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

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I t I III I I M • I II II I I M I II M 6 I • • « DRAMATICS » The program of dramatics in the El Dorado Junior College is in two acts. As the curtain rises on the first act, the Pi Delta Theta society, a group of new members are taken in at the beginning of the year. The fall play given was The Enemy , a war play by Channing Pollock, the first play presented in the new auditorium. After the play open house was held on the stage by the cast. The spring play was The Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand. Two parties were held at the initiations of the new members, and several one-act plays were given. The cast for the first act includes Wilma Jean Grant, President; Laura White, Vice- President ; Wilma Powers, Secretary ; Dale Kellogg, Treasurer and Business-manager ; and Richard Kellar, Sergeant-at-arms. The membership includes Bertha Joy Baggett, Harry Barr, Rachel Boyer, Elmer Burns, Roy Cartee, Clifford Clayton, Mary Ellen Gorman, Alan Cowles, Raymond Darling, Frank Eaton, Dorothy Jean Feder, Gilbert Golden, Wilbur Harms, Mary Ellen Hull, Vivian Hursh, Ann Jackson, Maryalyce King, Dorothy Lietzke, June Locke, Keith Magers, Mildred Martin, Kenneth McCaffree, Robert Orr, Mary Eliz- abeth Pardee, Jeanette Penwell, Vera Selvy, Billie Wallace Smith, Peggy Smith, Baird Snyder, and Leora Welch. The second act is that of Delta Psi Ome- ga, the local chapter of the national dramatic honor society. Two initiations were held, one at Christmas and the other in the spring. The cast for this includes Frank Eaton, Pres- ident ; Roy Cartee, Vice-President ; and Ken- neth McCaffree, Secretary-treasurer. Other members are Bertha Joy Baggett, Clifford Clayton, Wilma Jean Grant, Wilbur Harms, Richard Kellar, Robert Orr, Wilma Powers, and Peggy Smith. Mr. Nixon is the grand director of the two acts of our Junior College dramatics pageant. — Wilma Jean Grant.

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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

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PUBLICATIONS To the Journalism Club fell the task of nosing around the corridors and class rooms of E.J.C. for such bits of news and scraps of gossip as might be worth printing. Starting in September with an unusually large staff the Club had dwindled by spring to a small but ever faithful pack of news hounds. Led by Editor Dale Kellogg and Assistant Editor Baird Snyder the Journalism Club edited the Grizzly Growls , official Juco paper, which is printed weekly (with the exception of Christmas week) as a part of the Butler County News. G. Haldane Crooks acted as sponsor and chief boss, putting in news and extracting gossip here and there. With the aid of several good deputies and many self-appointed re- searchers, the Scooper offered a weekly column of gossip for the enlighten- ment and entertainment of the student body. There were those of course that objected to being Scooped, but most people took it in the spirit of fun. Other features included personality sketches of students and teachers, editorials on campus, local, and national affairs ; and a column for the love- lorn , known as the Cynthia Hearthrob column. Betty Rose Whitestine was President of the Journalism Club ; Rachel Boyer, Secretary; and Wilbur Harms, Student Council Representative. Other members and reporters throughout the year were Dale Kellogg, Baird Snyder, Sybellee Overholser, Betty Rose Whitestine, Dale Thrasher, Don Plantz, Lovina Fowler, Maurine Kellogg, Eva Mae Patty, Peggy Smith, Miriam Gibb, Wilbur Harms, Alan Cowles, Bertha Joy Baggett, Cletus Haines, Rachel Boyer, Virginia Earl, Mary Elizabeth Pardee, Elmer Burns, and Helen Miller. — Peggy Smith.