Members Past 1950 - 1959

'50 - Congress Debating Club
Charles Ball
James Chamberlain
Raymond Cravens
L.P. Curry
Larry Dewese
Lewis Faulkner
Glenn Goff
Frank Lambreth
William Montana
Hugh Noffsinger
Vincent J. Sherry, Jr.
George Simpson
Troy Spear
Thomas C. Stone
Alva Thomas
John Quentin Wesley
'51 - Inter-Collegiate Debate Team
Coach: Russell H. Miller
Captain: Leonard P. Curry
Secretary: George B. Simpson
Charles Ball
Raymond Cravens
Ceorge B. Simpson
James Chamberlain
Leonard P. Curry
Kenneth Dix
'52 - Congress Debating Team
(aparent gender integration)
George Beard
William Bivin
James Bryant
Art Calhoun
Mary Alice Hanson
Raymond Cravens
Charles Hardcastle
Sidney Kinley
Paul Keoenen
Leo Magers
David Mefford
Jerry Parker
Thomas Pogue
Luke Quinn
Charles Shields
Robert E. Simpson
Kenneth Webb
'53 - Inter-Collegiate Debate Team
Captain: Thomas Pogue
Co-Captain: William E. Bivin
Recorder: N.R. Naberhuis
Recorder: Catherine Hopper
'53 - Congress Debate Club
President: William E. Bivin
V-P: Thomas Pogue
Secretary: James Bryant
Sgt.-at-Arms: R.E. Simpson
'54 - Inter-Collegiate Debate Team
Sponsor: Russell H. Miller
Captain: Catherine Hopper
Recorder: Elizabeth McWhorter
'54 - Congress Debating Club
Sponsor: Russell H. Miller
President: James Bryant
V-P: Harold Atcher
Secretary: Elizabeth McWhorter
'55 - Inter-Collegiate Debate Team
Director: Dr. Earl A. Moore
Coach: Raymond Cravens
Captain: Elizabeth McWhorter
Co-Captain: Jim Owens
'55 - Congress Debate Club
Sponsor: Dr. Wilson Wood
President: Elizabeth McWhorter
V-P: Sterling Clark
Secretary: Wanda Kirkham
Sgt.-at-Arms: Charles Hardcastle
'56 - Inter-Collegiate Debate Team
Sponsor: Russell H. Miller
Captain: Bill Short
Co-Captain: Lacy Wilkins
Recorder: George Reecer
'56 - Congress Debating Club
Sponsor: Dr. Wilson Wood
President: James Gabbard
V-P: James Maples
Secretary: Wanda Kirkham
Sgt.-at-Arms: Walter Scott
Parliamentarian: Elizabeth McWhorter
'56 - Ogden Oratorical
Wayne Everly
'56 - Robinson Oratorical
Jim Owens
'56 - A.A.U.W Oratorical
Wanda Kirkham
'57 - Grand National Debate Champion
Elizabeth McWhorter
'57 - Ogden Oratorical
J.C. Embry
'57 - Robinson Oratorical
Gregg O'Neil
'57 - A.A.U.W Oratorical
Nancy Hightower
'57 - Western Debate Association
Director: Russell H. Miller
Captain: Kenneth A. Williams
Co-Captain: Harold G. Meers
Recorder: Rita Jackson
P.R. Rep: Henry Stone
'57 - Congress Debating Team
Sponsor: Dr. Willson Wood
Chaplain: Harold Meers
President: James Maples
V-P: Jim Owens
Secretary: Jeanne Jones
Parliamentarian: Kenneth Williams
Sgt.-at-Arms: John Earl Schneider
'58 - Ogden Oratorical
Jim Owens
'58 - Robinson Oratorical
Henry Stone
'58 - A.A.U.W Oratorical
Mary Ruth Grise
'58 - Congress Debating Team
Sponsor: Dr. Willson Wood
President: John Earl Schneider
V-P: Henry Stone
Secretary: Bill Pemberton
Sgt.-at-Arms: Bob Ritchie
Parliamentarian: Joe Givens
'59 - Ogden Oratorical
Thomas Pogue
'59 - Robinson Oratorical
Henry Stone
'59 - A.A.U.W Oratorical
Naomi Dempsey
'59 - S.N.E.A.
Mary Ruth Grise
'59 - Western Debate Associates
Sponsor: Russell H. Miller
Captain: Lerond Curry
Co-Captain: Robert B. Siddens
Secretary: Linda Gass
P.R.: - Mary Ruth Grise
'59 - Congress Debating Team
Sponsor: Dr. Willson Wood
President: Neil Ward
V-P: Lena Priestly
Secretary: Beverly Belcher
Sgt.-at-Arms: Hayward Joiner
Parliamentarian: Charles Wade

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