Demosthenian Literary Society

Demosthenian’s Beyond the Lectern for the Fall semester ’11

The Fall 2009 Beyond the Lectern was compiled by Susana Baker, you can download it by clicking here.

By Sarah May
On the Thursday night closest to All Hallows Eve, as per tradition, the newest members of our society guarded our hall from the ghosts who roam the dark corners of North Campus.
This year, member Henry James coordinated a day of pumpkin carving before the guarding of the hall and rounded up all the new members (some of whom were even decked out in full Halloween costumes!) on the night of the event to fearlessly guard the hall armed with weapons of all sorts, from a spatula to a …

By Erich Hein
This semester, Demosthenian Literary Society has been graced with some lovely new faces, voices, and viewpoints:
Camille Fischer
Latin 2012
She very serious about multicultural edu-cation.
Kathleen Grundy
Health Promotions 2013
She shakes. No one knows why.
Kole Bowman
International Affairs 2013
He has a particular fondness for dirty shoe throwers.
Justin Sheffield
English and Linguistics 2013
He doesn’t think reason exists.
John Mays
History 2013
Chivalry isn’t dead with this southerner.
Archie Japaridze
Spanish, International Affairs, Latin American and Caribbean Cultures 2010
He enjoys attractive older women who may or may not pursue younger men.Conner Land
Political Science 2013
He wishes his mother had read him a …

By Kevin O’Brien
Every other year, baring any unpleasantness, we proud Demosthenians end up in the horrid brick heap for an intersociety meeting.
While this would ordinarily be a purely soul-crushing experience, due to the infrequency it serves an important function. Without viewing the illiterary alter-native to our literary soci-ety, we would grow com-placent and cease to appre-ciate the little things.
We often take for granted the ability to ask questions at any point during a speech, the lack of “points of infor-mation” which serve only to break up one’s flow in a …

By Susana Baker
For this year’s final football game against Kentucky, Demosthenian decided to have a Thanksgiving themed tailgate.
Kim Moxley and Sarah May took care of the requisite turkey and ham while the rest of Demosthenian provided such delicacies as mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, grits casserole, baked tofu, rice crispy treats, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip pound-cake, and peanut brittle. Chess playing, singing, and America Day festivities abounded.

By Kim Moxley
In an effort to remind the UGA campus of Demosthenian’s great history and traditions, the Society put together a group of members who created a series of street paintings advertising our weekly meetings.
After gathering at the Hall near midnight in near freezing weather, the group of dedicated members completed two individual paintings.
Half of the members retouched the by now classic Caesar “Debate, Debate” orator found near the Sanford Street en-trance to the Zell B. Miller Student Learning Center, and the other half created an entirely original block painting …

By James Shepard
As both a fairly new Demosthenian and a history major, the Toombs trip was of great inter-est to me.
The opportunity to visit a historical site with which I have a real connection with is always ex-citing for me, and Robert Toombs is certainly someone I would like to know more about. As with so many Demosthenian events, the Toombs trip was both full of tradition and quite a bit of fun.
However, this trip also had a distinct sadness. As we walked through Bobby T’s beautiful old house, looking …

In the event you would like to take Beyond the Lectern with you, here is a link to the pdf of the 08-09 edition: Beyond the Lectern: 08-09.

By Emily Crawford
In my current work as a Peace Corps Volunteer, almost every day I give short, informal health presentations called charlas about simple things people can do to improve their health and prevent diseases.
But rather than use this forum to discuss my greatest achievements so far, I would instead like to share one of my greatest failures. This is not onlybecause it is more comical and more interesting, but also because I have always believed, especially at DLS, that you learn the most not from your greatest successes, but …