1962-1963
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The Yearbook Said under construction
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The
Faculty
Dean McSloy, Director of Forensics Robert Snelling was the forensics assistant. Nancy Wynstra, Skeeter Minnick, and Russelll Dondero were
the debate managers. John Raymond Freimann, MFA; BS New York University, MFA,
Fordham University |
Whitman News
A. A kitchen and dining
hall for over 200 was added to Lyman Hall at a cost $160, 000.
B. The college began
raising $3 million over the next three years for a matching grant from the Ford
Foundation. The grant was used to complete the Hall of Science, replace and add
to dorm furnishings, improve the tennis courts and conservatory, add more rooms
to Lyman Hall and the Vollmar Court leg of Prentiss Hall, improve physical
education facilities, increase SUB facilities, renovate Memorial Building, and
transform Billings Hall into a classroom-laboratory-office building.
C. Mickey Gillette was the
student body president.
D. Dr. Louis B. Perry was
the college president.
E. The Greek system, which
encompassed almost 75 percent of the campus, discussed the questions of
deferred fraternity rush and the role which the sorority system played within
the college community as a whole.
F. The student congress
curriculum committee proposed changes in the language department, Latin
American studies, independent study, classical literature, writing courses, and
foreign study.
G. The Pioneer ran almost exclusively local ads
for such places as Falkenberg’s Jewelers whose weekly ads features the latest
bridal sets, and for Tallman’s where a 5 x 7 color enlargement cost 69 cents.
H. Popular fashions
included sheath dresses for women and tapered slacks for men.
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- The IFC considers a deferred rush
- 5 foreign students attend Whitman, bringing the total to 8
- Whitman receives the Ford grant, which matches a 3 million dollar
donation
- A dining hall addition is made to Lyman for $160,000
- Mary Helen Maclean was the Homecoming Queen
- The first speaker on behalf of the Lecture Series is Ambassador
Wadsworth
- Whitman represented Ceylon at the Model UN conference
- The "transitional rally" which marks the end of the
football
season and start of the
basketball season is quite popular
Speech
Major and Courses
THE MAJOR: Thirteen hours selected from courses in speech;
Dramatic Art 47, 48; twelve hours selected from English 25, 26, 35, 36, 39, 40,
75, 76, 79, 80; three hours selected from History 27, 28, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64.
Of the total of thirty-six hours, eighteen must be in courses numbered above
50. Advised: As much additional work in dramatic art as time permits.
SPEECH 11, 12.
Fundamentals of Speech, 3 hours.
SPEECH 41. Theory and
Practice of Discussion, 3 hours.
SPEECH 42. Argumentation
and Persuasion, 3 hours.
SPEECH 43, 44. Principles
and Practice of Debate, 2hours.
SPEECH 51. Business
and Professional Speech, 3 hours.
SPEECH 53. Introduction
to Radio and Television, 3 hours.
SPEECH 85, 86. Senior
Honors Course, 3 hours.
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World
News
A. Cuba occupied much of
the attention in American foreign policy as both countries contemplated the
nuclear threats each posed.
B. The European Common
Market had a significant impact upon the world economy, so significant, in
fact, that it prompted the year’s national debate topic.
Team
Awards
A. The national topic was
“Resolved: That the non-communist nations of the world should establish an
economic community.”
B. October 26 and 27, 14
Whitman debaters traveled to Pullman to compete against over 100 students from
12 other schools at the annual Washington State University Tournament.
1. Lauralee Smith
and Candy Hansen won first in women’s debate with a record of 4-1.
2. Rita O’Brien and
Wynstra tied with Weber College and Gonzaga University for second in women’s
debate with a 3-2 record.
3. Wynstra won
second in impromptu speaking.
4. John Lewallen was
a finalist in impromptu speaking.
5. Snelling won
second in extemporaneous speaking.
6. Whitman’s three
men’s debate teams each had 3-2 records.
C. December 1, five
Whitman teams competed at the University of Washington against 20 other
Northwest schools.
1. Snelling and
Lewallen, and Minnick and Bill Deshler tied for first in senior men’s debate,
all with undefeated records.
2. Donald Anderson
and Hansen won first in junior men’s debate and were undefeated.
D. January 11 and 12,
Whitman competed at the University of Idaho. Results were not published.
E. January
31-February 2, Wynstra and Snelling, and Deshler and Minnick competed at the
Harvard University Invitational Tournament in Cambridge, Massachusetts, against
114 other teams.
1. Wynstra and
Snelling qualified for octafinals with a 7-1 record and were defeated by
Stanford University in outrounds.
2. Deshler and
Minnick had a 5-3 record.
3. Snelling,
Wynstra, and Minnick also competed in extemporaneous speaking.
F. April 6, Deshler
and Minnick, and Lewallen and O’Brien attended the Great Western Tournament at
the University of Nevada, competing against 46 other teams from 23 other
schools.
1. Deshler and
Minnick had a 4-2 record.
2. Lewallen an
O’Brien had a 2-4 record.
G. April 29-May 1, Whitman
competed against nine other schools at the 40th annual Pacific
Forensic League Tournament held at the University of Washington.
1. Snelling was
first in extemporaneous speaking with a speech on improving relations between
the U.S. and Canada and in after-dinner speaking discussing humility.
2. Deshler and
Minnick won first in debate.
H. May 11, Whitman hosted
the University of Idaho and Washington State University for the annual
Triangular Debate Tournament. The Pioneer
did not report the results.
I. During
the year, about 14 students traveled with the debate team.