Seward County Community College - Trumpeter Yearbook (Liberal, KS)

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College tv panel to look at town The Social Problems class being instructed this semester by Edward Berger at Seward County Community College will feature a monthly televised pa- nel discussion entitled Liberal's Problems, aired the first time Thursday, October 5, on Channel Five. The first discussion was on the subject, Racism and Preju- dice. Panel members were Cole- man Crawford, Magnolia Dun- lap, Gail Craftos and Debbie Piderit. Three other subjects will be covered this semester, according to Berger: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Drug Abuse and Alcoholism, and Poverty. Berger submitted the following explanation of the course and the televised discussions: The Social Problems class, in order to give the community a different perspective on local problems, will have a monthly panel discussion on Liberal's so- cial problems. The program's in- tent is not to be critical but to highlight social problems that the college student sees and to contribute possible alternatives, or solutions to these problems. Turkey shoot set A Turkey Shoot is to be held on Sunday, October 29, and Sun- day November 5 at the Airport Trap Range and is to be spon- sored by the Science Club. Mem- bers will run the trap shoot which will be from 2:00 p.m. un- til dusk both days. Everyone is welcome to shoot for the Tur- key's and practice rounds will be available. Present officers are: Presi- dent-Charles Collins, Vice-Pres- ident - Marla Nixg Secretary, Treasurer - Carolyn Madden: SGA Representative - Melva French. Everyone is welcome. Join To- day! 'f 31 Aviation Club O sets trip to meet FAIRFIELD, IOWA - The Aviation Club of Seward County Comm-unity College has been in- vited, along with 22 other fly- ing clubs, to participate in the Central Regional Flying Meet of the National Intercollegiate Fly- ing Association to be held at Parsons College December 1 and 2. Competition will be held in sev- eral events including Power-on spot landings, Power-off spot landings, Cross-country naviga- tion and aerial drop. The top three teams in total points will advance to the national flying meet at Southern Illinois Uni- versity next spring. The Central region of NIFA is composed of 23 college and university flying clubs in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. The Fairfield meet is sponsored by the Parsons College chapter of Alpha Eta Rho, national avia- tion fraternity. Hotel presented The Student Government As- sociation on September 9, spon- sored the movie Hotel , based on the novel by Arthur l-lailley, who also wrote Airport . The movie resembled Airport with its varied subplots and the per- sonalities involved. It is believed that the SGA had Hotel here as a Liberal First Run . Ap- proximately 50 students were in attendance. Wieners roasted On September 16, the Student Govern-ment Association Drovid- ed students with another oppor- tunity to mingle and meet one another at a free wiener roast on the college patio. With the cooperation of Tradewinds Inc., who loaned SGA the grill, ap- proximately 50 students were served on a beautiful September evening. 6 X ff -5 is 'itat t Q xii' S. V a 1,

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- l Red means slop Being somewhal of a newcomer lo Liberal one of lhe firsl lhings I noliced was lhe bad condilion of lhe local roads, bolh on lhe residenlial roads and lhe highways. Bul I would like lo discuss more specifically on-e inlerseclion lhal is ex- lremely hazardous. Nol loo long ago I was driving wesl on Eighlh Sl. and came lo lhe inlerseclion of Eighlh and Kansas. Al lhis in- lerseclion on lhe Norlheasl corner is where lhe Washinglon Elemenlary School is localed. Also localed al lhis inlersec- lion are a sel of four flashing lighls. These lighls cluring lhe summer blink red lo Eighlh Sl. and yellow lo Kansas. How- ever, once school relurns lo session, lhese blinking Iighls relurn lo lhe regular swilching slop Iighls during inlervals on cerlain weekdays. Having lived here for aboul lhree monlhs I was used lo slopping on Eighlh Sl. lo gel on Kansas. One day, however, I noliced as I slopped lhal lwo cars on Kansas had slopped also. Il look only several seconds for me lo realize lhal lhe Iighls were working and il was showing green in my direc- lion. This mighl seem funny al firsl bul lwice aflerward while I was slopped al lhis inlerseclion l've seen people run lhe red Iighl on Kansas