1973-1974
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Pio Article Chris Schultheis, Sophomore, and Kim Dupuis, Junior, first
place winners in the Pacific University Speech Tournament held last weekend. Chris Schultheis and Kim Dupuis won first place in debate
at the Pacific University Speech Tournament held last weekend, Oct. 19 &
20 with 22 colleges and universities in attendance. Kim and Chris beat Boise
State College in the final round of debate and won over Lewis and Clark
College in the semi-finals. A team composed of Ann Medairy and Marjorie
Schaer reached quarterfinals with four straight wins, but lost to the
Universitv of Oregon. In the individual events, John
Stanton placed 2nd in novice oratory and Catherine Colson third in novice
oral interpretation. In the junior division, Michael Miller won 2nd
Kim Dupuis won third place in senior division impromptu. Ann Medairy and Chris
Schultheis were finalists in oral interpretation and impromptu speaking. Whitman College was part of-a
three-way tie for second place in sweepstakes which was won by Western
Washington State College. Mrs. Remy Wilcox, Whitman Speech instructor, explained
her theory explaining the team's one loss on Saturday. "It's a wonder
the team could even perform on Saturday after stuffing themselves Friday
night. They went to Rose's Restaurant and ate plenty of eight layer chocolate
cakes, cheese cakes, and more. |
The
Faculty
Remy Wilcox, Director of Forensics JoAnne Rasmussen Instructor, Speech and Drama |
Whitman News
I.
Whitman College
in 1973-1974
A. The College inducted 4 new
faculty members.
1. In the Division of Arts and
Humanities, Larry Killingham was made the Assistant Professor of Art
2. In the Department of
Philosophy, Keith Robertson was made Associate Professor of Philosophy.
3. In the Department of
Physical Education, Anne Cliffs was made Assistant Professor.
4. Mrs Rasmussen and Mrs.
Wilcox were appointed the new Directors of the Speech Department.
B. The President of the Student
Body was Andrew J. Miller
C. The Acting President of the
College was Kenyon A. Knopf.
D. George Sacraphagus becomes the first European
composer to perform at Whitman.
E. The Student Service Center acquires the help
of two new professional psychiatrists for the benefit of students.
F. The Whitman Soccer Team reaches an all time
new low as they lose an unheralded eight matches in a row.
G. Paula
Coetzer becomes the first female Whitman female athlete to take part in the
National Championships.
H. Erville’s controversial
play, “Dance by Moonlight”, is staged by Whitman actors as it successfully
draws a large audience.

Remy Wilcox, Chris Schultheis
The Whitman College speech team took the majority of the
honors at two speech tournaments this month, taking three first place awards in
the Boise State Speech Tournament, held last February 8 and 9. Whitman snatched
the first place award in the Sweepstakes, beating fourteen other schools
including the University of Idaho, Idaho State, College of Eastern Utah, and
Central Washington State College.
Chris Schultheis and Marjorie
Schaer, both sophomores, took first place in debate at the Boise tournament.
The two teams of Mike Miller and Larry Stone, and Rick Stevenson and John
Robben, all freshmen, tied for third place.
In the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, freshmen Dennis Bergvall and
John Stanton took second and third places respectively. Chris Schultheis was
awarded a first place award for extemporaneous speaking. John Stanton was
awarded a third place for the same event. Dennis Bergvall was a finalist in
extemporaneous speaking.
Two second place awards for expository speaking were awarded
to Whitman students Al Lyon and. John Stanton. In oratory, Chris Schultheis
took third place and Catherine Colson was a finalist. Rick Stevenson placed
third in interpretive speaking.
In the Central Washington Speech
Tournament, held on February I and 2, three Whitmanites were awarded prizes.
Catherine Colson placed second in oratory, and Chris Schultheis and John
Stanton placed second and third respectively in impromptu speaking. Stanton was
also a finalist in the oratory competition.
Speech
Courses
The department's course descriptions reflect a focus on
diction and articulation and the debate course offers argumentation training.
Speech Department Description: Courses treat public speaking
as a liberal art, proposing that such speaking is not a skill learned by rule
but an exercise of judgment that can be no better than the speaker's
understanding of the nature of the communicative acts.
SPEECH 11.
Fundamentals of Speech, 3 hours. (description changes; 11 and 12 are focus
more on delivery and articulation)
SPEECH 14.
Fundamentals of Articulation and Diction, 3 hours.
SPEECH 41. Argumentation
and Persuasion, 3 hours. (not offered, cancelled the next year)
SPEECH 42. Theory and Practice of Discussion and Debate, 3 hours (not offered, cancelled the next
year)
SPEECH 43, 44. Principles
and Practice of Forensics, 3 hours.
Dovell-Gose
Oratory Contest
May 1974
Women’s Contest
1st, Chris Schultheis $40
1st, Kathy Smith $40
3rd, Cat Colson $20
Men’s Contest
1st, Rod Wing $40
1st, Rick Stevenson $40
3rd, Rick Vieth $10
3rd, Todd Hammer $10
World
News
A. The atrocity in Uganda
reaches a new high as General Idi Amin orders the execution of four writers who
spoke out against his handling of the economy
B. General Pinochet of Chile
gives his first ever interview to a western newsgroup and announces that
bloodshed is inevitable to cleanse Chile of its social evils.
C. King Carl Gustaf Bernaadotte
of Sweden becomes the youngest to gain access to the throne in all of Europe at
the age of 27.
D. Argentina’s first ever Nobel Laueate, Pablo Neruda, dies of a
heart attack at the age of 76.

Team
Awards
Taken from notes Remy Wilcox wrote:
1973-74:
Pacific University: (October) Started off the second year by placing first
in senior division debate (Kim Dupuis and Christine Schultheis) winning
over Boise State in the final and Lewis & Clark College in the semi's.
We tied for second place in sweepstakes over 22 colleges
and universities in attendance. (7 places)
Boise State University: (Feb.)
Took lst place in Sweepstakes by winning 11 places, including:
Ist in Oxford debate: Christine Schultheis and Marjorie Schaer
Ist in extemp - Christine Schultheis Chris also won in oratory. 2nd in
Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Dennis Bergvall
P in Lincoln-Douglas Debate - John Stanton John and Chris each won 3 trophies. John also won in extemp
and 2nd in Expository.
It was the first time in 14 years that Whitman won a sweepstakes
award.
Linfield College (March)
Christine Schultheis won two 1st place trophies in Extemp and
impromptu. Took 2d place in Jr division sweepstakes.
Our improvement in forensics was noted by being awarded the Mahaffey
Outstanding Chapter Award out of 19 schools in the Northwest Province at the Pi
Kappa Delta Provincial tournament in March.
Took Superior (top 10% of contestants in an event) in Debate: (John
Stanton and Dennis Bergvall) and Christine Schultheis won a Superior in extemp.