Yes, they did. There were very few TVs. And not even too many radios. And they certainly didn't bring the news reports in. And the State Department would send out
ten subjects at the beginning of the year to be used for Debating and Extemporaneous Speaking. So these kiddos, and I wonder how many [inaudible term] they won state. They would take newspapers. They would take newsmagazines. And cut out the articles, and the chains, and the news subjects. They would study, and they would work, so that they would be prepared.
And then the night, they would begin the special extemporaneous speeches. They would each be given, those who were competing that night for the winner of the county, they would be given a topic. They would scrabble through their material; they were given about fifteen or twenty minutes to get all this together. Of course, they had it beforehand.
They would start speaking, and believe me, it was good. And here again, the town certainly did co-operate. Every time we had anything like at night; I mean that auditorium in the old building was full! So, these kiddos each took a pride in their accomplishments, they really did.
The rural schools, most of them I just loved it. They had their departments also, and we would go and cipher by debate and some of the rest of these and all, you know, at one time, you know, they even let us go WAY over to BROWNWOOD and practice one night! Now, I mean, that was a journey! - Lucille Norris
Contributor: Peggy Smith Wolfe (47006885) • [email protected]
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