Speech Verbal Communication is Major Emphasis Leadership in the area of speech communication continued to characterize the Harding faculty. Dr. Evan Ulrey, chair· man of the department, was invited to be national secretarytreasurer of Pi Kappa Delta forensics honor society, but he declined because of heavy responsibilities as chairman of the department and as an elder in the College Church of Christ, serv ing as chairman of the missions committee which directed an extensive program of home and foreign missions. Dr. Pat Garner served as president-elect of the Arkansas Speech Communication Association and directed the fall convention of this association. He also directed the Arkansas Student Congress and served as regional secretary-treasurer of the lower Mississippi province of Pi Kappa Delta. Dr. Ulrey submitted for publicat ion a 30-page introduction to communication principles entitled, "Christian Communication." He also contributed a 75·page manuscript, "A Debate Brief and Sample Debate," to be published by Macmillan Co. in the official Pi Kappa Delta debate text. Dr. Garner co-authored an article in Non-Verbal Communication Today: Current Research, The Forensics Team coa.ched by Dr. Garner participated in 12 tournaments and received 54 individual and team awards. In the state debate tournament, the team of Bob and Anita Chandler placed first as it did in some other tournaments. Bob Chandler was elected president and received a superior award in party caucus, committee work, and parliamentary pro· 110- Speech cedure in the Arkansas Student Congress. At the national Pi Kappa Delta tournament, concluding the year, the Harding team placed fourth in overall sweepstakes and was rated sup· erior in competition involving 104 colleges/universities. The three major drama productions, directed by Chuck Parker and Robin Miller, were "Shenandoah ," 'The Imaginary Invalid, " and 'The Wind in the Willows." The musical, "Shenandoah," was presented to large homecoming audiences who gave it standing ovations. Parker also supervised a number of short studentdirected plays. . Dr. John H. Ryan directed an Interpreters' Theatre in the fall. In the spring, he took a group of students to the Ozark Oral Interpretation Festival in Springfield, Mo. He also served as coordinator of Spring Sing 1982, presented four times to • packed auditorium at the time of the Youth Forum in early April. During the summer, Dr. UI· rey , assisted by Drs. Garner and Ryan, revised the syllabus for Speech 101. Dr. Garner, assisted by the psychology department, began a program to assist students who suffered from high communication anxiety. Mr. Bill Brant conducted a survey of electronic media usage by churches of Christ and he produced a sound track for a slide show for York College. Morris Ellis was on leave for a second year to complete the doctorate in theatre at Texas ' Tech University. During ! the summer, Parker and Mille1r did doctoral study in theatre at Southern Illinois University. Parker was approved for a leave of absence for 1982-83 to work toward the doctorate at Florida State University. At the end of the fall semester, Mr. Brant resigned from the faculty to accept the directorship of the mass communications center at Friends University in Wichita, KS. Louis Butterfield, a local media specialist and former staff member /' assisted the department for the spring semester. Dr. Ulrey attended the national Pi Kappa Delta conven· tion·tournament in Gatlinburg, TN, and the Southern Speech Communication Association convention in Hot Springs. Dan Tullos attended the American Speech· Lang uage-Hea ri ng Association convention in Los Angeles, and Dr. Richard Walker attended the Mid·South Conference on Communication Disorders in Memphis, TN. In December , the Speech Department hosted the annual Harding Invitational Forensics Tournament for high school students. A large number of delegates from all parts of the state participated. ~ The Student Speech and Hearing Association at HU spent its allotted time serving the needs of a number of people Billy Brant, MA Asst. Prof. Patrecla Brsnt, "'Ed )nstr. Patrick Gamer, PhD Asst. Prof. Robin "'Iller, MA )nstr. Charles Parker, MA Asst. Prof. John Ryan, PhD Prof. Daniel Tullos, "'CD Asst. Prof. Evan al....y, PhD Prof., Chairman Richard Walker, PhD Prof.
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