Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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FirsT row, leTT To righT: Harold Wilensky, RoberTa l-Tanline, RiTa Haskins, Virginia KurTz, Cleo ShorT, Mariorie Squire. Second row: ArThur Shanly, Lawrence Kuhl, William CriTz, William Cromer, ProT. UpTon Palmer, Michael D'asaro, Wal- do EgberT. Charles KloTz, Bruce SideboTham. l-lE oTTicers oT Pi Kappa DelTa are John Bronson, presidenTg VincenT lmmel, vice-presidenTg Ro- berTo l-lanline, secreTary-Treasurer: and Prof. UpTon Palmer, sponsor. PeiTho Kailia Dilcaia has Tor iTs moTTo The arT oT persuasion beauTiTul and iusT. Pi Kappa DelTa, na- Tional Torensic TraTerniTy, was organized in I9l3 aT OTTawa, Kansas. lT has over l5O chapTers, OT which The local chapTer is The Ohio ETa. The local chapTer was organized in l93O when iT received iTs charTer and membership in The naTional organizaTion. ProT. J. W. Carmichael was The TirsT sponsor, having charge OT all speech and debaTe work. Under his guidance The debaTe Teams of B.G.S.U. have always made an admirable showing whenever compeTing againsT oTher colleges and uni- versiTy debaTe Teams. PALMER BECOMES Pl KAPPA DELTA SPONSOR AT The presenT Time The sponsor is ProT. UpTon Palmer. The speech deparTmenT, having increased in size so rapidly during The lasT Tour years, The ad- diTional services oT ProTessor Palmer was needed. sa. , sis iii i i 38 ProTessor Palmer came Trom Cape Girdeau. Mo., where he TaughT speech and debaTe. ThroughouT The year numerous debaTes were held wiTh various colleges ThroughouT The counTry. Several debaTe TournamenTs held aT oTher colleges Tound Bowling Green represenTaTives There. Judges Tor high school TournamenTs were supplied and speech demonsTra- Tion Tours oT high schools were arranged. TEAM COMPETES IN KNOXVILLE MEET Every Two years Bowling Green Teams parTicipaTe in The lNlaTional P.K.D. TournamenT. Two years ago This TournamenT was held aT Topelca, Kans.. and This year iT was held aT Knoxville, Tenn. STudenTs who are members oT Pi Kappa DelTa and who are inTer- esTed in poliTical science have an opporTuniTy To aT- Tend a NaTional STudenT LegislaTive Assembly which is in session aT Th-e same Time. For The pasT Two years Bowling Green has had represenTaTives aT The naTional TournamenTs. S Each spring a Tri-chapTer banquetcomposed oT uniTs Trom Bowling Green, Toledo UniversiTy, and l-leidelberg College, is held aT one oT The schools wiTh represenTaTives Trom each insTiTuTion There.

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FirsT row. leTT To righT: Don- ald Grisier. Marian Cunning- ham, Marfha Riley, Paul Ullom. Second row: Roberi' Dierks, Rose DehnhoTT. Helen Seeley. Phyllis Kuder. Phyllis PorTmann, Helen Harrison. Helen Kear, Pauline Egnew, CharloTTe Duni- pace, Lenore Bowdle, ProT. M. C. McEwen. N December I3. I925, Bowling Green STaTe UniversiTy was granTed The charTer Tor The BeTa chapTer oT Phi Sigma Mu. This is a naTional honor- ary TraTerniT To which only Those sTudenTs in The public school music cle- parTmenT are eligibie Tor membership. Membership in This TraTerniTy is based upon The sTuclenT's scholasTic average aand his proTessional aTTiTude. Phi Sigma Mu aims To TosTer beTTer public school music in America. MARIAN CUNNINGHAM IS ELECTED PRESIDENT The local chapTer elecTed The Tollowing oTTicers To carry ouT The plans oT The organizaTion Tor The school year oT T939-40: presidenT, Marian Cunningham: vice-president Donald Grisier: secreTary, MarTha Riley: hisTorian, RoberT Dierlcsg Treasurer. R. M. Tunnicliffe: chorisTer, M. C. McEwen. Marian Cunningham is also The second vice-presidenT oT The naTional TraTer- niTy. The oTTicial magazine oT The TraTerniTy, THE HARP, is published semi- annually. The BeTa chapTer has been responsible Tor The lasT Two issues oT This magazine. Opera was selecTed as The Topic oT sTudy Tor The pasT year. Verdi's Aida and Wagner's The Walkure, were The Two uniTs oT sTudy. A compleTe review oT The Wagnerian Ring was given beTore deTailed sTudy began. Phi Sigma Mu sponsors sTudenT reciTals which are given in The ReciTal Hall. IT also assisTs in conducTing The disTricT solo and ensemble conTesTs which are held on our campus each year sponsored by The Ohio Music EducaTors AssociaTion. PHI SIGMA MU SPONSORS SOCIAL EVENTS Three social evenTs are sponsored by The TraTerniTy during The year To which The enTire music deparTmenT is inviTed. The TirsT is a Tormal dinner held in The Tall aT The Women's Club. This is The TirsT opporTuniTy To welcome The Treshmen inTo The music deparTmenT. AT ChrisTmas Time Mr. TunnicliTTe opens his home To Phi Sigma Mu and They spend an enioyable evening TogeTher. The IasT social even is a picnic held aT The CiTy park. This consTiTuTes The lasT geT-To-geTher oT The enTire music deparTmenT. 37 Eiiai TTiggissis fliis

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