1974-1975

 

Pio Article

 

September 1974, at the Pi Kappa Delta Invitation

Back Row: Don Bailey, Steve Cover, Al Lyon, Bill Monnette

Second Row: Michael Miller, Rick Stevenson, Larry Stone, John Stanton, John Robben

Front Row: Cat Colson, Margery Schaer, Anna Medairy, Dennis Berguall

The Faculty

  

Remy Wilcox, Director of Forensics

Marge Schaer is President of Pi Kappa Delta for the team

 

 

JoAnne Rasmussen

Instructor, Speech and Drama

 

Whitman News

I. Whitman College in 1974-1975

A.        The College added just one new faculty member.

In the Department of Philosophy, William J. Sopher was added as the Associate Professor of Philosophy.

     B.         Robert A. Skotheim takes over the college presidency from June 15th.

C.        Al Lyon is the student body president.

D.        Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs. Rasmussen are the directors of the Speech team.

E.        Hue and cry is raised as ASWC apparently misplaces around $5000 and is unable to come up with any explanations

F.         Medical school acceptances are up by record numbers as Whitman gains recognition amongst the top medical schools in the nation.

G.        A “Study Improvement Lab” opens for the first time in Whitman College with the help of director Diane Shafer.

H.        A 7.9% increase in tuition at the college leaves many students frustrated as many feel that the cost of a Whitman diploma is already high.

 

Speech Courses

The department's course descriptions reflect a focus on diction and articulation and the debate course offers argumentation training. Speech 41 and 42 were both dropped. Speech 43, 44 was now offered every year rather than every other year.

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 43, 44. Principles and Practice of Forensics, 3 hours.

 

 

December 5, 1974: Announcement of the First Annual High School Tournament

January, 1975, the first tournament occurs

 

February 28, 1975: Steve Kidder, Bill Craze, Marua Walsh, Jane Foreman, Dave Troxel, Remy Wilcox (seated), Cat Colson, Mark Olson, Mike Miller, Bill Hudson, Margie Schaer, Mark Wysoski

 

World News

A.        Halley’s Comet makes its visit to Earth after 76 years.

B.         Nigeria’s fortune changes as huge numbers of oil reserves are detected scattered all around the country.

C.        French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert was assassinated. An Algerian fundamentalist group claims responsibility.

D.        Syria boycotts the opening session of the Geneva Peace Talks in protest of France’s retaliation against Algerian muslim hardliners.

E.         A mysterious bomb kills Carrero Blanco, President of Spain. No organization claims any responsibility.

 

Team, March 1975, Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament, Philadelphia

Left from center: John Stanton, Rick Stevenson, Remy Wilcox, Gary Peterson (U Puget Sound coach), John Milnor, Michael Miller, Catherine Colson, Margorie Schaer

 

Team Awards

Taken from notes Remy Wilcox wrote:

1974-75

 

Boise State University: (Feb)

Ist place tie debate: Maura Walsh and Steve Lindsay Steve Kidder and Bill Hudson

3'd place debate: Rick Stevenson and Mark Olson

2nd place Lincoln Douglas Debate: Margie Schaer

 

Lower Columbia (Feb)

V place in Sweepstakes

3'd place tie debate: John Stanton, Mark Wysoski Steve Lindsay and Maura Walsh

I"' oratory: Mark Olson

2'd Impromptu: Steve Lindsky

 

Pi Kappa Delta National Convention, Philadelphia (March)

Rick Stevenson received a Superior in discussion (he was the highest rated student); he also received an Excellent for his Entertaining Speech.