Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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THE THEATER 1axAs TI2CI'I,S speech department presented three plays this year. Work on the Hrst production began just as the school year started since it was presented at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas on the first of October. It was Antigone, with Anne Barasch, graduate from Lubbock, playing the title role. Alter returning from the Fair, An- tigone was presented on campus in connection with the Fine Arts Festival beginning Nov. 6. It was to have run three days but due to capacity crowds it was held over until Nov. ll. Orpheus Descending by Tennes- see Williams was the second produc- tion presented Ian. 29-30 and Feb. 3-5 in the Speech auditorium. This was one of the first amateur productions to be presented of Orpheus Descending following the play's New York staging several seasons ago. The story tells of a handsome guileless youth and a woman storckeeper. The youth, a gui- tar player, is a rural Orpheus who de- scends to rescue his love in a town in- fested with gossip, intrigue and vio- lence. The Madwoman of Chaillot was the third play performed by speech de- partment students. It was presented April 6-ll in the Speech auditorium. This play is a French fantasy by lean Giraudoux showing the triumph of a mad woman over the greed of the world. Elizabeth Hoyer of Wellington, Kan., portrayed the madi' woman and Wayne Gibbens of Breckenridge played the leading role of the president. The Speech dcpartment's major func- tion is to service the students in devel- oping and aiding them individually to attain the highest possible level of oral communicative effectiveness. Dr. P. Merville Larson is head of the speech department, and he has a staff of seven. Speech instructors and students pro- vide many extra-currieular activities for students and town people. They pre- sent plays throughout the year, ollfer courses helpful to everyone and spon- sor workshops and speech meetings every year. The 25th Invitational Forensic Fes- tival was sponsored by the speech de- partment in the fall. At the two-day meet, Tech debate teams competed with 44 teams from 16 colleges and universities attending. This was the largest Forensic Festival sponsored by the speech department. The depart- ment also sponsors debate teams which are active throughout the year. This year the Varsity squad went to Baylor University, Abilene Christian College and the Intercollegiate Forensics Tour- nament at the University of Wichita in Kansas. An all-speech-class demonstration meet was held this year with repre- sentative speakers from the 12 speech sections. One person from each section was chosen to compete in this meet. Many activities are planned for area high school students and teachers. The speech department sponsors an annual High School Speech Activities Confer- ence, featuring four major areas of speech: demonstration, declamation, Ronald S. Schulz poetry reading, and extemporaneous speaking. A high school speech work- shop in the summer is an annual event with the speech department. High schoolers receive instruction in dramat- ics, declamation, debate discussion, ex- temporaneous speaking, poetry reading and radio-television experience. Stu- dents produce as many plays as can be cast from the group during the work- shop. Shoptalk day is sponsored in the winter for speech teachers or teachers interested in speech instruction from kindergarten to graduate school. This is a day of cooperative sharing of ideas including both curricular and extra- curricular planning. I4 Orpheus Descending Hobbs in a iam . . . And the band played on

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SPEECH ACTIVITIES SPeeC Pa+ O'09Y Each summer the speech department ollers a theater tour to students and area residents. Three-hours credit may be obtained during this tour. This summer the speech department will take a 19-day, 5,000-mile trip to New York City, visiting important theatrical events in that city and in the central and eastern parts of the United States and Canada. Varsity Show This year the annual varsity produc- tion started as the curtain opened on a humorous satire ol college lile-strong- ly resembling Tech-in the l959 Var- sity Show Something for Nothing this year. The story, written, directed and produced by johnny Gilbert, Ama- rillo senior music major, took place at Kingston College, a supposedly typical eastern school. Three performances were given of the show this year, one a Saturday matinee. The show used parts of the Kingston College background to demonstrate what happens when a visitor comes to give the collegc's students something for nothing. Specihc examples to Tech were the boy-girl ration, the football team -which had never won a game in the history of the college and the board of directors. The first re- semblance came when Christopher Fairchild, portrayed magnificently by Ray Moore, unpacked his suitcase at the college where he was to lecture. While unpacking he mentioned the difiiculty incurred when visiting a dry country. The tradition-bound board ol direc- tors of Kingston College lclt the school should remain as it had been in their day. This produced a diliiculty for the students throughout the play. The visitor, however, manages to change personalities and solve the problems of the entire school by his visit. Actually he gives them Some- thing for Nothing. Whether the speech student is en- gaged in representing his college in competition or just entertaining the students on campus, he is contributing much to the college life at Tech. Speech Pathology Club Caught in the act-of helping Speech Pathology Club gathers around to watch Pat Young, club presi- dent, working on auditory training with Shelly Trull, youngest child ol a Littlefield family coming regularly to Tech Speech Clinic for speech training. Apparently a severe hearing loss handicaps or has caused delay in speech deevlopment. Treatment so lar has consisted ol play approach to stimulate vocalization and establish- ment of basic essentials ol lipreading in training her to look frequently at the lace of the therapist. The club membership consists of speech therapy majors advanced or beginning and other students interested in the field. Meetings consist ol lunch- eon get togethcrs for sharing interest and announcement of speakers and meetings of interest to those in the field. Major functions are an annual open house and Easter Egg hunt. Members in picture below are lelt to right: Sonja Wcsterlield, Helen Lindell, Marsha Riley, Felicia Applewhite, Ruth Vassar, Louise Allison, Carol Blumen- trill, Susie Davis, Bernard Landes, Marilyn Adrian, Virginia Fowler and Bettie Kasch. At the table are Pat Young and Shelley Trull, I 1. .. , .. 1,-f '..,,