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

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Stand Juco down the field Don ' t let them by, We ' ll never change our course So hold that line and fight, fight, fight to roll up the score, Juco. Let ' s see you go. On Juco down the field and win the day, and win the day, Juco. The Purple Pansies for the fourth successive and successful year be- came the nucleus around which most of the pep of the go-getting Grizzlies centered. Its members are sure that the club was larger and peppier this year than ever before. They rooted for the Grizzlies through all the hard- luck football games and through a very successful basketball season. It was unusual indeed to look about the bleachers and fail to see a whole field of Purple Pansies. The new season was initiated in a most fitting way by the purchase of perhaps the snazziest sweaters and emblems ever seen on the campus. The sweaters were the traditional purple, while the emblems were small E. J. C. ' s made of gold chenille. The Purple Pansies cooperated most actively and willingly in many ways with social activities as well as with athletics. They had several picnics, and they also helped the girl ' s pep club, the Gold Diggers, to sponsor the spring basketball banquet. In addition, they acted as hosts for the annual field day, and the At Home held by the Junior College for the high school seniors of Butler County. The officers for the year were Raymond Doc Darling, President ; Moyne Lichlyter, Vice-President : Richard Strickland, Secretary-Treasurer (later he resigned and was replaced by Marion Lasater;) Harold Gregg, Newspaper Correspondent, and James Baker, Student Council representa- tive. The Purple Pansies were also fortunate again this year in having as a sponsor, Mr. Coffman, who helped lead them through a successful season. — Moyne Lichlyter. PURPLE PANSIES

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GOLD DIGGERS Listen, dear readers, and you shall hear, The story of Gold Diggers for another year. ' Twas the month of September in ' 37 When our beloved Juco set the date Of another siege of not being late . Now the building was new, and some students too, So to get into the swing, we started the thing Known as the girls ' pep club, Gold Diggers, to you! First came our Pres. — Kate Ruth by name. And Mary E. Corman who recorded our fame. Eleanor Ellis kept our books O. K. Miss Beuchat held advisor ' s sway . Maryalyce King tried to keep us in step, And Corman and Payton lent us their pep. To gain membership was a crowning achievement, And donations to the cups provided bereavement To all students who were approached in the hall, For into these cups thirty items did fall. The pep at the games really did us up proud , And our cheers were a treat to team and crowd. Our marching and antics, carried on at the half Always provided some with a laugh. And, since our girls could always eat, The covered dish dinners were a pleasant treat. The meetings on Thursdays, so well attended, The most fastidious could not have offended. Just what good we have done, is for you to decide, But we ' re certain we have no evil deeds to hide. The Gold Diggers, this year, have been plenty swell. I hope future years can do just as well. -Maryalyce King. El Dorado J!!! El Dorado J!!! El Dorado Junior College ! Wow !

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FORENSICS Ladies and Gentlemen: I have come not to discuss some social or economic problem with you but to tell you a story, not of tragedy and drama but one of victory and triumph. Phi Rho Pi and the forensics department have presented during 1937- ' 38 the most successful and active speech program in the history of the college. The scope of speech activity included participa- tion in eight tournaments with entries in Ora tory, Interpretative Reading, Extempore, and Debate. The final rating of E.J.C. in these con- tests truly represents her quality of speech work and her strength in competition. The most outstanding accomplishment of the year was the National Women ' s Extempore Championship won by Virginia Kruger, the highest award ever given an El Dorado foren- sics student. Miss Kruger also won second in the state. Oscar Guinty won his way to the final in three consecutive extempore contests, finally winning fourth in the state. Kenneth McCaffree received the highest rating given in this field at the Hutchinson Invitational Meet. Wilbur Harms and Wilma Powers also did very creditable work. In oratory and interpretative reading El Dorado again displayed her talents. Mary- alyce King won the women ' s division of inter- pretative reading in the state. Virginia Kruger presented the declamation Ropes at St. Johns to win second place. Kenneth Mc- Caffree delivered his original oration: Are we Safe? and placed fourth among twenty- seven contestants in the national contest. And again, the record of debate is ex- ceptional. The question discussed was compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes by the N.L.R. B. Over this question, Wilbur Harms, McCaffree, Kruger, and Wilma Jean Grant were two of the four undefeated teams at the end of four rounds of debate at the Southwestern Tournament. The strength of El Dorado was felt at both McPherson and Pittsburg contests. Harms, McCaffree, John Newacheck, George Grist, and Marion Lasater won six of ten debates at McPherson while Kruger, Guinty, and McCaffree won seven of ten at Pittsburg. El Dorado rated excellent in debate at Hutchinson, however, Kruger, Guinty, and McCaffree were given special recognition. At St. Johns the best record went to Guinty and McCaffree who were finally defeated in the quarter finals. In the state, Grist, Harms, Guinty, and McCaffree entered, with the Guinty-McCaffree team finishing sixth. In competition with four- year colleges. El Dorado won five of ten debates at Bethel College. The record of the teams at the National was very superior. In men ' s debate, Guinty and McCaffree in three days of debating, were eliminated in the sev- enth round, to finish fourth in the nation. Kruger and Grist in the experimental debate division rated second among twelve entries. Speech students and their coach, L. W. Nixon, should be congratulated upon the ex- cellency of forensic work accomplished this year. I can conclude by paraphasing the words of Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar , I ' ve come to praise speech, not to bury it . — Kenneth McCaffree. v ' f! d