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Castle On The Hill
1937 The Ranger Annual
Northwestern State Teachers' College

Alpha Psi Omega

Alpha Psi Omega, a national honorary dramatic fraternity, was installed on the campus of Northwestern State Teachers College April 20, 1931. Only those people who have performed certain specified work in Northwestern Little Theater in acting, stage craft, directing, etc., are eligible for membership in this, the Gamma Rho cast of Alpha Psi Omega.

Alpha Psi Omega is a national organization with over one hundred casts. Its purpose is to encourage and promote the highest standards of dramatic art. The cast every year sponsors a local one act play writing contest.

The Gamma Rho cast officers are: Cast Director - Lois Jean Anderson, Sub-director - Mrs. Florence Baum Maxwell, Business Manager - Leland Gentzler, Faculty Director - Miss Alma Lois Rodgers.

Forensics

Forensic activity at Northwestern ranks high, not only among the students at Northwestern, but among neighboring institutions as well. Each year one or more seniors take out into the world with them the added advantage of being able to give vocal expression to their ideas in clear, fair and unmistakable terms. This is the result, in no small part, of representing Northwestern for from one to four years in inter-collegiate debate competition and other forensic activities.

This year fourteen people were chosen from the group trying out, to sonctitute the debate squad. During the course of the year, members of this group engaged in some ninetyfive debates with other colleges and universities. Their opponents came from eight different states and dozens of different educationsl institutions. The interchange of opinion among these young people on problems of social, economic and political importance has a broadening and stabilizing influence upon thsoe who study and discuss such subjects.

Forensic activity serves as an excellent supplement to the high grade of class-room instruction which the student receives at Northwestern.

Debate Squad:

• J. D. Fliart
• Wayne Quinlan
• Jamie Carol White
• Howard Harpham
• Marguerite Henricks
• Coach O. W. Rush
• Ira Painton
• Evertte Marie Fulmer
• John W. V. Smith
• Doris Baker
• Ralph Clifford

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