Southern Oregon University - Raider Yearbook (Ashland, OR)

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English Our team started out on the l950-Sl yard line. The English Department, led by head coach Arthur Kreisman, had assistant coaches: William Dawkins, Charlene Kring, Ollie Depew, Angus Bowmer, and Leon Mull- ing. They did a fine job of teaching their rooks fundamentals of the English language. Three quarters of play were required for all the freshmen, and they mode their scores by writing term papers at the close of each term. On the 40 yard line, running along with English Composition were: Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, English Literature, American Literature, Shake- speare, and World Literature. On the whole, the coaches did a good job of teaching the basic rules of the game, and turned out a team that really knows its plays. Debate The debate team this past year, coached by Leon Mulling, was captained by President Bernie Kelly. Other officers were: Secretary, Lee Stothers and Treasurer, Keith Gebers. This team consisted of eight members which made four trips during the year: to Los Ange- les Pepperdine College for the Western Con- ference Speech Tournament, to Vanport Col- lege in Portland for the Northwest Town Meeting, a round table discussion, to the College of Puget Sound's Speech Tournament in Tacoma, and to Linfield's Tournament of Champions in McMinnville. The question of the year for debate was: Result of the non- Communist Nations, should they form a new non-Communist organization?

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usic The music department kicked off at the l95O yard line with head coach, Mr. Glenn Matthews, directing. The thirty- one band members carried the ball safely on tours to Yreka, Chico, and Weed, California, and returned home for some S.O.C. game formations. Fifty orchestra team members jour- nied away from the campus for the first time since the war playing regular symphonic music in Medford and Yreka, and they also made plans for an open air concert in the spring. A successful touchdown was made by the swing band in Southern Oregon and Northern California dances with Art Welch, student director, as quarterback. Mr. Oscar Bjorlie, choral coach, di- rected the choir team to a victorious per- formance at Christmas and at an assem- bly during winter term. Piano techniques were coached by Miss Helene Robinson, and private voice by Mrs. Cay Hufman. Various vocal teams included the choir, the mixed octette, the girls' trio, and the male quartet. Games were scheduled for the teams to play in May, for baccalaureate and commencement, with the dedication of the new library building to end the 50-51 season.

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A l ,,.i 1 l. i. Physical Sciences Atoms, molecules, esters, and for- mulas for carbon compounds were float- ing through the air all year in the Physi- cal Science Department. This, of course, was a result of the courses offered in the department: Elementary General Chem- istry, General Physics, Geology, Organic Chemistry, Photography, Foundations of Physical Science, Geography, Psychology and Biology. Lloyd Pennington, Elliott MacCrack- en, Dr. Herbert Vent, Dr. Ray McNeal, Dr. John Schulz, Loren Messenger, Dr. Wayne Welk, and Mr. Reneau were the coaches throughout the year for these various courses. The playing field where these coaches directed their teams was the Science Hall which is located south of Churchill Hall. In the Foundations of Physical Sci- ence course, students work out plays in basic chemistry, biology, physics, astron- omy, and Climatology. ln the study of Geography, these students elaborate on some of these plays. They follow signals to make yardage until the ball is carried over the line in each of the many sub- jects included in this course, Though no graduate courses are offered in this de- partment, pre-medical and pre-dental students may take three years of their work here. According to Coach Pennington, The science department at S.O.C. per- forms two functions. lt provides a broad background of the fundamental prin- ciples of science for the future teacher, and it gives more specific and technical training to the future doctor, dentist, or engineer. W , fl , , 'l --tx ,, ,