1945-1946
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The Faculty
Ray Keesey,
A.M. Assistant Professor of English; A.B., A.M.,
W.R. Davis Acting Director in the fall,
William Rees Davis, Mary A Denny Professor of English;
Edith
Blackman Merrell Davis, A.B. (Mrs.) Assistant Professor English, |
Thomas Howells,
English
Viola
Dunbar, English |
Whitman News
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 debate
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 to the man who is adjudged to be the
best intramural debater.
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Department News Discussion
class is added. |
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 29. Theory and Practice of Discussion. 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. |
1946
Freshman
Requirement
1. BEADING. WRITING. LISTENING. SPEAKING 3 hours, each semester.
2.
E. B. M. Davis. W. R. Davis.
These
courses aim to enable a freshman to improve his ability to listen, to read
rapidly and well, to enlarge his vocabulary, to speak and to Write clearly,
effectively, and acceptably. At the beginning of the year standard tests are
used in vocabulary, in reading, and in English usage to indicate individual
deficiencies, and at the end of the year other forms of these same tests are
used to measure individual improvement.
The freshman class is organized into two groups. In
Group A, training in writing is emphasized in the first semester and training
in speaking in the second. In Group B. speaking is emphasized in the first
semester and writing in the second. Attention to listening, vocabulary, and
reading continues in all sections throughout the year. Sections in which
speaking is emphasized are limited to twenty students. In the sections in which
writing is emphasized a student brings his work to a personal conference with
his instructor each week. The subjects discussed relate closely to the
student’s interests and experience, and the discussions in both speaking and writing
sections assist a freshman to get his bearings as a college student and to
improve his personal equipment to pursue college studies with purpose and with
success.
Students who are deficient in their written and
spoken English are required to do special work without extra credit in
connection with Course I.
Courses
in Speech and Dramatic Art
27.
BEADING ALOUD. 2
hours, one semester. E. B. M.
Davis
A course aiming to develop the ability of the
individual to get the full meaning from the printed page and to give that
meaning to the hearer.
29. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DISCUSSION. 2 or 3 hours, one
semester. Keesey
The theory and the practice of informal group
discussion, panel discussion the symposium. end the forum. Current
problems are studied through discussion techniques.
45. ORAL
INTERPRETATION. 2 hours, one
semester. E. B. M. Davis
This
course aims to develop ability to read aloud and to gain through ~
interpretation an appreciation of literature. Attention is given to voice
training.
47. ARGUMENTATION
AND DEBATE. 3 hours, one semester. Keesey
A
study of principles of argumentative discourse and readings in curia
social,
economic, and political questions. Constant speaking before the class is used
to
illustrate application of the principles studied to discussion of problems in
the field
of
reading.
56. PUBLIC
SPEAKING. 3 hours,
one semester. Keesey
A study of the elements of
effective public speaking with frequent practice speaking before the class. Standards of vocal habits, of delivery, of diction,
and pronunciation are stressed. Minimum registration ten;
maximum registration twenty.
57.59, (Unit). DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION AND PLAY PRODUCTION.
2 hours. 1st semesters 3 hours.
2nd semester. E. 3.14. Ni Instruction and practice in
dramatic interpretation followed by experiences
with
problems of play production through public performance of several plays.
Consideration is given to scene design, stage lighting, costuming, and
directing.
73. 74. RADIO SPEECH. 1
or 2 hours, each semester. lees Training in
radio speech and in program planning and directing, together
with
actual experience in broadcasting. Open to qualified juniors and seniors w have
had training in at least one course numbered 27, 29, 45, 47, 56, or 57.58.
75. 76. ADVANCED PUBLIC SPEAKING. I or 2
hours, each
Training
in debate, oratory, and extempore speaking. Open
of
instructor to juniors and seniors who have had training in at least five hours
Courses 45, 47, 56.
77 78. Advanced Play production. 1 or 2 hours each
semester. E.B.M. Davis
A course providing
experience in selecting plays, organizing play casts, and directing plays. Prerequisite: course 57-58. Open to qualified students with consent of
instructor.
80 Remedial procedures in
speech correction
3 hours one semester. Keesey
The purpose of this course
is to acquaint students having no special training in speech correction of what
they should, and should not, attempt in their desire to assist individuals with
voice and speech disorders. Designed primarily for the prospective teacher.
The John Brining Prizes in
Freshman Extemporaneous Speaking—
Shirley Jean Hayes
Henry Andrew Pappas
The Dovell-Gose
Prizes in Oratory—
Ralph Emerson Breshears
George Lloyd Carlton
World News
·
“Yalta
Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans final
defeat of
·
FDR passes on
April 12th
·
Hitler commits
suicide on April 30th
·
·
May 8th
is declared V-E Day
·
“Potsdam
Conference (Truman, Churchill, Stalin) establishes basis of German
reconstruction”
·
“
·
“
·
“United Nations
established”
·
“First
electronic computer, ENIAC, built.”
Team Awards
I.
Staff
A. The team began the year without a coach. John Ackley
left for
B. By December 7, Dean W. R. Davis served as the
temporary debate coach.
C. By December 13, Ray Keesey
was the debate coach.
D. Jean McDonald was the student debate manager.
II.
The debate topic
was whether the federal government should direct its policy of free trade among
all nations.
III.
Intramural and
underclass tournaments were dropped for the year in order to concentrate on
varsity debate at the Linfield tournament. First year students were, however,
allowed to try out for varsity debate.
IV.
Intercollegiate
debate
A. At Washington State College in
B. December 7 and 8, Whitman competed against Washington
State College and the University of Idaho in the men’s and women’s triangular
debates. Whitties competing were
C. On January 31 at Linfield, the team debated labor
problems in the U. S. Latourette and Stanton, and
McMullen and Garrison competed in the upper division. Elizabeth Franklin and
Marguerite Anderson, and Clarence Campbell and Clayton Michaelis
competed in the lower division. Whitman lost the previous year’s record to
Linfield.
November
8 – first debate contest of the year
varsity
debaters go to
topic: whether the federal government should direct
its policy of free trade among all nations
Patty Latourette and Emily Stanton (3rd round
broadcast on W.S.C. radio)
Phyllis Garrison and
June Mac Mullen
no forensic
advisor at this time
Intramural debate cancelled until
after
December
7&8 – women’s and men’s triangular debate tournament
temporary
debate coach: Dean W.R. Davis
Competing schools:
Students entered:
Emily Stanton
Pat Latourette
June McMullen
Phyllis Garrison
Willetta
Walkey
Jean McDonald (student debate manager)
Ralph Bresheus
Rod Weeks
December
13, 1945
new debate
coach: Ray Keesey
Pullman meet results: Phyllis Garrison and June McMullen went 3-8
Intramurals dropped
intramurals
and underclass tournaments dropped this year to concentrate on varsity debate
at the Linfield tournament. Freshmen can
try out for varsity debate.
January
31, 1946
Debate Teams:
Upper Division:
1. Patty Latourette
and Emily Garrison
2. June McMullen and Phyllis Garrison
Lower Division:
1. Elizabeth Franklin and Marguerite Anderson
2. Clarence Campbell and Clayton Michaelis
Proposition: Labor problems in the
Whitman lost previous year’s record
to Linfield