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

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The Stufii Council The Student Council, an organization of students elected by the student body, has charge, in co-operation with the faculty, of local and state oratorical contests, inter-collegiate debates, athletics and The Volante. The council exercises no disciplinary powers, but through its of- ficers and committees makes arrangements for carrying on the ordinary student activities. Before the new council was elected, the old council was finishing a very successful year. One of the enjoyable affairs of the last semester was the banquet given after the basket-ball season, in honor of all the students who had been granted awards for participation in basket-ball, oratory and debate. A carnival and benefit movie were conducted, yielding a nice profit, which was added to the student activity fund. The all-school picnic was held at the Y. M. C. A. grounds on May 30. The new council members were elected the first of the year. Imme- diately a meeting was held for organization. The chairmen of the commit- tees were appointed, and the student fees were budgeted to the different activities as the council saw best. The first of the school events was the sponsoring of the Freshman- Sophomore class scrap. An afternoon was set aside for contests in order to decide the victorious class. After an interesting and exciting afternoon the Freshmen proved their supei'iority and were entertained at a supper by the Sophomores. The Volante deficit of past years was considerably reduced by a bene- fit movie, presenting The Freshman, with Harold Lloyd. A school carni- val was brought into existence, which was successful both from the enter- tainment and financial standpoints. The annual football banquet was given in December, in honor of the men who fought for G. I. C. in this sport. The Council for 1925 was organized as follows: President, Marlin Christensen, Secretary, Vera Tilley, Treasurer, Edna Olsong Volante, Kirk Stubblefieldg Athletics, William McGrath, Forensics, Earl Hayterg Faculty Adviser, Prof. F. G. Meserve, and Howard Geddes and Henry Kleinkauf.

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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.

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. The Volante President Coolidge has said that the pulpit, the schoolroom and the press are the three greatest influences affecting the thought of the people of the world today, and college journalism certainly neither could nor would claim exemption from this place in the sun in regard to college af- fairs. The Fourth Estate has been ably represented at Grand Island College this year by The Volante, under the editorship of Cleora Vaughan, with Wayne Wells at the other end of the line making the thing pay -a feat which he, and Aubrey Hurlbert, as business manager the year before, have been the only managers in recent years to accomplish. To alertly re- port the worth-while happenings in the college, and to interpret the cur- rents of student thought is not an easy task, and in both these respects The Volante compares very favorably with student publications of other colleges in this state, and elsewhere. Under Miss Vaughan's name in the mast-head of this year's issues have appeared the following staff: Sporting editor, LeRoy Watson, Athenian, Pearl Simpson, Amphictyon, Mildred Pearson, Y. M. C. A., Eldon Smith, Hibbs Hall, Mary Boxwellg Poverty Phlatz, Laurin Graham, Life Service League, Enid Myers, Sigma Tau Delta, LaVerne Loosg Alumni, Miss Hile, Senior, Mary Boxwellg Junior, Cleora Vaughan, Sophomore, Donald Haggart, Freshmen, Lloyd Richards, Track, Charlie Foster, Tennis, Otto Krula. In addition to the regular issues of The Volante, special issues repre- senting various organizations on the campus have been put out as follows: Sophomore issue - that glorious one in red and white - with Milfred Mehring as editor, Amphictyon issue, in the hands of Cassius Congerg Senior issue, with Pearl Hile at the helm, Athenian issue, edited by Doris Hudson, and two English issues. No paper, either collegiate or commercial, can possibly succeed with- out its advertisers, and to the business men of the city of Grand Island great credit is due for their generosity in supporting The Volante. Their advertising makes a paper possible at Grand Island College, and The Volante furnished them with a valuable and economical advertising medium. The support of President Wells, with his regular column, and of other members of the faculty in requested contributions, has all contrib- buted to make The Volante the success it has been.