D E LTA
R H O
Fol l ow i n g a c ustom beg u n two yea rs ago, a student com m i ttee d ivided u p the student body i n two d iv i s i ons-Beta De l ta Rho and Al pha De l ta Rho. A c u p i s g iven to the soc iety which wins the most po i n ts in the l i tera ry and a t h l e t i c prog ra m of the yea r. Th i s yea r Beta , l ed by a m b i t ious and consc i e n 足 t ious off icers, wor ked u p a n enthusiasm t h a t A l ph a cou l d n o t eq ual a n d com p l e t e l y overwh e l med t h e Al phas i n both l i te ra ry and a th l et i c a b i l i ty. The f i rst contest o f the yea r was between the two soc i e t i es in vo l l ey ba l l .
Th i s g a m e was p l ayed the n ig h t of the open i n g of the new gymnas i u m ,
adva n c i n g B e t a f i fty po i n ts toward t h e w i n n i ng of t h e trad i t iona l c u p . score tota l ed f i fteen to twel ve i n favor of the Betas.
The
F i fty more po i n ts were
added to the Beta tota l when the soc iety defea ted the A l phas in th ree out of fou r basketba l l
games.
The contests were fast and c l ose w i th
champ ion Beta tea m w i n n i ng by one po i n t i n the final g a m e .
the
Th rough a l l
o f the ga mes, Al pha demonstra ted a s p i r i t o f sportsmansh i p t h a t cou l d not be equa l ed . F i rst honors i n t h e l i te ra ry f i e l d went t o Beta, a n d th ree o u t of t h e fou r p l aces in the voice contest went to Beta.
Ca rey Campbe l l , b a r i tone; Lester
Dunn, tenor; E l i za beth H e r re l l , con tra l to ; a nd M i l d red B road books, soprano, won i n the i r respect ive d i v i s ions. Of these, on l y M i ss B roadbooks is an Al p h a . T h e vo ice con test w a s h e l d i n the F i n e Arts Aud i to r i u m M a rc h
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The
vo ices of the con testa n ts were ra ted h i g h b y the v i s i t i ng j udges, who com足 men ted on the extreme l y fine n a t u r a l qua l i ty of the vo ices of the con testa n ts who had never had tra i n i ng . Eac h Satu rday n ig h t the I i te r a ry soc i e t i es a l terna ted i n presen t i n g a n i n teres t i n g prog ra m both ed u c a t i o n a l and en terta i n i ng .
A r iva l ry between
the two c l ubs to presen t the best prog ram made the enterta i n ment ex足 cept ion a l l y f i ne. One of the a i ms of ed u c a t i on i s to deve l op soc i a l effic iency.
To be
soc i a l l y eff i c ient it i s necessa ry for one to l ea rn the a rt of f r i e n d l y compe t i 足 t i o n , t o l ea rn to deve lop h is own l i te r a ry and m u s i c a l a b i l i ty, t o a p p rec i a te those ta l en ts in others, a n d to c reate w i th i n h i ms e l f an agg ress ive spi r i t . De l ta R h o h a s accompl i sh ed these a i ms i n the i r f r i e n d l y r iva l ry.
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