1967-1968

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The Faculty Dean McSloy, Director of Forensics and Professor of Speech William H. Veatch, Ph. M., Lecturer in Speech

Whitman News

A. Cordiner Hall, a $1. 56 million structure named after alumnus Ralph Cordiner, was completed in the spring and construction also began on a new gymnasium, a remodeled SUB, and a new infirmary.

B. “Women’s hours” curfews were eliminated in the spring while pass-fail, challenge courses, and undisciplined majors were added; and men’s rooms in Jewett were opened to women visitors during set hours.

C. Gary Jones was the student body president.

D. Dr. Chester C. Maxey was the acting college president.

E. Controversy on campus surrounded the Greek system as the Faculty Committee on Fraternities and Sororities questioned where primary allegiance was owed, to one’s social group or to the college as a whole.

F. Along those same lines, the Whitman chapter of Sigma Chi unanimously voted to secede from the national fraternity because of restrictive membership policies. The fraternity continued as a local fraternity under the name Nu Sigma Chi.

G. In the spring, students protested the presence of Navy recruiters on campus by blocking the driveway of the SUB and peacefully demonstrating. Two students were arrested when they refused to remove themselves from the driveway and allow Navy recruiters access in accordance with Whitman’s open campus policy.

H. The Pioneer featured nationally-syndicated political cartoons mainly in opposition to President Johnson’s actions on Vietnam, and ran mostly local ads for such businesses as Falkenberg’s Jewelers which advertised bridal sets starting at $59.50, and for the Equitable Life Assurance Society which urged male students to “provide solid protection for a wife and family and build a retirement fund.”

I. ASWC outlines a pro-Catholic goal

J. Orientation week changed to include departmental meetings and coffee hour at the houses of faculty

K. Kenyon Kompf becomes the Dean of the College

L. The campus adopts a theme of change and unity

M. Football wins a game versus Eastern Oregon College; the campus is surprised

N. Anti-Vietnam war protests rage

O. Sigs ask for the right to make own admissions standards independent from national chapter to meet college policies

P. The college adopts a liberal drug policy

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.

World News

A.     American cities faced violence fueled by racial hatred and unrest.

B.     Vietnam occupied much news time as American death rates there tripled, graduate school draft deferment ended, and in March, President Johnson announced plans for a unilateral de-escalation in an effort to initiate peace negotiations.

C. Operation Smith begins as part of the Vietnam War.

D. Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black justice of the US Supreme Court

E. Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia

F. the musical “Hair” opens

G. the term “black hole” is used for the first time.

H. The Tet offensive begins

I. the US congress repeals the gold standard

J. the May ’68 riots begin in France

Team Awards

A.     The national topic was “Resolved: That the federal government should provide a guaranteed minimum cash income to all citizens.”

B.     October 27 and 28, four Whitman teams traveled to Forest Grove, Oregon, where they competed against almost 220 other students from 19 other schools at the Pacific University Invitational Tournament.

1.      Rosanne Whitby and Steven Vance had a 6-0 record in prelims and advanced to semifinals in junior men’s or mixed team entry debate, but were defeated by the University of Oregon.

2.      Whitby was also a finalist in extemporaneous speaking.

3.      Pat Hoon and Gary Robbins had a 4-2 record at their first intercollegiate tournament.

4.      Marian Troyer and Clifford Brown, and Candy Sells and Brent Northup all had 3-3 records.

C.     November 3 and 4, 13 Whitties competed at Centralia College against 27 other schools.

1.      Candace Shattock and Troyer won second in women’s junior varsity debate with a 4-1 prelim record and a 2-1 loss to Lewis and Clark College in finals.

2.      Margaret Foley and Linda Van Winkle had a 3-2 record in women’s junior varsity debate.

3.      Van Winkle won third in interpretive reading and was a finalist in impromptu speaking.

4.      Whitby and Vance, and Robbins and Hoon all had 4-2 re cords in men’s or mixed team debate.

5.      Clifford Brown and Steve Turk had a 3-3 record.

6.      Carol Barden and Diana Harris had a 5-1 record at their first tournament.

7.      Sally Stroud had a 1, 1, 4 record in oratory and a 1, 3, 3 in expository speaking.

D.     November 10 and 11, Whitman competed against over 340 students from 37 other Western schools at the University of Oregon Tournament in Eugene.