mainly because lhey were so used lo il blinking lhe righl-of-way lo lhem lhal lhey didn'l pay any allenlion coming up lo lhe inlerseclion. This poses some bad problems. As a maller of facl I was almosl in an acci- denl al lhis same corner. I was once again lraveling wesl on Eighlh Sl. as lh-e lighl changed green: looking before I slarled oul inlo lhe inlerseclion I noliced lhal nol loo far down Kansas a pick-up lruck was coming al aboul 25 lo 30 mph. Playing il cons-ervalive I wailed and lhe lruck sped on lhrough lhe inlerseclion. If I hadn'l been walching as closely as I was, lhe lruck would have hil my car broadside causing whal would have been a greal deal of damage. Because of lhis confusing silualion, lhe lhreal of a ser- ious accidenl is exlremely high. The only course available is lo lel lhe lighl slay as a slop lighl lhe enlire year round, lo keep from confusing anyone wilh lhe new exisling conlin- uously changing silualion. Polilical year brings queslions Wasn'l il only a year or lwo ago lhal lhe I8-year-olds were d-emanding lhe righl lo vole? Now lhal righl is law. Bul look around and see for yourself how undeserving I8-year-olds are of lhis supposedly greal American privilege. They are jusl as lelhargic and apalhelic as lheir older Am- erican counlerparls. When il comes lo gelling involved in politics, il seems lhal mosl of us residenls of lhis place called lhe Uniled .Slales of America iusl don'l have lhe lime or lhe inclinalion. Here il is - a presidenlial eleclion year - and look al whal's happening al good old Seward Counly Communily College. The Young Democrals can'l gel more lhan lwo or lhree members and even lhe success-gorged Young Republi- cans have lrouble rounding up enough bodi-es lo make one of lheir meellngs look like more lhan a lhree's-a-crowd af- fair. lf whal is going on al Seward Counly Communily Col- lege is lypical of lhe prevalenl allilude lhroughoul lhis so called greal counlry of ours, one can, only surmise lhal we mosl surely deserve whalever we receive from lhe few who are inleresled enough lo make lheir ideas public. Perhaps lhe words of lhe lale poel, T. S. Eliol, are more lrue lhan we like lo lhink: Thal's lhe way lhe world ends, he wrole, Nol wilh a bang bul a whimper. Debalers in firsl lournamenl The debate squad from Seward County Community College com- peted in their first tournamen-t of the season this weekend at Gar- den City, placing tenth in over- all squad strength out of twenty- five schools. SCCJC placed over such schools as Wichita State Univer- sity, Lubbock Christian, North West Missouri State, and Phoe- nix. In individual events, Nikki Ble- vins won a finalist certificate for informative speaking, sec- ond year in a row. Dorsey Gen- try, Gloria Clay, Christina Hull, and Jim Reneau had good and excellent ratings in preliminary rounds of individual events. The debate team of Christine Hull and Dennis Reed had vic- tories over Kansas State Univer- sity, Lubbock Christian, Dodge City, and Hutchinson. The team of Gloria Clay and Dorsey Gentry had wins over Butler County, Coffeyville, and Hutchinson. This was the first tournament for debate amateurs Mike Bryan and Martin Sizemore. .According to debate coach, Gene Clark, they did very well with wins over Penn Valley, Kansas State, and New Mexico J-unior College. Clark was pleased with the tournament. We did 2501: bet- ter this year at Garden City than we did last year. In fact, our worst team had more wins than last year's best team. 'Our Gang' grows Our Gang, the select ensem- ble chosen by try-outs from the college choir personnel, has been enlarged this year. Pop style and sacred Christmas programs are being prepared for performances. The repertoire is chosen for au- dience appeal. The group sings A Capella or with various in- struments. First appearance is October 28. Members of the ensemble are Terri Turner, Kelleen Williams, Julie Mason, Marla Nix, Teresa Taber, Christina Hull, Joan Ram- sey, Garold Sallaska, David Da- vis, Terry Cloud, Alan Keller, Ken Moore, Randy Verble, Steve Norris, George Wilcox, Celia Mas- soni fpianistj, and Cary Moore Cpercussionistj. The group could still use either a string bass play- er or an electric bass guitarist. Our Gang is available for performances. Any interested, local group should Contact Clar- ence Hooper, director, at the col- lege. College cheerleaders for 1972-73 have been elected. Sophomore cheerleaders are Cheri Hodges, Becky Strange. and Charlene Ausmus. Fres.hmen are: Connie Geist, Kiltie Pace, and Billie White.

