1980-1981 Yearbook

various professional activities. Bob Chandler attended a forensics workshop at Arizona State University. Julie Swan, Scott Cody, and Bob Perkins toured with the His Players. Buddy Barkalow, Wenoka Verkler, and Susan Moore performed in the Searcy Community Theatre production of "Bells are Ringing." Students majoring in mass communications participated in three different broadcast competitions. At the University of Central Arkansas, they won the first three places in mass communication announcing. In the state speech festival, they earned an excellent rating in radio speaking and a superior rating in TV speaking. In the Texas Tech University com· petition, they won first and third in radio commercials. During 1980-81, Mr. 'Brant attended the annual convention of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters in Las Vegas . Dr. Ulrey attended the an· nual meeting of the Speech Com· munication Association, the national Pi Kappa Delta convention, and the Southern Speech Convention. Dr. Ryan attended the Ozark Oral Interpretation Festival at Southwest Missouri State Univer· sity. Dr. Garner was elected provincial secretary·treasurer of Pi Kappa Delta. Alpha Psi was a club composed of Harding students who showed outstanding ability in dramatic productions, set and costume design. The " drama club," which is by invitation only, completed its ,' 25th year on campus, making: it one of the oldest departmental groups. A major objective of the club was to create an interest in and in· form students about acting and its many adjoining activities. Drama, which one member defined as "the art form where a person can become someone else," was discussed evny meeting along with plans for the club. Approximately 20 people were members of the organization. This helped each person lean on others in hard times in their field. Ward Bartlett , a senior from Pontiac, Mich., said, " Keeping people in· volved in drama after they get discouraged by some kind of failure was a key factor in Alpha Psi. Club members supported and encouraged one another which gave us all the drive to go on." One of the more active honor fraternities on campus was the Arkansas Zeta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, the largest of the na· tiona I forensics fra·ternities. Members were selected based on their level of participation in inter· collegiate forensic tournaments. Under the leadership of its spon· sors, Dr. Evan Ulrey and Dr. Patrick Garner, Harding's chapter has competed well against other Pi Kappa Delta 'squads in both regional and national con· vention/tournaments. Last Spring, at the regional tournament of the Province of the Lower Mississippi, the Harding 'squad received an overall "superior" team rating in competition and Dr. Garner was elected secretary· treasurer for the Province for 1980·82. The biennial national convention/tournament was held April 1-4, in Gatlinburg, TN. In addition to the competition, Pi Kappa Delta strived to promote service and brotherhood among its members. In terms of service to the university students, Pi Kappa _ Don HQllund put together the popular " Newsr--------------r~;;;:=:;:;::=:;;=~;;;;;;;;;;~~ notes," a three·minute presenta· tion designed for announcements day in chapel that summarized the major events of the world news. Billy Brant, MA - Asst. Prof. Patrecla Brant, Ed - Instructor Patrick Garner, PhD - Asst. Prof. Robin MUler, MA - Instructor Charles Parker, MA - Asst. Prof. John Ryan, PbD - Assl. Prof. Daniel Tullos, MCD - Asst. Prof. Evan Ulrey, PhD - Chairman, Prof. RIchard Walker, PhD - Prof. In addition , PKD assists the department of Speech in coor· dinating a forensics tournament for high school students each year in December. .As a means of promoting brotherhood, members regularly got together informally for meals or to work on projects for tour· naments. On February 19, eight new members were inducted into the Arkansas Zeta chapter. - Greg York 1. INSTRUCTOR of Drama, Robin Miller assisted a student while working in drama lab. 2. ALPHA PSI. Front Row: Parker-sponsor, Cannon, Perkins, Bedgood, Mifler·sponsor. Back Row: Thompson, Moore, Swan, Oguro, Walker. 3. PI KAPPA DELTA. Front Row: Mitchell, Enloe, A. Chandler. Back Row: Satterfield, Garner·sponsor, Gould, B. Chandler, Narramore, Ulrey-sponsor. 125 Arts and Sciences-Speech and Drama

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