Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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 VWAVAVaVAVAVAVAXAVf.VA' Vf»WWfty VAVAV VAVraAKWAVAV iV V V£,V V Vi V A FORENSIC SEASON 1929 The debate season for Wesleyan this year was a very full and prosperous one with nineteen debates scheduled. With a squad of fourteen appearing regularly for practice, it was decided to build up the forensic program by making contacts with schools :ovcring a large area and bringing in teams of reputation and ability, many of whom had never debated Wesleyan. Only four old debaters were back: Vera McElroy, Helen Johnson, Farron Turner and Kollin Pooler. Farron deserted us for oratory where he made a larger name for himself. Ralph Schut ., our orator of last year, came forward and proved himself a competent debater and thinker. Most of the squad were green, but made some show for themselves by sticking to the job and working hard. Various types of debating were tried this year, having a split team debate with both Simpson and Shurtlcff and an open forum one with the College of Emporia. The outstanding debate of the season was with the men’s team from Oklahoma City. This team went to the finals in the national convention of Pi Kappa Delta at Tiffin, Ohio, last spring. Trips were numerous for both men and women. The longest trip for the latter was to State Teachers and Cornell, while the men went to Simpson and Carthage. A southern tour, including four new schools, was taken by McOavic and Turner. Very few three-man debates were held since the trend was toward two-man teams. Under the supervision of Pooler and Schut ., the green men were initiated into the talking sessions, while McElroy and Johnson took charge of the girls. H Vksux Tiixi.wvx. V V.'.V ■■■.■ : '-v.v'-v a- .v y. : rt aa l „jc 101

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February Mari h April 1928-1929 DEBATE SCHEDULE 1 State Teachers Women 16 Simpson (Split Team) Men 19 Simpson Women 28 Oklahoma City Men 7 Cornell Women S Men 14 Central Weslevaif of Missouri Men 15 Shuttleflf (Split Team) . Here Men 18 Simpson Men 20 McKendree Men 22 John Fletcher, Central, Wesleyan . Triangle Women 23 Penn Women 25 William-Jewell . There Men 25 Carthage Men 26 Washburn Men 27 College of Emporia (Open Forum) . There Men 27 Kansas State Teachers College . There Men 8 Colorado College Women 10 Southwestern Law School of California .... Here Men 13 Pi Kappa Delta Province Convention Culver-Stockton Men William-Jewell Men Des Moines University Women Central (Iowa) Women Parsons Women Simpson Women Page 160

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 'rurncr, McFlroy and Johnson are lost by graduation, but from all indications Wesleyan has a splendid outlook for next year. Roth Pooler and Schut . will be back as well as the new men ami women: Work, Tomlinson, Smith, McGavic, Rellit, Hauer, Sedgwick, Lockhart and Crane. On April 10-Id, Helen and Vera, Rollin and Ralph, four debaters, and Dorothy Sedgwick and Fred Miller as extempore speakers went to Dcs Moines for the regional convention of Pi Kappa Delta. At this convention, each school or team debated twice, once on each side of the ques-tion. To be eliminated, the team must be defeated on both sides of the question. Our girls went to the semi-finals without a defeat; there Parsons bested us, and in a hotly contested debate Simpson took the convention. Therefore, the Wesleyan girls were adjudged as second winners, while Dorothy Sedgwick won first in extempore. Since Wesleyan held the vice-presidency of the Iowa Women’s Forensic League, the state oratorical and extempore contest was held here on February 15. In this we were represented by Miss Munster as orator and Miss Sedgwick in extempore. On March 1, Jordon Work in extempore and Farron Turner in oratory were sent to Penn College for the state contest of the Iowa Collegiate Forensic Association. Turner was awarded first place with his oration “What Price War” and went to the interstate contest at St. Peters, Minnesota, on April 12. Here he was chosen as one of two men from the five states represented to enter the national contest at Fvanston, Illinois, on April 26 under the auspices of the Northwestern School of Speech. Fred Miller will enter the “Constitution” oratorical contest at Dubuque on April 27. With this successful season. Prof. Dennis i to be congratulated. Next year’s slogan is to be: “Watch us take the National at Wichita.” Pane 162