Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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Senior So pW omo c Class Officers JUNIORS Paul Kegel Ed Lind rot h Betty Trinrud FRESHMEN Lori Doss . Ed Shank. ... Muriel Morgan vice-president president . secretary . . ,. president vice-president . .. . .secretary Fro Vi 23

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Women's Self Government Association Bov 2: Bet:y Tnnrud Carol Luensman. Charmaine Weyer. Geraldine Jensen Nancy Oy- ster. Sandra Syman. Jar.e Idleman, Anne Welter. Sheila Chummers. Virginia Oakley. Barbara Due Bovs L Barbara Cottrell. Gloria Bersrhie. Florence Houvouras. Lois Pa nett i, . Harriet Bruckman, Muriel Morgan The Women's Sell-Government Asso- ciation, under the direction of president Lois Panetti, continued i:s work as the group responsible for governing the wom- en's houses and of handling the discipli- nary and social problems beyond the juris- diction of the individual house councils. The WSGA has the additional task of fur- thering the spirit of unity among the women students of the college by increasing their sense of individual and group responsibility and by acting as an official body to ex- press :he opinion of women students in matters of general college interest. In view of this, the WSGA has again completed a successful year. The roster of officers in- cluded: Lois Pametti, president; Harriet Bruckman, vice-president, Florence Hou- vouras, secretary; Barbara Due, treasurer. The board was assisted by Dean Wiesen- der, during the first semesterand by Dean Smith during the second. 22

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1 Debate The Ripon Debate team, though heavily handicapped by its inexperience, succeed- ed in perpetuating the distinguished foren- sic heritage of the school where the Alpha chapter of the national forensic fraternity was founded. Coached by Howard Hansen, chair- man of the speech department, the team ol Phyllis Schafler, Dick Christensen, Phil Kunz, Bob Kuehlwein and lerry Hanley de- bated the controversial topic- Resolved that the non agricultural industries of the U.S. should guarantee their employees an annual wage. Participating first in the U. oi Illinois Freshman-Sophomore Tournament in Chi- cago, the affirmative team of Phyllis and Dick received a coveted excellent rating Subsequent competition at the 12th Annual Speech Tournament at Wisconsin State College in Ecu Claire and the Pi Kappa Delta Province Meet in Liberty, Mo. found the debaters, buttressed by a throrough knowledge and understanding of the 1955- 56 topic, being notified only a lew minutes before each round whether they would advocate the affirmative or the negative side of the issue. At the Delta Sigma Rho Invitational Speech Tournament held annually at the U of Wisconsin, the Ripon representatives Dick Christensen, Mr Hansen, Phyllis Schal- lor, Jerry Hanley, Bob Kuehlwein. Ker. Tucker, Jerry Hanley Mr Hansen. Jim Priddis, Phyllis Schaffer, Dick Christensen. Phil Zafero- pulos. Bob Kuehlwein. used the orthodox style of debate in the first two rounds and then, for variety, em- ployed the cross-examination style for the third and fourth round. Considering that the team is composed of tv o freshmen and three sophomores, its season's record assumes even greater significance for the present and expecta- tion lor the future. Pi Kappa Delta The national honorary forensic frater- nity conferred the rites oi initiation on five new members, four of whom served in the debate team of 1955-56 During the Pi Kappa Delta Province Tournament in Liberty, Mo., Dick Christen- sen, Bob Kuehlwein, Phil Kunz and Mr. Hansen were initiated. Phyllis Schaffer was initiated later in the year and the officers for 1956 57 were elected at the same time. Jerry Hanley will be president, Bob Kuehl- wein, vice-president, Phil Kunz, secretary- treasurer and Dick Christensen, corres- ponding secretary.