of Touchable Learning Experience Forensics Team Student Speech and Hearing Association The Forensics Team, a combination of debating and individual speaking, traveled extensively during the school year to compete in intercollegiate tournaments across the country . Many achievements have been accomplished during the year in the Forensics Team . Several team members have placed in state competitions . In the fall , they went to Sam Houston State, Central Missouri State , Louisiana State University and then to Wil liam Jewell's tournament in Missouri. In the spring, they went to University of Central Arkansas , Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Kansas State at Pittsburgh and Pi Kappa Delta Nationals . The organization has worked hard in reaching their goals . One of their goals as stated by Patrick Garner, the team's sponsor , was "to strive to do our best to represent Harding in intercollegiate competition ." £~ The purpose of the Student Speech and Hearing Association was to promote knowledge about the fields of speech pathology and audiology in themselves, the student body and the community. They met every other Thursday to discuss speech problems encountered in therapy session. These meetings gave them a chance to exchange ideas and information, to share experiences and to learn from each other's dilemnas. The group stayed busy throughout the year attending workshops and lectures , and conducting activities of their own. They conducted campus wide speech and hearing screenings to aid in detecting pro· blems of students and faculty. They also attended the two day Mid-south Conference on Communicative Disorders in Memphis, visited the Children's Hospital in Little Rock and participated in a Health Fair for parents of Headstart children. The club proved to be an effective aid to help them learn more aobut their major and how to efficiently deal with problems they might encounter on the job. i l.l/!{;;" Forensics Team. Front row: Pryor, M. Allen , Young , Stewart. Back row: Garner-sponsor, Johnson, Blankenship, Porter , Nelson , P. Allen , Clements . - photo by James McCreary. Student Speech and Hearing Association. Front row; Sholey, Edwards, Dion. Back row: Guillo, Walker-sponsor , Best, Scoggins, Sturgeon , Weaver , McLarty , White. - photo by James McCreary. Academic groups 53
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