SOS Attempts to Save Spirit
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SOS attempts to save spirit By RUTH ANN RUGG take the name TCU Wranglers rather Staff Writer than the tentative name TCU-SOS. "For some time now TCU's studen The TCU-SOS will be composed of body has been carrying school spiri !wo members from each fraternity inside themselves with no escapt and sorority, two members from each valve This is the year that we intend student organization, six members for TCU Spirit to explode! To assist from each dorm, six town students, the cheerleaders, coordinate spirit four graduate students, and two Brite activities, and communicate the students The head cheerleader and a events and promotions, a VERY band representative will be ex-officio SPECIAL organization is being born— members. Later, 25 freshman men the TCU-SOS (Student's Organization and 25 freshman women will be for Spirit)." selected to join the group. These are the first words in a letter sent from Dale Young to all campus Members of TCU-SOS will be chosen organizations and dorms inviting as representatives by the executive them to participate in the formation of board of their dorm council. These TCU-SOS. representatives must meet certain After talking with frustrated qualifications of membership. students and cheerleaders, after Representatives must maintain a 2.2 observing the dull apathy about GPA and have no discipline record campus, Young said he decided while at TCU. something had (o be done about the TCU-SOS members must sign a spirit at TCU. "Students here have contract that they will attend home spirit inside, but they need a channel." games and will purchase a uniform at Young, who joined the TCU faculty approximately $30 this past August as director of teacher Each applicant must submit a short certification and instructor of student essay on "How I Can Promote School teachers, began working with Holly Spirit at TCU." Applegate and others in the Student Activities Office to get full approval The duties of SOS members will for the new spirit organization include publicizing the athletic events. Himself a former TCU cheerleader, assisting at pep rallies, and generally Young looked closely at the spirit supporting TCU spirit. Members will organizations at other Texas schools be required to be at home games TCU-SOS will adopt a western theme early, in uniform, to form an official similar to the SMU Thoroughbreds Spirit Line. and Fillies, the Texas Tech Saddle An organizational meeting for TCU- SPECIAL COURSE—Learning the intricacies of silk-flower making and basic week course meets on Tuesday nights through Oct. 31. Tramps, and the UT Cowboys. It has SOS will be held in the Student Center arranging, special course students get a guiding hand from Zella Stivers. The six- been suggested that the organization Ballroom Thursday, 3:30, Oct. 12 TCU debate program revived after year absence The TCU Debate program has found Price, a practicing attorney in Fort demanding as debate, he added. The debate program Price plans to helpful, is not essential in debate. More perience in coaching. new life after a year of non-existence Worth, found out late in August that The 1978-1979 debale team consists Duilrt will include weekly meeting of the experienced team members help those Grimm debated for OD Wyatt High Debate is no longer part of the Speech TCU would have a debate program of "two solids and a few maybes" that team on Monday night less experienced And TCU students are School in Ft>rt Worth and the University Department, but has reorganized into again and that he would have the job of meet every Monday night at 7:00 in During the week members will be in the "unique position" of having two of Texas at Austin. an independent unit in the School of coach. This short notice left him at a Building 1A of the Fine Arts Annex. researching and preparing cases full-time coaches Two Fort Worth attorneys are helping Fine Arts, taking the name University disadvantage, Price said, because he Price and Robert Grimm, assistant There will be a couple of practice coach the TCU team. Steve Swander Price, former TCU Assistant Debate Debate-Pi Kappa Delta. didn't have the benefit of the spring coach, are not discouraged by the slow rounds during the week allowing iebated for USC and won the TCU Coach and former Debate Coach at the "This year we'll have a real difficult semester to enlist members of the team. start. They are busy setting up a members of the TCU team to help each Tbumament in 1973. Geoffrey Gay University of Texas at Austin, has three time," says Debate Coach Dick Price. Usually by the time school starts in the program that will be strong for the other, find flaws in their own arguments iebated for Emory in Georgia. years of debating experience in high "The main problem with the debate fall people have already made their future. And they are using this op- and get used to debate procedure. Delia Doyle, another experienced school, four years of experience in team this year is getting the com- year-long commitments and don't want portunity to experiment with new ap- Two tournaments per month will be debater in Fort Worth, has also college debating and four years of ex- munication out." to obligate themselves to somethng as proaches in debate planned, including tournaments in volunteered to help the team Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. • TCU has a generous budget for debate Debaters participating in tournaments Skiff ad men impostors District Judge okays four tapes have travel expenses, lodging and a meal allowance provided by TCU. fail to trick area florist linking Davis in murder scheme Travel is part of what makes debate Two men tried to sell ads for The forties; the other was "college age," time consuming, says Price. Research, Daily Skiff to a florist's shop on Camp Childress said. himself from the divorce hearings. practice and preparation are other Bowie Blvd. Tuesday afternoon. She said the men took off when she HOUSTON (AP)-State District The tapes, played earlier this year The order came shortly after FBI during a bond hearing for Davis, in- reasons But the men were in no way con- asked if she could call the Better Judge Wallace Moore ruled Tuesday In addition to the demand of time, igent Ron Jannings testified he did not volve talks concerning the slaying of nected with this paper. Business Bureau. that four tapes, allegedly linking Fort Price stressed the good points of Jane Childress, owner of The Flower Worth millionaire Cullen Davis with a consider either David McCrory or Pat the judge. Burleson as FBI informants. debating. "Debating is highly com- Garden, said Tuesday that they said Win Daniels, advertising manager kill-for-hire plot on the life of a judge, The defense, led by Richard petitive and satisfying. When you win a they were from "Eagle Press" and for the Skiff, said yesterday he tried to could be admitted into evidence. McCrory was an employee of Davis "Racehorse" Haynes of Houston, has debate, you fee! like you have really were selling space ina coupon book for contact I he authorities about the men. who went to authorities and said his presented some 90 motions seeking Moore's ruling came in pretrial boss had paid him $25,000 for the accomplished something." $200. He was referred to five different of- hearings for Davis, a 45-year-old in- disclosure of all evidence collected by There is more invloved in debate than As an added bonus, they told fices, including the Economic Crime slaying of Judge Eidson and drafted a the prosecution and other matters. dustrialist, accused of soliciting the "hit list" of about 15 persons. rebuttals from 4x6 cards. Price ex- Childress, she would receive a free ad Section of the District Attorney's murder of Judge Joe Eidson, who had Burleson, owner of a Fort Worth During the first two days of the plained that people who debated in high in the school newspaper at Texas office, which he was told had "ex- presided during most of the four years karate school, reportedly urged hearing, Priscilla Davis has un- school and have experience in research Christian University if she bought the perience dealing with coupon book of the bitter Davis divorce McCrory to go to the FBI with his dergone lengthy questioning by as well as presentation have a more coupon. Also, they said, a story about deceptions proceedings. Eidson has removed story. Haynes. adequate picture of what college debate the shop would be printed in the paper. "A lot of our salesmen push for cash will be like. Most who are inexperienced Childress said the men also offered with an order, and a lot of our don't know what to expect and don't her an "exclusive" on florist's customers are accustomed to paying news briefs- stick with it. coupons in the book. out in cash," Daniels said. "Some Tax veto probable support of energy legislation to ask for their help in Price added that experience, though One of the men was in his mid- write us a check for $400 every week." urging Congress to pass the package, a White House WASHINGTON (AP) — President Carter said spokesman said Tuesday he will not hesitate to veto a tax bill that fails to meet his requirements that it be non-inflationary, Memphis teachers picket simple, equitable and progressive. The president told a news conference that the $30 (AP)—Teachers in Memphis, Tenn., set up picket billion tax cut bill beforethe Senate would not meet lines before dawn yesterday at the city's 165 public those guidelines.