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NEWS AND NOTES

EARNEST BRANDENBURG, Editor

PERSONNEL CHANGES

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: Charles Shattuck, Associate Professor, has returnedfrom leave at the Vassar experimental theatre. Patricia Mcllrath is back atthe U. of I. from one year's leave at Stanford.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY: The following instructors have been added to PurdueUniversity's speech staff: Thomas L. Dahle, from University of Wisconsin;Richard L. Dean, Louisiana State University; Robert F/Duffey, University ofWisconsin; Allen D. Fletcher, Stanford University. Dr. Theodore D. Hanleyhas been newly appointed to the staff of the Speech department. In additionto his teaching duties, he will supervise research on voice communicationsbeing conducted by the United States Navy. Dr. Hanley was associated withthis research at the State University of Iowa.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: Dr. John Black, former Chairman of the SpeechDeparment of Kenyon College has been made Director of Speech Science. Dr.Ruth B. Irwin has been appointed Instructor in Speech and Hearing. Shewas formerly with the Department of Education of the state of Ohio.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE: Miss Margaret Wood, former-ly of the University of Iowa, has been appointed to the staff of the Speechdepartment. She will teach in the area of public speaking and assist in theforensics program. Mr. Lewis McFarland, also from the University of Iowa,has been made production supervisor. He will teach drama and interpreta-tion.

IOWA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE: Dr. Mamie Jo Jones has joined the speechcorrection staff of I.S.T.C. and is in charge of the speech clinic. Dr. Joneshas her Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Mr. Oliver Skalbeck (M.A.Iowa), formerly of the Department of Speech at Southeast Missouri State Col-lege, has also joined the speech correction staff. Mr. James C. Shanks, fromthe University of Denver, is another new member of the speech staff at T. C.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: Frank M. Lassman, from the University ofCalifornia, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Speech Pathology. Don-ald K. Smith has left the University of Wisconsin to accept an appointmentas Lecturer in Speech. Donald M. Brieland, formerly of Grinnell College,has become an Associate Professor of Speech.

MICHIGAN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE: Frederick Alexander, formerly on thestaff of North Central College, has joined the staff of the Department ofSpeech, Dramatics, and Radio Education. Harold Niven, coming from Stan-ford University, has accepted the position of Technical Director.

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY: J. P. Ryan, formerly head of the Department ofSpeech at Grinnell College, is now at University of Missouri. Bower Aly is onleave of absence at Louisiana State University where he is taking the place of

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Dr. Claude M. Wise who has a similar appointment at the University ofHawaii.

IILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY: Ralph A. Micken came from IowaState College at Ames to become Associate Professor of Speech and Directorof Forensics.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Clarence T. Simon, Professor of the Psy-chology of Speech has returned after a two year leave of absence during whichtime he was a member of the faculty of the University of Hawaii.

STEPHENS COLLEGE: Joseph T. Logsdon has been appointed to the staff ofthe Communications Division. Mr. Logsdon came from Bemidjii State Col-lege, Minnesota.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: Dorothy Drakesmith, who was correctionistfor the Webster Groves Missouri schools, is now an instructor on the Speechclinic staff and a clinic supervisor.

PROMOTIONS

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: Raymond H. Meyers—Professor. Frederick W.Haberman—Associate Professor. Herman H. Brockhaus and Harriet E. Crim—Assistant Professors.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Irving J. Lee—Professor of Public Speaking.Donley Feddersen—Associate Professor of Radio. Walter B. Scott—AssociateProfessor of Dramatic Literature. Ida M. Goe—Assistant Professor of Dra-matic Production.

