Imperial Schools - Diplomat Yearbook (Gladewater, TX)

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Following the opening prayer, the Presi- dent of the Imperial Club opens the business session of the club meeting. Old business is discussed first, the view of the members ex- pressed, and the appropriate action taken. Next a short, lively new business session where members bring up ideas for future club activities or functions is brought to the floor. With everyone now beginning to get the feel of the meeting, a few vocal exercises are introduced to the club members. An ap- pointee chooses a few brief tongue-twisters or barking exercises and runs everyone's voice through an energetic vocal calisthenic ses- ion to help loosen up the speakers. This brief exercise period is then followed by a 15-20 minute Tabletopics session in which a Tabletopics Master introduces news, Bible and general interest items for a ques- tion-and-answer type program. Here, club members chosen at random, are called upon to answer briefly and as adequately as they are able the questions put forth by the Table- topics Master. The formal speaking portion of the club meeting which consists of five six-minute speeches and two-minute evaluations of each speaker then follows. All assignments are made the previous week to allow for ade- quate preparation and follow a prescribed order. The club advisor evaluates the entire meet- ing as one of the final activities of the eve- ning. He instructs the club in good speaking techniques as well as correcting any errors committed throughout the meeting. The final function is the presentation of awards. Three trophies: most improved speaker, most effective speaker, and most helpful evaluator are awarded. With the con- clusion of the presentation of awards, the President bangs the mallet announcing the conclusion of another meeting of the Imperial Club.

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uThe Eor: Mosterpiece of Engineering The Eur: Masterpiece of Engineering Sound and Hearing S. S. Stevens, Fred Worshofsky and the Editors of LIFE Of all the organs of the body, few ac- complish as much in so little space as the ear. If an engineer were to duplicate its function, he would have to compress into approximate- ly one cubic inch a sound system that included an impedance matcher, a wide-range mechan- ical analyzer, a mobile relay-and-amplification unit, a multichannel transducer to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, a sys- tem to maintain a delicate hydraulic balance, and an internal two-way communications sys- tem. Even if he could perform this miracle of miniaturization, he probably could not hope to match the ear's performance. It can set itself to hear the low throb of a foghorn at one end of its range and the piercing wail of a jet engine at the other end. It can make the fine distinction between the music played by the violin and the viola sections of a sym- phony orchestra. It can reject the hubbub of a party while picking out a single familiar voice. Even during sleep the ear functions with incredible efficiency: because the brain can interpret and select signals passed to it by the ear, a man can sleep soundly through noisy traffic and the blaring of a neighbor's television set-and then awaken promptly at the gentle urging of a chime alarm clock.