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Phi Theta Kappa here since l97l One fraternal organization on campus is Phi Theta Kappa, a national jun-ior college honorary society. The Chi Alpha Chapter was chartered at Seward County Community College October 25, 1971. To be eligible for membership in Phi Theta Kappa, a student must have completed 15 hours with a 3.25 average. To remain eligible, members must main- tain a 3.0 average. Officers include President -- Cathy Glenn, secretary-vacant, Treasurer - Marla Nix, Student Government Representative - Charles Collins. Additional members of Phi Psych. Club meets Psychology Club had their first meeting October 3. The cl-ub is planning 9, membership drive for October and is sponsoring a Hal- loween Fun House Party. The party will be the last of October where a horror movie will be shown and other weird things will happen to stimulate the em- otions. Psychology Club will be rent- ing a booth at the folk art fes- tival to raise money for a field trip later in the year. They plan to sell Christmas baked goods, ornaments, and decorations. SGA meets Tuesdays Student Government Associa- tion has been meeting each Tues- day night at 9:00 p.m. in room 102. Phil Thornton, 1972-73 Pres- ident, presides at the meeting. Becky Strange is acting sec- retary, John Hibbert is Vice- President. Sophomore senators are Carolyn Madden, George Fisher, Barry Dies, and Debe Piderit. All subjects of student concern are take care of at these meetings and they are open to all students. TB 'lest All students who have not tak- en the TB skin test or had' a chest X-ray within the last year should plan to see the County Health Nurse when she is on campus, October 17. There will be no charge for the skin test. Final readings will be taken Oc- tober 19. Theta Kappa are Jean Crothers, Larry Howard, Rhonda Hubbard, Christina Hull, Phyllis Oehme, Randy Verble, Trudy Waggoner, and Hugh Williams. The Chapter will issue invita- tions for additional memberships during this semester. Their 72 emphasis Voices of Human Experience, involves study of the cultural aspects of life such as music, painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and drama. The years study convention will be held in the Honor's In- stitute held at Endicott College in Brady, Massachusetts. Mrs. Pauline Toland is the sponsor. Problems class hears panel The Social Problems class had a panel of guests Monday, Oct. 2, discussing crime, juvenile delin- quency and law enforcement. The guests were Liberal Police Chief Robert Morrissey and Seward County Attorney Robert Frey. The guests described the duties of the positions they hold and answered questions from the class. Both men indicated that one of the important problems in this area was need for some kind of detention home for ju- veniles. At the present, juveniles are incarcerated in the same jail as adult offenders. Questions included the debata- ble topic of capital punishment. Both approve of the recent Su- preme Court decision- with Mor- rissey stating that he Hdid not believe in capital punishment, and Frey saying that It would not make much difference in the crime rate. Science Club organizes early Science Club held an organi- zational meeting Sunday, Sep- tember 17. All members and in- terested persons attended. They took private cars and left from the Faculty parking lot for Meade Lake. Badminton, horse- shoes, and frisbee were played. At 5:00 everyone met at Mr. Bol- ton's house for a hamburger fry, with Mr. McConnell as cook. All Science and Math department faculty members and their fam- ilies attended. ,I Dr. Roland Wade Kirk Dr. R. W. Kirk has been hired by the SCCJC Board of Trustees to be the new Dean of the College. Dr. Kirk attend- ed Texas Technological College, where he otained his B.A. in 1960. In 1968 he received his M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. from there in 1972. Dr. Kirk was in the United States Marine Corps in 1960- 63. He attained the rank of captain and his primary duty was as a pilot He also maintained the jobs of Flight ln- structor, Squadron Training Officer, and C B R Officer. Dr. Kirk, who is married and has a 3-year old son, is a welcome addition to Seward County Community College. We, the students of SCCJC. wish to welcome him and offer our services to him for anything he may need. SGA Social success The Student Government As- sociation kicked off the school year with an Ice Cream Social on August 29. The get-acquainted Ice Cream Feast had 'approxi- mately 150 eager students stand- ing in line for the free ice cream. The SGA thus provides a diverse student body the opportunity to talk and establish rapport. SGA clance is big According to President Phil Thornton, SGA was greatly pleased with the turnout they had for the dance held Saturday, September 30. Freedom Express provided the music and the Liberal Youth Center had a concession stand open for students. At least 150 attended including the high school and Vo-Tech students. 34 Shakespeare to be The Liberal Humanities Coun- cil will host SHAKESPEARE, LOVE, AND DEATH - a three- man team involving Professor of English, Paul Chaffee, and ac- tors Cliff Goodwin and Kenneth Post - on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 16 and 17. The team will present several public programs incorporating dramatic perform- ances, audio-visual elements, and narrative formats, throughout the Liberal area. The programs are part of Lib- eral's National Humanities Ser- ies, and will involve area resi- dents in exploration of love, death, power, violence and other universal aspects of human ex- istence. The works of William Shakespeare wil be used to high- light many of the complexities encountered in these subjects.