University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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A U - ) Det aters As survivors of elimination contests in which mort- than sixty entrants participated, twelve men were named during the latter part of the first semester to constitute the Varsity Debate Squad for the current year. Six letter-men returned to school to represent Texas again in the forensic arena: Spurgeon Bell, third-year man; Frank Knapp, serving the third of a scheduled five years on the squad ; Will Crews Morris, with two previous letters to his credit; Leroy Jeffers, serving his fifth consecutive year on the Texas team; and John J. Bell and Aylmer G. McNeese, both letter-men from last year, comprising this group. Roy I. Tennant and Edward Reichelt returned to the squad for their second year of service. In addition, four new men of promising ability in the persons of Jesse Villarreal, Simon Frank, Jarrell Garonzik, and Mathias Schon were added to the University team. Shortly after the selection of the squad, Leroy JefTers was elected captain of the Varsity debaters for the present forensic year. Texas opened the debate season with the traditional international debate held on December 14, this year ' s encounter being with an able and clever team from Robert ' s College, Turkey, in which the proposition, Re- solved: That Turkey Should Be a Member of the League of Nations was discussed, the Texas men taking the affirmative. Spurgeon Bell and Leroy Jeffers represented Texas in this contest, held in Gregory Gym- nasium, which resulted in an audience decision in favor of the Turks. The program for the remainder of the season included debates with the University of Kansas in Austin and at San Antonio, where the debate was broadcast over Station WOAL debates in Austin with the University of Oklahoma, Tulane, and Colorado. In addition, a Texas team made a tour during the latter part of March, meeting Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Washington University at St. Louis in the debate arena. The grand finale of the forensic year was staged during the Texas Round-Up in the latter part of April when the annual Lutcher Stark Contest for cash prizes totaling $225.00 was distributed between the members of the squad. The University debate team defeated Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Tulane and lost to Roberts College, Constantinople, and Arkansas. Top row: McNkese, S. Bell, J. Bell, Knapp, Rouse, Jeffers, Morris Bottom row: Schon, Garonzik, Frank, Tennant, Reichelt, Villarreal Page 233

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- 11 T H C T , U orensic V ouncil The Forensic Council of the University is composed of all the members of the public speaking department, the presidents of all the men ' s literary and debating societies, all active members of Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary forensic fraternity, and the president of the Students ' Association. Mr. Ellwood Griscom is chair- man of the council, and Thomas A. Rousse is debate coach. Representatives from Delta Sigma Rho are: Arthur Bagby, Leroy Jeffers, Will Crews Morris, Ben Davis, and Spurgeon Bell. The remaining membership is composed of Tom Bagby, president of Athenaeum Literary Society; Wendell Little, president of Hogg De- bating Club; Eli Lipner, president of Rusk Literary Society, and Wilson Elkins, president of the Students ' Association. The Forensic Council has supervision over all forensic activities, intramural and intercollegiate. The council controls eligibility rules, scheduling of debates, selection of judges, and all other matters pertaining to intramural and intercollegiate competition. During the current year the activities of the council have been concentrated on perfecting plans for and making possible the sending of a Texas debater on an Ail-American team that will conduct an European tour in the spring of 1933, meeting several English universities as well as schools on the continent. The Univer- sity of Kansas and the University of Missouri will contribute a man each to this three-man team. The council contemplates the consummation of this tour as an event marking the national recognition of the standard of University of Texas debating. IkJ WJI .t.ft Top row: Morris, Elkins, Lipner, Rousse, Davis, Bell Bottom row: A. Bagby, Jeffers, R. Bagby, Little, Griscom Page ip:

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H U 1 - JVLen 5 virlee l lub OFFICERS George Clarke . Charles N. Zivley Francis Hale . , Harry Rode Gilbert E. Schramm . President Manager . Accompanist Librarian . Director The season of 1931-32 began when over a hundred and fifty men appeared for the tryouts late in September. After careful study of the voices and qualifications of the various applicants, the number was cut down to sixty. The first Austin concert was given in January and was heard by a large, enthusiastic crowd. On the last day of January the club made an appearance in the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio for the benefit of the unemployed of that city. Over five thousand people attended this concert and several thousand dollars were turned over to the various civic groups of San Antonio. The club is planning two tours for the spring. The first, a trip to Laredo, San Antonio, and Monterrey, Mexico, is to begin March 31. The second, a tour to Temple, Cleburne, Denton, Dallas, and Belton, begins April 18. The trip to Monterrey marks the first time that the Men ' s Glee Club has ever filled an engagement on foreign soil. The Men ' s Glee Club of 1931-32 has had the most successful year from the standpoint of tours, calibre of entertainment given, and membership that it has had in its many years of existence. Under the guidance of Mr. Gilbert E. Schramm, who is directing the club for the fourth year, the group has come to be recognized as one of the outstanding men ' s choruses in this country. The work of Mr. Hale has been of the highest type both musically and otherwise. George Clarke has labored unceasingly for the betterment of the group. Charles N. Zivley has succeeded in carrying The University of Texas Men ' s Glee Club over thousands of miles of territory and into nearly every section of Texas during his years as manager. First row: Campbell, Huffman. Morrison. Zivley, Schramm, Clarke, King, Baum, Fath Second row: Warner, Fahle, Harris, Hawkins, Williams, Wheeler, Foster, Weatherred Third row: Dyal, Elsik, Mattmiller, Burger, Braun, Moore, Bullock, Hinckley, McElhany, Hale Fourth row: Biesele, Bradfute, Taylor, Curry, Smith, Sparenberg, Rode, Lawton, Conklin Page 134