1943-1944
The
Faculty
John Ackley
John William Ackley, A.M. Assistant
Professor of English, A.B., University of Redlands; A.M., University of
Southern California, Instructor, and Director of Forensics
Edith Blackman Merrell Davis, A.B.
(Mrs.) Assistant Professor English,
No picture
Dr.
Ann Louise Hirt, Assistant Professor of Speech and
Dramatic Art; not sure if she is still teaching this year.
W. R. Davis, DSR Faculty Advisor
Whitman publications said
To
Be held Saturday; Five teams enter
Whitman
debate teams will travel to Moscow this weekend to enter the underclass debate
tournament to be held at the University of Idaho Saturday, January 16.
Teams
representing Whitman will be Kay Webster and Irene Callen,
Bill Judd and Bill Downey, John Shaw and Preston Macy, Sam Farmer and Richie
Garrett, Eldon Seabartand and Jack Bates. These
debaters are all inexperienced in college debate with the exception of Irene Callen who debated on the Whitman team last year.
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The
tournament at the University of Idaho will be entered by teams from Washington
State College; Lewiston Normal, Idaho, and Whitman. Schools, from all over the
Inland Empire are eligible to enter but transportation difficulties are greatly
discouraging participation this year.
The
subject of the debates is "Resolved: That the United Nations should
establish a permanent Federal Union."
Coach
John Ackley will accompany the team.
Speakers Win Eight Debates
Whitman News
I. The situation at Whitman:
A. From a quick review of the Whitman
Pioneer and the Union Bulletin, this appears to be one of the more difficult
years in the life of the College--morale was very low as the war dragged on and
casualties mounted.
B. Winslow Anderson was in his second year
as president of the college.
C. The College is on a modified trimester
program, with classes running from 9:00 until 1:00 so that the afternoons could
be devoted to military training.
D. There was a call for faculty wives to
help make surgical dressings in Prentiss Hall, five days a week from 2 to 6 pm.
E. The Library opened a music listening
room. A war map was posted in the library and Ruth Reynolds would coordinate a
weekly update on the war's progress.
F. Smoking in the lounge in Memorial was
banned. Women could smoke on the back steps of Memorial, but not on the front
steps.
G. Sociology Department conducted a survey:
"Should married women work in industry after the war?"
1. All women asked, except one, said,
"Women should return to their true vocation as homemakers."
2. The one who disagreed said, "Jobs
should be on the basis of ability rather than sex."
3. Only one male objected, stating,
"If there are no children and there isn't an overflow of manpower, it
would be all right."
4. The "V-5 Boys" said,
"they would rather see their wives in aprons than in overalls."
H. John Ackley was the debate coach
I. Because of the war situation and the
need to save gasoline, the debate program was reduced in scope and more
emphasis was placed on intramural activities. There were only about three major
tournaments during the year.
I.
A.
Six Whitman weddings occurred over the
summer. Engagement and wedding announcements were commonplace in the Pioneer.
B.
Pioneer
headlines included “Three Officers Reported Killed in the Line of Duty.”
C.
Qualifying tests for specialized
military training were held at Whitman.
D.
Only 60 of 326 men on campus were
civilians.
E.
All students surveyed by a sociology
class, except for one junior woman and one Navy student, “believed that, as
soon as the emergency situation is over, women should return to their true
vocation as homemakers.”
F.
Chapel attendance became
non-compulsory.
G.
Forty-eight students graduated in the
spring of 1944.
Intramural Debate
Prizes awarded at this time
The John Brining Prizes in Extemporaneous Speaking of
&12.50 each are awarded to the best man and woman speakers in a speaking
contest that is open to all members of the freshman class.
The Delta Gamma Reading Prizes of $25, $15, and $10 are
awarded at Commencement to the students who read during the year with
intelligence and appreciation the largest amount of good literature, apart from
their required college work.
The Dovell-Gose Prizes in Oratory of $30 and $20 are awarded
at Commencement to students upon the basis of a contest in oratory. The contest
is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
The Austin Rice Debate Trophy is awarded to the champion
women's intramural degate team.
The John W. Ackley Debate Trophy is awarded to the champion
men's intramural debate team.
The Hugh Elmer Brown Debate Trophy is awarded tothe man who
is adjudged to be the best intrmural debater.
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Speech Courses within the English
Department ENGLISH 1 or 2. Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. An introduction to
the English department basics course. ENGLISH 15 or 16. Orientation and Speaking, A public speaking course with a
diction emphasis. ENGLISH 27. Reading Aloud. ENGLISH 46. Oral Interpretation. ENGLISH 47. Argumentation and Debate. ENGLISH 56. Public Speaking. ENGLISH 57-58. Dramatic Interpretation ENGLISH 73-74. Radio Speech ENGLISH 75 or 76. Advanced Public Speaking. |
1944
The
John Brining Prizes in Freshman Extemporaneous Speaking—
Barbara Jean Jones
William Hammond
The
Dovell-Gose Prizes in Oratory—
Robert Edmund Brooke
John Wallace Laurier Bond, Jr.
