Albion State Normal School - Sage Yearbook (Albion, ID)

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Preliminary ?lBzhate Albion State Normal School, January 22, 1909. President of the Evening, Prof. Louis A. Bauman. Judges: Miss Eva Smith, Prof. C. E. Bocock, Prof. J. L. Sten- quist. PROGRAM. Music .......................................... Orchestra First Debate: Resolved, that Idaho should by Constitutional Amendment Adopt a System of Initiative and Referendum similar to that of Article IV of the Constitution of Oregon. Aiiirmative. John Hillman Frank Johnson Eva Minear J. Lyman Smith Negative. Frank Dotson Rose Zpevaoek Ward Smith Leslie Meachem Music ................................... . . . Orchestra Second Debate: Same question as above. Affirmative. James Mahoney Triphosa Pratt Edward Jones Negative. Ellen Larson Renaldo Jones Charles Mabbutt Music .............. . . . Orchestra Decision of Judges.

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Benlamatnrp flliuntest Pocatello Academy, Albion Normal, Twin Falls High School. Saturday Evening, Dec. 5, at 8 o'clock Piano Solo .................................. Grace Barger - DRAMATIC The Fight With the Aurochs Miss Alice Turner, Twin Falls A Dream of the iVorld 's Awakening .......... Miss Ida Wlfoffington, Pocatello India ...................... Miss Bessie Ackerly, Albion Piano Solo ................................ Allie Von Meter ORA TORICAL Appeal for Cuba ........... Mr. James Mahoney, Albion 'fThe Old South and the Newi' . .M r. lllrnest Berry, Twin Falls Oratory .................. Mr. Joseph Masero, Pocatello Cornet Solo ...................- ............ S terling Oakley HUMOROUS ' HI-Ians' Trip to New York . .M r. Virgilio Uastillini, Pocatello Budd's Fairy Tale ............ Miss Florence Pratt, Albion Preparing for the Dinner Party .Miss Vera Cole, Twin Falls Piano Solo .............................. , .... Willie Coburn The Declainatory Contest oi' the Southeastern section of the State was held at Twin Falls, December 5, 1908. The names of the contestants and their productions are given in the above program. The Faculty Representatives of the three schools were: Miss Alice Daly of Pocatello Academy. Mr. Stephen D. Parke of Twin Falls. Mr. John JL Jackson of Albion. The decision of the judges resulted in victory for Pocatello in the Humorous and Dramatic declamation, and for Albion Normal in the Oratorical Declamtion. . The judges of the evening were: N E. A. Wyatt W. P. Guthrie R. R. Alexander ' In the final. state contest at Boise, December 29, James Ma- honey represented the Normal most creditably, receiving first from one judge but Payette won out in the last oratorical class.

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Eehating 'Of all the student activities, considered from either intellectual or athletic standpoint, this de- partment stands first, and it should stand first. Tell me, said Goeth, What your young men of twenty are thinking about, and I will tell you the future of the state. Men in public life have attested again and again to the value of debating Societies as one of the most effective means to train young citizens in civil and national affairs. It is not enough to have an idea, but you must be able to express that idea in good, forcible English III order to give that idea motive power. Debating SIVGS the students training in self-control, formas tion of correct habits of speech, power to organize thought and ability to recognize sound reasoning. The schools in the inter-Schoolastic League in Southeastern Idaho are the high schools at Twin Falls, Pocatello, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, the Acad- emies of Rexburg and Pocatello and the Albion Normal School. The Subject for debate was: Resolved, that Idaho should by a constitutional amendment adopt a system of initiative and re- ferendum similar to that of Article IV of the Con- stitution of Oregon. Each school prepared an ftfiirmative team and a negative team, the rule be- lllg that the former team remain at home and the latter team go meet the outside school. The above question was Hrst debated in the Emersonian and Philomathean Societies. Later thirteen students entered the final try-out and of this number the following teams were chosen: Affirmative: John Hillman, Triphosa Pratt and Charles M-abbutt, with Ellen Larsen as alternate Negative: F. B. Dotson, James Mahoney and J. Lyman Smith with Frank Johnson as alternate. The final contest to determine the championship of southeastern Idaho was held March 19, 1909 at Rexburg. The negative team as given abovewon, and gave Alibon the much coveted championship. The debating work has been entirely in tue hands of Prof. Louis A. Bauman, who has had considerable 'experience in college debating. Prot. Bauman has worked faithfully with students and is deserving of a great of credit for the high standard attained in debate. We pride ourselves on the work done by the Normal school, but We are not content to rest on our laurels of the past. If hard work and rugged determination can do it, we won't be satisiied with anything less than the state championship next year.