Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Eureka Debating Club In the spring of 1903 a few earnest young men who were seeking- to learn the art of public speaking, develop powers of logical reasoning, obtain a knowledge of parliamentary law, and in every possible way better fit themselves to fight life ' s battles, banded themselves together and formed the organization known as the Eureka Debating Club of Taylor University. In this initial meeting the club chose as their motto, The Mind the Measure of Man. The name of the club carries with it great significance. Eureka is the perfect tense of a Greek word which means to find. The purpose of the organization is to help individuals to find themselves. Every scholar has discovered that it is utterly impossible for him to develop and realize his ability without first finding himself. It is our individuality which in the world of experience invests all other things with value. By taking an active part in a debating club one has an unexcelled opportunity to detect certain possibilities within himself that he would in no other way discern. In short it is the purpose of the club to develop full orbed characters that shall be able to lift humanity to a higher plane. Is the club accomplishing the work for which it was founded? Surely when we look at the members who have gone forth into active fields of labor we can not help but answer in the affirmative. We want to remind you, fellow Eurekans, who are out in the fields of service today that the club is still carrying on the great work which you started. We point with honest pride to the championship banner which has been in our possession for the past six years with the exception of the fall term of ' 16. Present Eurekas and those who are to follow us, let us lift high our banner of Maroon and White and may it ever be found floating in the van of conflict. Let us ever uphold those high ideals and standards for which the Eureka Debating Club always stood. IRA J. ROBERTS.

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Eureka Debating Club FALL TERM H. M. Jenkins P. H. Boat WINTER TERM Bill O ' Neil Harold Slagg SPRING TERM Ira Roberts E. T. Haun

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Eulogonian Debating Club FALL TERM A W. Pugh Paul Bilheimer WINTER TERM Wallace Teed Harold Slagg SPRING TERM E. N. Gilbertshon Eugene Pilgrim