Speech
Tilt is Thursday
John Brining Contest Will Start at 2pm,
Room 119 under John Ackley
The try-outs for the John Brining
extemporaneous speaking contest will be held this afternoon from 2 until 5:30
in room 119. These tryouts are open to all freshmen and women. The purpose of
this contest is to determine the students ability to
organize and present effectively material with which he is already familiar.
Four men and four women will be selected from
the preliminaries to compete in the finals which will be held Saturday, June 5,
l0:00 in Memorial chapel. The judges will be the members of the advanced speech
classes and John Ackley. Cash prizes will be awarded to the best man and woman.
All freshmen interested in participating are urged to see Ackley.
The manuscripts of the orations of those taking
part in the Dovell-Gose oratory contest must be submitted to Ackley by
Saturday, May 22. For this contest, the students must select a specific
problem, study it carefully, and present it in the correct form.
The members of the advanced public speaking
class will enter and also Joan Martin, Helen Hawkes, Helen Hurley, Eleanor
Dallam, Mark Abernathy and Bob Brooke. This contest will be the final
examination for the advanced speech class and Ackley will judge.
World News
I.The
A.
Penicillin, discovered in 1942 has been
improved and is now ten times stronger
B.
Italy has surrendered, but fighting in
Italy remains fierce.
C.
Allies gain at Salerno, allied planes
raid France and Germany.
D.
Germany captures Rome
E.
The army has gone from 1.5 million to 8
million in 2 years
F.
The Air Force announces that it has
developed an autopilot to create a stable platform for precision bombing.
G.
Russia moves toward Kiev and crosses
the Dnieper River
H.
Allies move in Burma and New Guinea
I.
The top songs are Paper Doll, Put Your
Arms Around Me, and Pistol Packin' Mama
J.
Top Movie is Lady Takes a Chance with Jean
Arthur and John Wayne
K.
The Yankees and Cardinals play in the
World Series--Yankees win 4 games to 1. Winning players get $6,123 and losers
get $4,321.
L.
World War II continued.
M.
FDR was still the president of the U.
S.
N.
Japanese internment continued.
O.
“Churchill and Roosevelt hold
Casablanca Conference”
P.
“Mussolini deposed.”
Q.
“President freezes prices, salaries,
and wages to prevent inflation.”
R.
Starving German Troops surrendered at
Stalingrad despite Hitler expressly forbidding such an action.
S.
“US forces began daylight bombing of
targets in Germany. The first attacks were against German naval targets, but a
few days later, the US launched its first air raid against Berlin.”
T.
“The remaining Jews in the Warsaw
ghetto began an armed uprising against the Nazis. The Jews, numbering just
60,000– down from the half a million in the ghetto a year before– knew that
those being taken away were going to Auschwitz to be murdered. The uprising
lasted from April 19 to May 16. The Nazis were able to overcome the vastly
outnumbered and poorly armed Jewish resistance fighters.”
U.
“A close working relationship developed
between Roosevelt and Stalin [during the Teheran Conference meetings]. During
the course of the conference, Roosevelt put forth to Stalin for the first time
his ideas of a postwar international organization. Stalin agreed in principle”
V.
“The largest tank battle in history
took place at Kursk with 900 German tanks meeting 900 Soviet tanks. The battle
continued throughout the day and ended in a decisive Soviet victory.”
New Members Tapped to Speech Group
Fifteen new members of Ye Talke Shoppe,
freshman women's forensic honorary, were tapped last
Tuesday during dinner. They were Barbara Young, Jane McMullen, Nancy
Blankenship, Pat Pocock, Jerry Lough, B.J. Steele,
Mary Shannon, Stella Reid, Sara Lloyd,
Debaters End Round Three
Six of the twelve intramural debate
teams were left in the race for honors as round three of the debate season was
completed last weekend. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Independent affirmatives have
hadn't losses, and five Tri Delt affirmative and negative and Delta Gamma
affirmative and negative have each been defeated once. Helen Hurley and Al
Nordeng judged the meets Friday evening when "Independent affirmative de-
feated Kappa negative, thus eliminating the latter team. Tri Delt negative was given the decision over Delta Gamma
negative. On Saturday Kappa affirmative won over Tri Delt negative,
and Monday Delta Gamma negative won over Phi Mu affirmative, eliminating the Phi
Mu team. Hi Calkins and Helen Hurley were the judges. Ye Talke
Shoppe is in charge of providing timekeepers for the debates, and varsity
debaters serve as judges. Jo Parsons, intramural manager has announced that
round four will be held tomorrow at, 7 p.m.