DRAKE UNIVERSITY: Raymond Berrier—Associate Professor of S p e e c h .Charles Lowy—Associate Professor of Drama. Hattie Jones—Assistant Profes-sor of Speech. Portia Boynton—Instructor in Drama.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: E. W. Ziebarth and Ralph G. Nichols—Profes-sors. James I. Brown, John V. Irwin and William S. Howell—Associate Pro-fessors.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: Orville Hitchcock and Arnold Gillette—Pro-fessors. Harold Crain and Gladys Lunch—Associate Professors.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY: ROSS D. Smith—Assistant Professor of Dramatics. EarlR. Harlan and Ralph C. Lawson—Assistant Professors of Speech.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Earl D. Schubert, D. E. Morley, and Hugh Z.Norton—Assistant Professors.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: Karl A. Windesheim and Lee S. Hultzen—AssociateProfessors. Joseph W. Scott—Assistant Professor.

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY: Robert E. Williams—Professor. Elizabeth Turnell—Associate Professor.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: Paul Carmack—Assistant Professor and Directorof Forensics. John Joseph O'Neill—Instructor in Speech.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: Andres J. Kochman, Jr.—Assistant Professor.

NOTRE DAME: William J. Elsen—Head of Department of Speech.

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NEW APPOINTMENTS

STEPHENS COLLEGE: Roseanna Burke (M.S., Indiana State Teachers Col-lege) ; Marguerite Ekren (M.A., University of Minnesota); Daniel L. Mum-power (M.A., Peabody College); Charles Madden (M.A., University ofMichigan); Edna Russell (M.A. University of Missouri); and Richard Korns(M.A., University of Minnesota) have been appointed to the staff in the Com-munications Division.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Hilda Fisher, who received her degree inPhonetics at L.S.U., is now an Instructor in Speech Correction. Dr. JohnGaeth, formerly Director of the Hearing Clinic at the University of Denver,has been appointed an Assistant Professor of Audiology. Edward Crowleyhas been appointed an Instructor in Play Production.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: The following have been appointed as instruc-tors: Erling Jorgensen, Instructor in Radio; Donna Russell, Instructor inSpeech and Supervisor of clinical retraining services in the university SpeechImprovement laboratories; William Ellis, Instructor in Speech and TechnicalDirector of the University Theatre.

WAUKEGAN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL: Avis Youngberg has been appointedDirector of Thespian activities. Miss Lois Sternberg is in charge of Debateand Forensic activities. Mrs. Barbara Miller Deeming is an assistant to Mr.R. F. Brett in Speech Correction. Mrs. Melba Reid Wixom has been ap-pointed Director of Speech Activities; she will also supervise radio produc-tions

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: Andrew J. Kochman, Jr. has been namedActing Head of the Department of Speech. Quentin W. Welty has been ap-pointed to the staff as Assistant Director of KFJM; he will offer courses inRadio and Interpretation. L. Fernald Foster has been appointed as Directorof Debate.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY: Evelyn Porges has been appointed to a position withthe Public School Hearing Test Services conducted by Purdue. John H.Glade is the Chief Announcer for WBAA and has been appointed a Teach-ing Assistant in Speech.

WEBSTER GROVES (MISSOURI) PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Alice Ross is the newly ap-pointed Director of Speech Correction and Improvement. Mrs. Jack Brunnerhas been transferred from the elementary schools to high school teaching ofspeech.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Paul E. Cairns, John J. Dreher, Rollin W. Quim-by, Merrill McClatchey and Ruth Curtis have been appointed as Instructorsin Speech.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: Dr. George Wischner, working in the area of thePsychology of Speech Disorders, has been appointed Assistant Professor ofSpeech and Psychology. Glenn Reddeck, as a Full Assistant, will assist withForensics and moderate weekly radio forum programs. Mary Arbenz is nowan Instructor.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: Gerhard Friedrich and Robert Souders havebeen appointed to the Communications Staff as Instructors. Morton Walker

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has been appointed Technical Director of the University Theatre.GRINNELL COLLEGE: Melvin Miller and Rowland Chase have been ap-

pointed Instructors in Speech. Mr. Miller is supervising the Forensic pro-gram and Mr. Chase will direct two plays a years.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: Frank Harnish and Ernest Borman havebeen appointed to the Speech staff as Instructors.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: John J. O'Neill has been appointed Instructor inSpeech. Thomas H. Dudgeon has been appointed as an Assistant in theSpeech Department.

MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE: Clair R. Tettemer has been chosen to supervisethe audio-visual aids work in the Department of Speech, Dramatics, andRadio Education.

UNIVERSITY CITY (MISSOURI) HIGH SCHOOL: Jacqueline Combs, who re-ceived her B.S. in Speech at St. Louis University in 1949, has been appointedSpeech Correctionist.

NOTRE DAME: Jerome A. Fallon has been appointed Instructor in Speech.ILLLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY: Wilbert F. Hunt has been appointed

Instructor in Speech.DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: W. P. Wayne has been appointed Profes-

sor of Speech.ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: Marie Britten has been appointed Assist-

ant Professor of Speech and Director of Forensics.STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: George Taley, appointed to the theatre staff,

will take leadership in the Community Theatre courses and manage the boxoffice.

DRAKE UNIVERSITY: Francis Gibson has been appointed Assistant Professorof Speech.

LEAVES

Professor Robert E. Williams will be on sabbatical leave from DePauwUniversity the second semester, 1949-50.

John S. Penn, Associate Professor in Speech and Head of the Departmentof Speech at the University of North Dakota, has been granted a leave ofabsence for this school year to study at the University of Wisconsin.

Professor Gladys L. Borchers, University of Wisconsin, is visiting Profes-sor of Speech at the University of Hawaii for the first semester.

Miss Josephine Simonson of the Speech Correction Staff of Iowa StateTeachers College is on leave of absence while studying for her Ph.D. atIowa University.

Paul Bigen, Instructor in Speech and Radio at the University of Nebraska,has been granted an extension on his leave of absence for further graduatestudy at Ohio State University.

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PRODUCTIONS SCHEDULED (Fall Semester, 1949-50)

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY:

School for Husbands November 11, 12, 14-19UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: The playbill includes: The Late Christopher

Bean, a group of three one-act plays, and Love for Love Antigone.UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA:

Faust October 31, November 1-2The Two Mrs. Carrolls December 5-7

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN:

The Devil's Disciple October 25-29Awake and Sing November 29-December 3

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY: She Stoops to Conquer, The Corn is Green, I RememberMama, Trial by Jury, Down in the Valley, a student production, writtenand directed by Chris Hamilton, will comprise the regular season of theLittle Theatre.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: The Community series of plays will open withYou Can't Take it with You.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY:

Winslow Boy November 1-5Macbeth November 29-December 3The Inspector General January 31-February 4

LINDEN WOOD COLLEGE:

Remember Always November 11ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY:

Hazel Kirke Homecoming PlayArsenic and Old Lace November 18

NORTHERN ILLINOIS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE: Alpha Psi Omega will produceThe Winslow Boy, Rattigan; An Inspector Calls, Priestley; and Over 21,Ruth Gordon.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA:

The Hasty Heart October 1Electra October 7-8, 10-16The Play's the Thing October 21-22Major Barbara November 4-5, 7-13Peter Pan . November 25-26, December 4The Beggar's Opera January 20-21, 23-29

UNIVERSITY CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL:

Arsenic and Old Lace November 18

WEBSTER GROVES HIGH SCHOOL:

Ring Around Elizabeth November 15-19A children's play December 6-9

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Productions by Thyrsus and the Drama Division ofthe English Department will include: The Traitor, Herman Wouk; TheSkin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder; and a program of four plays whichhave been written by Washington University students.

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GRINNELL COLLEGE:

The Taming of the Shrew November 14The Nuremberg Egg December 9-10

FORENSIC ACTIVITIES

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: An invitational tournament in Discussionfor Colleges was held November 4 and 5. This year a Clinic in Declamationand a Discussion Conference was added for high school speech students.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: The high school Debate and Discussion Institutewas held November 12. The Annual Debate and Discussion Conference willbe February 24-25.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: Four speech contests have been scheduled:King Verse Reading, King Extempore, Merrifield Oratorical and the Stock-well Oratorical.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Activity clinics for high school students in thefields of debate, theatre, and radio were scheduled for October 15, October29, and December 3.

ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY: The Eighteenth Annual InvitationalDebate Tournament is planned for January 13-14.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE: Thirty-five to forty studentsparticipated in the Annual Strawn Discussion Contest in October. The finalsare to be held in November. This activity is sponsored by the local Pi KappaDelta chapter and the Kiwanis Club.

GRINNELL COLLEGE: Grinnell will be host to the Mid-West ConferenceDebate and Discussion Meeting November 18-19.

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: The proposition, "Resolved, That the BritishEmpire is Decadent" will be supported on the affirmative by Washingtondebaters, November 18, against Oxford University.

WAUKEGAN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. Plans are made for numerous debatetournaments with North Shore schools this year. A series of weekly broad-casts on WKRS FM have been arranged including "Literature Unlimited,""Highschool Highlights," "Adventure Land Express," (a children's program)and "It Happens Once a Year," (the observance of special events) . "Oper-ations of the Speech and Hearing Clinic" will be presented to a monthlyP.T.A. meeting.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY: The Indiana High School Debater's Conference willbe held December 2-3.

STATE SPEECH ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

The Annual Illinois Speech Association Conference was held October 21-22 at Urbana.

The association meetings of South Dakota were held during the SouthDakota Educational Association Convention which met in October this year.

The Nebraska Speech Association Annual Convention was held on Novem-

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ber 12 with the University of Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan acting ashosts in Lincoln.

The Ohio Speech Association Convention was held in Columbus October 8.The Indiana Speech Association Convention was held October 27 in In-

dianapolis. Dr. Loren Reid of Missouri was the principal speaker.The Indiana-Michigan Regional Tau Kappa Alpha Conference will be

held at Purdue University November 17-18. It will be directed by Dr. N. B.Beck of the Purdue Speech Staff.

The Speech Section of the Iowa State Education Association held its an-nual meeting November 3, in Des Moines, Iowa. The guest speaker was Dr.James McBurney, President of the Speech Association of America and Deanof the School of Speech at Northwestrn University.

The Speech Association of Missouri met in St. Louis, November 4. Pro-fessor Karl F. Robinson of Northwestern University was the principal out ofstate speaker. In the St. Louis area, Rev. Robert Johnston, S.J., Head of theDepartment of Speech at St. Louis University, and Professor Donald C. Bry-ant, Director of Speech at Washington University, are organizing a localassociation of speech teachers.

The Kansas Speech Teachers Association held its annual fall meetings onNovember 3rd a n d 4th.S p e e c h "Round Tables"met under the leadershipof the following chairmen:Mrs. K e v i n Fitzgerald,Margaret L. Anderson, andHarriet Ketchum. The an-nual High School DebateInstitutes w e r e h e l d atKansas University, October14 and 15; Dodge City Jun-ior College, October 21;Wichita University, October22; and, Hays State Col-lege, October 29. The in-stitutes featured additionalspeech activities (as well asdebate,) including drama-tics, oratory, and extemporespeaking. These additionalactivities were included toaid h i g h school teachersand students in preparingfor the coming Spring Fes-tivals which will be heldin Kansas.

The Wisconsin Speech As-sociation met in Milwaukee

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on November 4. Professor Karl R. Wallace of the University of Illinois ad-dressed a joint session on the subject "The Basic Requirement and Methodsof the High School Teacher of Speech." In one sectional meeting followingthe main address, Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin de-bated the high school question; and in the other, five brief papers were pre-sented on the general topic "The High School Forensice Program."

ANNUAL

CENTRAL STATES SPEECHCONVENTION

COLUMBUS, OHIO

April 14 and 15,1950

DESHLER WALLICK HOTEL

Many people believe it is more important for a teacher tobelong to the regional association than to any other."

Paul Moore, President CSSA

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