University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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MEETING THREE TIMES EACH WEEK, THE WHITMAN CLASS (LITERATURE 230) REVIEWS THE WORKS OF THE NATURALIST LITERATURE HAS A PAST Martin S. Shockley moderates the Whitman class con¬ sisting of, front row, Betty Speis, Margaret Scholz, Salli Henn, Margaret Miki, Lois Rager, Carol Mann, Lois Man- chette, Jim Campbell, Harold Whitman, Jack Memmer, Herman McGregor, Diane Hadley, Fred Shatara; second row, Guy Gold, Russell Springston, Jane Derr. Students acquire an understanding of the fabulous American poet. AT 2:45 EACH TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THIS GROUP CAN BE FOUND IN E-301 STUDYING THE LATEST WRITING METHODS WRITING HAS A FUTURE Taking a course in Creative Writing during the winter quarter were (above) Eunice Maier, Herman McGregor, Miss Wahnita Delong, Kilburn Durham, Margaret Miki, Nilza Santos, Shirley Peters, and James Hambleton. Com¬ posing poetry and prose and presenting it in class orally constitutes class work in this course. Student work is then submitted to class discussion. Course carries two credits. 28

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PAGE EDITORS OFTEN TOIL LATE WITH DEADLINE PROBLEMS THEY EDIT COPY Meeting deadline and getting paper out involves many headaches. The Crescent’s method of opera¬ tion calls for planning of pages on Wednesday. In photo at right, Editor Dannettell (back to camera) is goi ng over makeup plans with, seated left to right, assistant editors Charles Greer, Ray Lasher, Jean Marshall, and Richard Fields. Managing Editor Rob Young and Ralph Weber (standing) scan the previous week’s issue. Assignment sheets are put on bulletin board Thursday mornings. Re¬ porters must have stories for inside pages in by Friday and those for outside pages are due Mon¬ day. Monday and Tuesday all stories are copy- read and sent to the printers. Proofs are re¬ turned by Wednesday afternoon. These are checked, returned, and the paper goes to press. Students working on the Crescent get experi¬ ence in all phases of newspaper work, from cover¬ ing newsbeats to proofreading their own stories. PI DELTA EPSILON Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary journalism fraternity, is represented in the local chapter by students and faculty shown above. First row, Bob Young, Sue Dannettell, Jo Ann James, Bill Cobb, and Sam Wherry. Rear, Harold Van Winkle, Martin S. Shockley, Ralph Olmsted, and John A. Boyd. Absent when picture was taken were Bill Collins, Bill Woods, and Janet Roberts. Officers for the year were Bob Young, president; Jo Ann Honorary journalism fraternity has year of activities in publications James, secretary; and Bill Cobb, treasurer. Four members — Young, James, Cobb, Wherry — traveled to the Univer¬ sity of Pittsburgh during the summer, where they attended the fraternity’s national convention. To become a member of Pi Delta Epsilon, it is necessary to have served a year on the staff of the LinC or Crescent, be a junior or senior, and be considered outstanding in col¬ lege journalism by the active members of the fraternity.

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SPEECH “How now brown cow?” is part of a lesson in enunciation Students having visions of becoming an¬ other Bill Stern or Walter Winchell, can get their preliminary training here. Courses in virtually all phases of speech are of¬ fered; competent teachers and a fully equipped radio station enable students to acquire a sound, realistic background. Under the present setup, speech is a part of the Department of English. It is closely allied with drama and many speech majors go into the field of dramatics. Majors must have thirty speech hours. Speech courses are taught by A. C. Spence, Howard Hill, and Miss Pearl Le- Compte. Mr. Spence, himself an accom¬ plished announcer with a local station, is the debate team coach. Mr. Hill is drama coach. Perhaps the best training offered speech majors is participation in debate matches. Any student is eligible to try out. Tryouts are judged by Mr. Spence and membership extended to those who show most ability. Panel discussions are fre¬ quently held in classes and recordings are made to let the student know how he would sound to the public over the air. TAU KAPPA ALPHA membership consisted only of Miss Pearl LeCompte and Hobart Lutz. However, several members were lost last year through graduation. Tau Kappa Alpha is an honorary forensic society. Pledges must be outstanding in college speech work in the judgment of actives. i? 7 7 i! L,.I r t i DEBATE TEAM members this year (above) were Don Swift, Harry Treber, A. C. Spence, faculty sponsor, Jerri Stein- metz, Jean Marshall, Bob Bideout, and Jo Ann Lex. At Purdue University Harry Treber placed second at the Tau Kappa Alpha Congress held Nov. 4. Jack Bullock, another local debater, finished third in this meet. Both Mr. Treber and Mr. Bullock received the coveted Machtel certificates for excellence in public speaking. The team, directed by Mr. Spence, traveled to several schools to participate in debate matches. High honors were always brought back. 29