1.      James Robart was a finalist with a 1,1, 4 prelim record in senior extemporaneous speaking.

2.      Pete Snow had a 2, 3, 4 record in extemporaneous speaking as did Kay Tai and Hoon.

3.      Foley was a finalist in interpretive reading with a 1, 2, 4 prelim record while Northup had a 2, 2, 4 record and Sells had a 1, 4, 4 record.

4.      Whitby missed expository speaking finals by one point with a 2, 2, 3 record.

5.      Whitman had a cumulative record of 13-17 in debate.

6.      Hoon and Troyer, Foley and Tai, and Whitby and Vance all had 3-3 records in debate.

7.      Snow and Robart in their first tournament of the year had a 2-4 record in senior open debate, as did Sells and Northup.

E.      January 12 and 13, six Whitman teams competed against schools from the Pacific Northwest and Canada at the Annual University of Idaho Junior Varsity Speech Tournament in Moscow.

1.      Foley and Van Winkle won first in debate with an undefeated record.

2.      Stroud won first in oratory.

3.      Van Winkle won first in extemporaneous speaking.

4.      Semifinalists Shattock and Troyer had a 3-1 record in debate, as did Hoon and Robbins, Charles Cusack and Thomas Evans, and John Miller and Wayne Martinson.

5.      Jeffery Babener and Norman Langberg had a 1-3 record in debate.

6.      Whitman had a 71 percent winning cumulative record in debate.

F.      January 12 and 13, four Whitman teams competed against 28 other Northwest schools at the Annual Seattle Pacific College Invitational Tournament.

1.      Whitby and Vance won second in junior varsity men’s debate with a 4-1 record.

2.      Sells and Liahna Klenman won third in senior women’s debate.

3.      Klenman also won third in extemporaneous speaking.

4.      Michael Miller and Tai had a 3-2 record in debate.

5.      Jack Tenold and Robert Whitney had a 2-3 debate record.

G.     February 29-March 2, Whitman competed against over 430 students from 45 other schools at the largest annual debate tournament in the West, the Tournament of Champions at Linfield College.

1.      Vance won first place in the talent show.

2.      Stroud won second in after-dinner speaking.

3.      Klenman won third in extemporaneous speaking.

4.      Foley and Jill Shattock won third in junior women’s debate with a 4-2 record.

5.      M. L. Phillips and Tai won third in senior women’s debate.

6.      Dean Brett and Northup, and Brown and Turk all had 4-2 records in debate.

7.      Sells and Klenman had a 2-4 record in debate.

8.      Babener and Evans had a 1-5 record in debate.

H.     April 18-20, two Whitman teams traveled to McCall, Idaho, to compete against 16 other member schools of the Northwest Province of Pi Kappa Delta at the Pi Kappa Delta Province Tournament.

1.      Brett and Northup received a quality rating of excellent and won third in senior men’s debate with a 3-2 record.

2.      Whitby and Tai had a 3-3 record in debate.

3.      Tai received a quality rating of good and had a 3, 2, 4 record in interpretive reading.

I.        April 25-27, two Whitman junior varsity debate teams competed against about 200 other studetns from 25 other Midwestern, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific Coast schools at the University of Montana Invitational Tournament in Missoula, Montana.

1.      Brown and Turk had a 3-3 record in debate.

2.      Brown was a finalist in oratory and had a 1, 2, 3 prelim record.

3.      Roscoe Nelson and John Miller had a 2-4 record in debate at Nelson’s first tournament.

J.       May 3 and 4, Brent Northup, and David Lentz competed against nine other outstanding Western forensics schools at the Pacific Forensics League Meet at the University of Oregon.

1.      Northup won first place in extemporaneous speaking with his speech on “R. F. K.—A Ruthless Leader?”

2.      Northup and Brett had a 3-2 record in debate and won third.

3.      Lentz competed in his first tournament in after-dinner speaking.

K.    During the year, about 36 students traveled with the team.