Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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: At the Rap of the Gavel— We of the Phi Rho Pi greet you — Faye Herbert,, presi- dent; Marjorie Claunch, vice-president; Helen Boyd, secretary,- Charles Cassel, Albert Bramble, and Willard Burch. Phi Rho Pi is in its early youth at E.J.C., but to be a member of this organization is worth the effort and time of any one interested in any phase of public speaking. May I introduce the debate team? The first speaker, Marjorie Claunch, with her convincing voice, fiery words, and English sense of humor, succeeded in changins many a judge ' s mind. The second speaker, Charles Cassel, ve,ry effectively used his knowledge of law and economics with his own unique ideas to prove his case. Their helper and alternate was Helen Boyd, who may well be called Mi s Loyalty. Marjorie and Charles enjoyed debating so much that they participated in twenty-two inter- collegiate debates and in one continuous debate with each other. Faye Herbert worked hard :n her declamation, The Shift of Fate, arid as a result placed among the ranking declajmers in the State Junior College Forensic Meet at Fort Scott. We expect more laurels for you next year, Faye Charles Cassel was not satisfied with argument alone so he was EJ.C s entrant in extemporaneous speaking. Need we add that he did very well? While Mr. Nixon was barred from the rostrum because he was a coach, he deserves credit as well as the contestants themselves. —Marjorie Claunch FROM the ROSTRUM Page E ' ohteen

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The small but mighty band of Juco scientists ' met each Wednesday to prove the value of their scientific knowledge. Ed Zimmerman was president,- Harold Tate, vice-president,- and Charles Cassel, secretary. Mr. Coffman spon- sored the club. The project for the first semester was the con- struction of a three tube short wave receiver. With the passing of several meetings and an electric soldering iron or two the set took shape. Then one Saturday night, about twelve members of the club, five pounds of hamburger, and a pound of coffee collected in the chemistry lab- ratory to listen for the first signals of the set. Early in the evening the hamburger dis- appeared. The president demonstrated Wimpy ' s scientific method for annihilating ground beef sandwiches. Several quarts of synthetic lemonade and coffee were sent after the hamberger. One of the high points of the evening was the dis- covery of a new drink — coffee flavored with citric acid. Th Willy Wier). e result is truly surprising (ask When the short wave set was hooked up it proved to be a howling success. It was also a squealing and whistling success. The radio ex- ceeded all expectations in respect to power. It was so powerful that it burned out six tubes in two split seconds (or three tubes per split second). Radio conditions were very poor that night so the set was disconnected to be worked on in the future. The second semester project was an eight inch reflective telescope. Under the direction of chief astronomers Tate and Zimmerman the lense grinding was started the night of the radio party. The lense wa s ground to a parabola by a glass tool and powdered carborundum. The lense was then polished with rouge (din t it awful) and silvered. The mounting was made of two inch pipe and the rear end of a ford. Th? telescope promised to be a great success as the club took a great deal of interest in it. Almost an abnormal interest, for the vice-presi- dent was heard to say one day, Boy! it would have been swell telescoping last night. I almost took the girl home and got out the telescope. ' —Jack Martin SCIENCE has di scovere d— Page Seventeen

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Pi Delta Theta — the Dramatics Club — has rung down the curtain on another successful year. Most of this suc- cess was due to the enthusiasm of Mr. Nixon, the sponsor, the energy of Gerald Abby, the president, and the capa- bility of the other officers — Jeanette Hughes, vice presi- dent; Kathleen Ash, secretary-treasurer,- and Max Jones, business manager, The quaint old custom of initiating ne,w members was observed again this year — much to the sorrow of said new members. However they are to be complimented on the spirit in which they participated in this affair, for they showed a great deai of stick-to-itivness especially while emerging from the molasses. Had Glenn Cunning- ham been there for the peanut race he would surely have lost his laurels— and [o a girl — -for Valoise just wouldn ' t let anyone pass her. The outstanding social event of the club this year was the tea given by Mr. and Mrs. Nixon. The Dramatic Club was very proud to present its fall plav, The Children of the Moon, by Martin Flavin. The persona ' dramatis were: Valoise Angle, Robert Thompson, Marjorie Claunch, Helen Bovd, Jack Thuma, Virqil Simpson, Allen Sheaffer, and Sidnev Austin. Children of the Moon was the tragic story of a family affected bv the full moon, and a selfish mother who drove her dauqhter to suicide by telling her of the curse on the family. Don Weidman was the stage mamnger, Bill Scott, Jean Fitzgerald and Kathleen Ash had charge of the properties. Gerald Abby, Bill Kelley, and O. J. Connell provided the sound effects, and Clarence Balwanz super- vised the lighting effects which were especially good. Skidding, a story of the complications in the lives of a middle-class western fdmily, was chosen for the spring play. The cast included: Virgil Simpson, Max Jones, Capitola Leap, Jeannetta Hughes, Allan Shaffer, George Shumway, Marjoriz Claunch, Valoise Angle, Josephine Bigelow, and Robert Thompson. — Dorothy Anne Brown Pi Delta Theta Page Nineteen