Second Round Debates Hot
Manager Jo Parsons reports all
But Manager Jo Parsons reported going well
and debates improving as round two of the women's intramural
debate schedule was completed Tuesday evening. In the first half of the
round which was held Monday night the Independent affirmative was given the
decision over the Delta Delta negative team, and Kappa
Kappa Gamma affirmative won over the Delta Gamma negative. The Delta Gamma affirmative
defeated the Independent negative squad Tuesday evening in the second half of
the round, and the Tri-Delt affirmative won over the Phi Mu negative. Both
Alpha Chi Omega teams have been eliminated from the contest after defaulting
Phi Mu and Kappa negative squads in the second round. The two other teams which
have been dropped from competition are the Independent and Phi Mu negative
teams. Judges Monday night were Helen Hawkes and AJ Nordeng, and Tuesday
evening Helen Hurley and Kay Webster awarded the decisions. Teams competing
this year are as follow: Independent affirmative, -Elaine Finkenstein and Emily
Stanton; Independent negative, Judy Graybill and Jane
McMullen: Delta Bill and Jane McMullen; Delta Delta
affirmative Areand Nuve,
Pat King and Barbara. Jon Kappa Kappa Gamma affirmative Sue Hartley and Betty
T., Kappa Kappa Gamma negative Sally Storni and Jean Macdona, Delta Gamma
affinnative Lei Smith, and Garmen Hansen; Delta Gamma negative Pat Berg and
Adele H., affirmative and negative Sybil T. and Jean McJannet.
Team
Awards
I. Debate at Whitman:
A. Debate topic (first year there was a
combined men's and women's topic): Resolved that the
B. Intermural:
12. Marjorie Barrows was selected as manager
of Men's intramural team.
13. Joan Pearson was selected as manager of
Women's intramural team.
14. In Intermural debate, 8 teams
participated. The team of Elaine Finkenstein and Emily Stanton, representing
the independents defeated the team of Pat Berg and Alele Harris, representing
the DG's in Intermural debate.
C. Intercollegiate debate: Season
1. Triangular debates--both men and
women--these debates involved
a. For the first time, the men's and
women's tournament were merged and both were held at Whitman on December,
10-11.
D. PARTICIPANTS: (nine teams participated
at the Triangular Debates)
1. Vida Langenheler and Katherine Webster
2. Helen Hurley and Mark Abernathy
3. Helen Hawkes and Jean Macdonald
4. Elaine Finkenstein and Emily Stanton
5. Pat King and Barbara Jones
6. Sue Hartley and Betty Tobey
7. Adele Harris and Pat Berg
8. Carmen Hansen and Leslie Smith
9. Ralph Breshears and Harold Nordeng (a
PLU Transfer)
a. Whitman won the Triangular Debates, for
the first time in three years.
b. Each school participated in 16 debates,
Whitman won 9, WSC won 8, and U of I won 7.
c. Mark Abernathy was the only male
debater at the Tournament!
10. Linfield held their 14th annual
tournament in February
a. Eighteen schools from
b. Linfield introduced Lincoln Douglas
Debate one year earlier--due to the lack of partners and Whitman did quite well
in this event.
c. 11 Whitman students attended.
d. Mark Abernathy and Helen Hartley
finished four years of debate by winning 1st place in the men's and women's
Lincoln/Douglas debates.
11. Abernathy and Hurley went to
E. In total, 15 students represented
Whitman in Intercollegiate Debate, most were freshmen and sophomores.
II. There were only 48 graduates at the
85th annual Commencement--Arthur Douglas, brother of William O. Douglas was the
guest speaker.
A.
John Ackley coached.
B.
Marjorie Bowers managed men’s
intramural debate and Joan Barsons managed the women’s competition.
C.
Independent teams won both divisions of
intramural debate.
D.
The most common resolution for the year
was “Resolved: That the
E.
Returning varsity team members included
Vida Langenheder, Helen Hurley, Helen Hawkes, Katherine Webster, Dan Henderson,
Mark Abernathy, Ralph Breshears, and A. S. Harold Nordery, a PLU transfer.
F.
The triangular debates among
G.
Eleven Whitties competed at the
Linfield tournament against 18 other colleges from five states. Abernathy and
Hurley won the one-man and one-woman debates.
H.
Breshears won the college division of
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer state
oratorical contest, his 14th victory in such competitions.
I.
A lost copy of Whitman’s May 15, 1920,
charter to Delta Sigma Rho was found during naval occupation inspection of the
TKE house.
III. Changes:
A. In 1943-44 there were about 4 regular
individual events (extemp, oratory, after dinner, and impromptu), now there are
11 national events offered at most tournaments
B. In 1944 there was primarily one type of
debate--oxford and the innovation of Lincoln/Douglas.
C. In 1944 Whitman celebrated its 170th
triangular debate (in a history that was almost 40 years long).
D. In 1944 Whitman attended 3 tournaments
in 3 states.
E. In 1944 a big tournament attracted 18
schools and 50 debate teams.
