1975-1976

The Faculty

Remy Wilcox, Director of Forensics

JoAnne Rasmussen

Instructor, Speech and Drama

Whitman News

A. The College added two new faculty members while two professors retired

1. From the English Department, Phillip J. Acker retired as Professor of English

2. From the Political Science Department, William L. Hamilton retired as Professor of Politics.

3. Andrew Hudson was added to the English Department as Assistant Lecturer in English

4. Susan Miller and Allan Donald were added to the Political Science Department as Assistant Professors of Politics.

B. Alicia May was the Student Body President

C. Robert A. Skotheim was the President of the College,

D. Students protest over a lack of coed dorms around the campus.

E. Three students are expelled as they are caught cheating during the finals.

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 43, 44. Principles and Practice of Forensics, 1 hours (individual events), 2 hours (debate). 

World News

A. The infamous Yom Kippur War breaks out between Israel on one side and Syria and Egypt on the other.

B. The energy crisis takes a new turn as fuel prices skyrocket to new highs and the Middle East refuses to cooperate to bring them down.

C. The Soviets are accused of illegally providing the Egyptian ground troops with

tanks and missiles.

D. McDonalds becomes the first fast food chain to declare profits over a

E. million dollars all over the world.

F. British Prime Minister Tony Boyle resigns amidst a flurry of corruption charges labeled against him.

Team Awards

Taken from notes Remy Wilcox wrote:

1975-76:

Strong in Junior debate winning 1st at Pacific, 3rd at Gonzaga, Washington State, and Boise State, and Excellent at the Pi Kapp Province. Some of the debaters who were repeat winners were Maura Walsh, Steve Lindsay, Charlie Mitchell, Steve Kidder and Bin Hudson. Maura also won 1^st in Lincoln Douglas Debate.