University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Posing with thoir trophies are members of the NSC speech group and their sponsors, BACK ROW: Bob O'Dell, Tice Miller, Jasper Melton, Dennis Shreefer, Barbara Goble, and Mr. Robert Larson. FRONT ROW: Mr. Harold Ahrendts, Karen Lueck, Sharon Hackett, Judy Funk- houser, Janet Jenson, and Carol Hackett. NSC Boasts Championship Debaters, Orators Melton and Shreefer admire one of the Sweepstakes trophies they helped to win. NSC's Championship Wom- en's debaters, Sharon Haelc- ett and Karen Luack, have a hard time holding all the tro- phies they were instrumental in winning. Winning trophies is as easy as making mud pies for the speech groups at NSC. The debaters, speakers, and orators filled the trophy cases with trophies such as the tournament trophy of the Omaha meet, first and second place trophies in oratory at The Rocky Mountain Speech Tourna- ment, first place debate trophy at the Wesleyan Invitational Debate Tournament, and the tournament trophy for first place in the Women's Senior Division of debate at the Winfield Tournament. These same NSC forensic students also brought home the biggest trophy ever won by a college group, the Sweepstakes Trophy from the University of Nebraska Invitational Debate and Discussion Tournament.

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Carol Olson, student teacher in the third grade keeps a watchful eye on the young man as he reads his lesson. Meanwhile his neighbor sits twiddling hii thumbs. A. O. Thomas School Provides Place for Student Teaching A. O. Thomas Campus school again this year was attended by nearly 140 students who at- tended classes from kindergarten through the sixth grade. Each supervisor works with six or more student teachers as the prospective teachers are given an opportunity to observe and practice good teaching. The children present several programs each year including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter musicals. Mrs. June Wrede is the only new teacher this year. a Part of the curriculum at A. O, Thomas the past two years has been craft . Here student teacher Jim Buller supervises the fifth graders in leather work. Making the decorations for their Christmas tree were members of the sixth grade. Watching the girls hang the decorations is student teacher Wayne Shade, 21

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 i Winners of the All-College Oratorical contest were Philip McCormack in Men’s Peace Oratory and Janet Jansen In Women's Peace Oratory. Shown here are Barbara Goble, runner-up In Women’s Open Oratory; Dennis Shreefer, first place winner in Men's Opan; Karen Lueckf first place winner In Women's Open; and Tice Miller, runner-up in Men’s Open, in the All-College Oratorical Contest. Ready, willing, weary, and able are the NSC forensic squad members. Judy Funkhouser, Carol Hackett, Jasper Melton, Janet Jensen, Tice Miller, and Karen Lueck make last minute preparations before competing in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensic Contest at Hastings. The state meet is the final step toward the National meet in Michigan in April.