Grand Island College - Islander Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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f , AFFI RMATIV E. Earl W. Hayter. Margaret Rice. C. E. Strong: Otto L. Krula. Harley C. Candish. Roger Johnson. Debate, 1925 PERSONNEL Wells Smith, Coach NEGATIVE. Richard Johnson. Mary Goldenstein. Paul B. Newell. Robert Coatney. Oren E. Cunningham. SEASON. Dual Debates: Nebraska Wesleyan W- sr.. won Hastings ,.s,., Duwon Kearney .,..EE .ss.. X V011 Nebraska Central U- ,,..s won York ......W,, ...., W On Cotner -W ...... ---W011 Midland .... Single Debate: one, lost one one, lost one one, lost one one, lost one one, lost one one, lost one lost both Des Moines University --- --- Won

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Debate, 1926 PERSONNEL. W. A. KNOX, Coach. MYRTLE MILLER, Manager, AFFIRMATIVE. NEGATIVE. Paul R. Newell. Oren E. Cunningham. Lloyd R. Richards. Kirk Stublolefield. Ruth Bryan. Harold Eisele. Edward Caredis, Alternate. SEASON. February --- ---Nebraska Central --- ---won both February --- ---Hastings ......L .....L.L.. l ost both March 4 --- ---Midland --- .L,.L won one, lost one March 5 -- ---Wesleyan ---- ---------- l ost both March 12 - ---York -- ---------------------- Won one, lost one March 18 - ---Kearney --------------------------- won both March 26 - ---Western State Normal, Kalamazoo, Mich, single debate --.-- -. -------.--------------- Won

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Qratory Too much credit cannot be given to the students who have repre sented G. I. C. in oratory. Oratory is a lonesome activity. It means months of research and then weeks of intensive training. All this is done alone. The1'e is none of the camaradie which makes other activities so enjoyable. Oratory requires a high degree of literary ability. A well-Written oration is a work of art and the orator must possess consummate skill in the use of words. Finally, the orator must be a public speaker. This implies a sense of dramatic valuesg an ability, through voice and gesture, to interpret these valuesg a personality which will hold an audienceg a gift of enthusiam and that indefinable flair for publicity which distinguishes the true orator, to the manner born, from the ordinary speaker. It is the belief of the Islander that G. I. C.'s orators have been Worthy representatives of their Alma Mater. In almost every case, our orators have been students who have carried a Wide variety of other activities as Well. In the 1925 Peace Contest, we were 1'epresented by Roger Johnson, who wrote and delivered a remarkably clear and convincing oration. Frances Shattuck, our State Orator, spoke on The Fountain of Time. Hers was an oration built around a beautiful description of Lorado Taft's masterpiece of the same name. In the State Oratorical of 1926, Chester Windolph spoke on Indus- trial Educationf' He discussed the necessity of revising our educational system in favor of a more practical line of studies. LaVerne Loos, the 1926 Peace Orator, entitled his oration Pros- pective Peace. Mr. Loos stressed the importance of substituting some positive action for our hesitant attitude toward measures of securing world peace. We reiterate, in conclusion, that G. I. C. may Well be proud of those who have represented her in Oratory. It is to be hoped that the orators of the future may be as representative of the best in the schools as they have been in the past.