Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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pline themselves - theytre a highly motivated group. The members of this highly motivated squad are divided into two divisions, junior and senior, the difference being that debaters can compete in the junior division during their first tour semesters of competi- tion, after which they move up to senior division. The senior division is composed of seniors Wendell Barker from Hutchin- son and Steve Hailey from Denver, and juniors Cathy Gra- ber from Newton, Don McKinney from Goldwater, and Julie Rhodes from Winfield. Because there are five mem- bers in the senior division, there are not specific assign- ments concerning which mem- bers are paired as debate part- ners. Therefore, there is no llDynamic Duo'i upon which to lavish the praise for this year's successes; the entire squad must share the credit. The junior division is com- prised of junior Marilyn Taylor from Winfield, sophomore Ron Gore from Larned, and fresh- men Joann Palmieri trom Patc- hogue, N.Y., and Greg White from Winfield. Other tournaments for the Builders include the 42nd annual Southwestern Debate Tournament thosted by the squad on Dec. 1-2t involving approximately 20 colleges trom 5 states. Both team and indi- vidual events such as oratory, poetry interpretation, and extemporaneous speaking were contested at the tourna- ment. On Dec. 8-9 the squad traveled to Northwestern Oklahoma State College for the event there, and on Jan. 8-11 participated in the Laredo International Debate Tourna- ment at Laredo, Texas, a nationwide invitational tourna- ment Open to only the top squads from throughout the nation. - One of the highlights of the second semester of competi- tion will come on March 26-30, when the squad will compete in the events at the National Biennial Convention of Pi Kappa Delta, Southwestern has been invited to compete in a special oratory at the Nationals in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of PKD. This invita- tion was extended to SC on the basis that it is one of the seven colleges to sign Pi Kappa Deltais founding docu- ment that still have a PKD chapters tThree other Kansas schools are among the seven remaining charter members: Ottawa University, College of Emporia, and Kansas Wesleyan CollegeJ Hey-Kllan in the last issue of Abraxas was an article written by our illustrious features editor I guess the thing to do around here, especially up at the Hill, is to see how well you can knock down the fraternities. Now I have the pleasure of answering that article. First of all, in case somebody gets the foreign notion that l'm against features editors, let me assure you that some of my very best friends are McGuires. itWhy do these 3 Frats feel so put- upon? Even Sue admitted and I quote, iiTrue, theyive been getting more flack from the administration than the other campus-centered social and service groups. General George would like to know why? The article then goes on and states, ttBut who has been having all the advantages for years, especially as far as housing conditions are con- cerned. What advantages? Name me one. Granted, living in Shriwise is a lot more com- fortable than Reid or Broad- hurst. But you see Sue, you didn't do your homework. Instead of rushing into your .superticial article you should have done some research first You would have found out that

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.1- 'u-wm eLLLWKU-JLLIUf-t-LUV-O-iu-h-h fiET'fU-J'xilme-ILL E the Thetas originated in Hol- land Hall and the Betas in Reid ' Hall. Thetas, after being asked to leave Holland Hall because it was being condemned, migrated to Reid where they were again asked to leave because someone on the Hill decided Shriwise would be a nice place for one of the trats. So you see, the trats didn't plea or even ask for Shriwise, it was assigned to them. Besides, Beta Rho Mu tone halt ot the frat populationt has survived in Reid Hall all these years. Yes, Sue, we can boast that we are involved in more cam- pus activities because we are a frat, and living together as a frat does not isolate us from the tlgoings-onl' among other students, Due to the fact that my article must be written within certain space limitations, I can not even begin to list all the activities members of the frats are associated with. For the benefit of the skeptics I have prepared a list which any- one is invited to inspect. Again I will quote Sue, ttThe women's organizations on campus have accomplished just as much in the way of pro- jects as the fraternities. Well Sue, maybe that's because the women's groups are service organizations and the fraterni- ties are social organizations. 80 if you ask me if a service organization is doing only as much as the social organiza- tions in regards to campus pro- jects, maybe its the service organizations that need to be reevaluated. Again I quote, Men's honor housing, why is that such an anathema to the frat guysTl Who ever said anything about an anathema? I don't even know what it means. The rea- son that men's honor housing is a threat is because if we lose Shriwise we have nowhere to go. We could have just as eas- lly made our last stand at Reid Hall. It was the Hill that cram- med us up in Shriwise for the last hoorah. By the way, Theta Phi Delta still maintains the highest grade point average of any other organization on this campus. While were on the subject of honor housing, let me reiterate what Miss McGuire has stated. ttWomen's honor housing has been, for the most part, a large success, besides a slight motivation tor V some of us to work a little harder. Who are you kidding! They can't even fill the place. They have had problems almost every year of getting students to live there. Another Sunshine quotejll have it on good authority tfirst hand listening to members of Pi Delt and Theta?t that the main reason they pledged to their particular frat is not because they really groove on the fraternity concept, but because they wanted to live in Shriwise. Well Susie has done her homework this time. I wont deny it. I have never admitted that our way of pledging is a faultless. We pledge the guys we feel are the ones who will benefit and will be benefited from our respective fraternities. Often we are wrong. It is because of these members that our fraternities are in the posi- tion they are. It you can come up with a tool-proot method of pledging members, let me know, Sue. The trats would appreciate it. And I promise this is my last quote: llHow much interest would you get from prospective pledges it you lost your grip on those apartments? Ask Beta Rho. They lived in Reid Hall and yet have the highest mem- bership of any of the other fra- ternities. What's keeping our group identity novrf? Well, I'll tell you in two words a Fraternity spirit. Sincerely yours, General George Frat