Spring Arbor University - Echo Yearbook (Spring Arbor, MI)

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3 ORGANIZATIONS Forensic Debate Oratorical Declamatory College Debat loint Council Echo Staff Log Book Snaps Advertising Club

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Alpha Sigma Theta OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary, ., Treasurer Sergeant-at-Arms Chaplain... . .. Faculty Adviser .. The College Debate Club was born about 9:15 A. M., November 25, 1935, in the chapel and took on good proportions very rapidly. Full growth was reached with- in a few days after its constitution was approved, but it was not christened until a few weeks later, when the name Alpha Sigma Theta, standing in reverse order for Thought, Speech, and Action, was adopted. Thus the twenty-five charter members of the Debate Club started out to prove to their own satisfaction what could be ac- complished through organization and hard work. The announcement of a debate tournament between the Free Methodist junior Colleges to be held at Green- ville, Illinois, in the spring fired our enthusiasm, and we conceived the idea of taking our whole club. The only thing that stood in our way was the question of how to get there---and, we had to admit, there was a pretty big question mark after it too. But doubtful as it appeared we all set to work with the one goal in view. A ways and means committee was created to devise money raising projects, and the first campaign was an all-school sleigh ride with a ten cent charge to every one who rode. The outfit consisted of four sleighs, two teams, a coal truck, and about a hundred passengers who were out of the sleighs as much as in. Then to top the evening we served hot cocoa and doughnuts. This put a substantial foundation in our treasury. So lil mer Cain ,Ralph Lowell Harriette Bruce lfldon Home Lloyd Knox Dale Heath Hariiette G. X'v'ai'ner we put on an amateur contest next. The members of the club proved their talents in various ways. and only two were given the gong by the Major. The first prize was won by a versatile instrument player named Abernathy- cuprintwhistle, otherwise known as Mr. X. The villagers and students crowded the studio to capacity, and many voted it the best program of the year. Following this, the club held two pie a la mode sales, and when the dishes were washed and all was quiet the treasurer announced that the trip was financially possible. On Thursday, March 19, 1950, at a very early hour, five cars left Spring Arbor for the long looked for trip to Greenville. Wfe were treated royally by our hosts, but to describe the good time we had would take volumes. Wliile the Greenville trip was the high spot of the year, there were other things also that came along to keep our club active. Our regular Monday evening meet- ings were both instructive and entertaining. Nor could we forget that breakfast hike at the end of the school year where we were together for the last time. Wife have proved that the College Debate Club is a valuable and worth while organization, and though this is only its first year, it is not to be its last. XVe can make next year better yet. -ELMER CAIN 44 9: