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After the Co?ulege Bowl game on Monday night, there was some question con cerning the seven minutes which were not completed .because of the lack in the number of available questions, . Also, as the rulTes, of the game were somewhat vague, evaluation of the worth of the College Bowl itself was deemed necessary. ■ \ ; , ■ A meeting was called/at )9:00 p.m. of tM&'BowV-Co-ordinator, the president and vice-president of sdA, ’teajn members, and MSSGA representatives. Discus sion was held as to what our action would be concerning the match. It was decided un'animously, that a letter be sent to Karen Moyer of Catawba, the over-all •co-ordinator of 'the program, requesting a: re-match with LenC>ir- Rhyne. It was'.felt that the game was'not fair as it vms not officially com pleted. It was also decided that a letter containing specific suggestions for revisions in the organization and rules of the contest be sent, Wally Sawyer, President of the Student Body, broight up the question of w hether the students of Elon will gain enough benefit from the program to Justify the appropriation of their money for its support. The students attending the meeting expressed emphatically that.the idea is a good and val uable one and with improvement can be one of the lao-st worthwhile-pro.J.ects ; ever sponsored by the conference colleges. Thus, there was feeling .that the money will be well-spent. College bowl games are open to the students, Valerie Spangler suggested that a,ll the college co-ordinators meet to iron out the problems and to establish definite practical‘rules of proce dure. Wally Sawyer alEO^suggested that we write to the;other schools to ask their opinions of the program. Any idea in.its infant stage needs encouragement, .nursing, and patience to develop and grow fully and satisfactorily. Our SGA, at present,’- plans to give the College Bowl a chance—it is hoped that all students will'"also. ‘ COLLEGE SOUL i^NDED BY NSSC-A The idea for an intercollegiate College Bowl contest in the state orig-- inated a year and a half age at a North State student Governnent Associa tion conft^rence. Karen Moyer, a student at Catawba College, founded the idea and was appointed as the over-all co-ordinator. Each member school was asked to appoint a representative co-ordinator. Kiss Moyer then began work with a committee of Catawba students to' draw up plans and rules of procedure for the contests. Based somewhat on the' television program, "GE College Bowl", it was decided that each school se lect' a four-member team and one alternate. Two opposing schools are to meet, twice, alternating as the host college, and the total final score of the two games is to doternin© the winner of 'the round. Working on the process of elimination upon the loss of a round, the con test will end with a final play-off between the two higest-scoring teams at .i^e annual Spring Conference of NSSGA at High Point College. , A College Bowl game consists of two twenty-minute periods of questioning. A moderator who is required to be a person from outside of the college com munity, reads two types of questions to the teams. A "toss up" question is of varying value and may be ansvzered by either team. A buzzer-bell system provides recognition of the team attempting to answer first within a 20- second time limit. If a toss up question is answered incorrectly, its point value is subtracted from the score of the team answering. Upon an incorrect ansvxer, the opposing team has a chance to answer the same question. If a question is answered correctly, the point value is added and the answering team is given a "bonus question" worth extra points. The questions were prepared for the College Bowl by professors from the NSSGA member school. Questions are objective and cover the different fields of the cirriculum in the liberal arts colleges participating., •After the submitting of 200 questions from each school invo.lved, repre sentative professors met at Catawba to screen and approve the questions. The questions were then given to Miss Moyer who typed them and who is in charge of sending them to the different schools several days before a match. These questions are seai^ and are given to the College Bowl faculty ad visor who in turn gives them to the moderator of the match. According to general plans, all matches between the different schools are to be held at the same time, Memher school participating in the College Bowl are Appalachian, Atlantic Christian, Catawba, Elon, Guilford, High Point, Lenoir-Rhyne, St. Andrews, and Western Carolina.
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