--------------------------------------------------~s High School Bowl Team. Treat , Diles, Throckmorton , Underwood, Birdsong. photo by Public Relations Office. "Just Don't Say That in the Real Competi· tion!" Reacting to an obviously wrong answer, team captain Melita Diles takes some time off during practice to tease another High School Bowl team member. - photo by Bobby Scoggin. Speech Team Increases Involvement in Tournaments The 1984-85 school year saw a growth in participation in the H arding Academy Speech Team. Not on ly did they compete in the area tournaments, but for the second year , a delegation was sent to Student Congress , a hands-on governmental experience and a contest in parliamentary procedure. The group excelled in the area of committee work with Stan King and John Treat both receiving "Excellent" certificates and Treat came within one point of receiving a certificate for floor debate. Sponsor Leigh Ellis coached the team daily at lunch on parliamentary procedure . Outside of Student Congress , duet acting proved to be the strong point for the Academy's team. Two teams of improvisational actors , composed of Jay Boyd, Cindy Smith , Stan King and Elizabeth Newman, earned "Excellent" ratings at the Speech and Forensics Festival held annually at the University of Arkansas at LitI V tie Rock. Boyd and Smith advanced to the semi-finals. The other duet acting team , composed, of Jon Dugger and Samantha Farrar , dramatized a selection from "The Marriage Proposal," by Checkov. Dugger and Farrar advanced to the semifinals. Held annually as a recruiting device , Harding University sponsors High School Bowl. In the first two years of competition, Harding Academy not only participated , but placed in one of the top three positions. In the 1984-85 school year, the team lost their first round of competition , but due to the round robin tournament style, was still in the competition. In the following matches, the Academy's team showed their knowledge in various areas and finally compi led a 5-1 record , including the semi-final and final rounds and as a result , earned the first place position. Treat was awarded also a place on the AllStar team . t!~ Student Congress. Front row; Newman , England, Underwood, Farrar, Ellissponsor. Back row: King, Capps, McGaha, Treat. - photo by Bobby Scoggin. Speech Team. Front row: Newman, Farrar, Smith. Back row: Dugger, Treat, Boyd . - photo by Bobby Scoggin. P E C I A L I N T E R E S T S Speciallnterests 311
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