Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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Q. I v I I LEE M. SHARRAR , Coach SINCLAIR TREO CLIFFORD FILDEY CECIL MJXCDONALD fljirmative Captain LESLIE TURNER CARL Wooo RONALD HARRIS - Negative Captain CARROLL CLARK Jjifvnative Alternate ELNO 1VlCGLONE Negative Alternate I 4 ,r-, . 225' - f HL- C3 - ALMA COLLEGE Sixty-fi - ' I Z!

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vi r 4 l f fXw DEBATE Alma was represented in debate this year by inexperienced teams. Of last year's debaters four were lost by graduation and a fifth member failed to return to school. This left us with Harris as the only man with any previous training in college debating. A group of about fifteen tried for places on the teams in the fall. The teams chosen were: Aflirmative, Cecil MacDonald, Captain, Clifford Fildey, Sinclair Tebo, and Carroll Clark, Alternate. The Negative team was made up of Ronald Harris, Captaing Leslie Turner, Carl Wfood, and Elno McGlone, Alternate. - The question debated was: Resolved, that Congress should be empowered to override, by a two-thirds vote, decisions of the Supreme Court declaring acts of Congress unconstitutionalf, The teams, coached by lVlr. Sharrar, drilled on the question, emphasizing the present position of the Constitution concerning progressive legislation and the governmental consequences of the adoption of the proposed plan. , February the thirteenth, the Aflirmative team debated Michigan State Normal on the home platform, losing by a two to one decision. The Negative team jour- neyed to Albion where it lost by the same decision. The twenty-seventh. of Feb- ruary the Negative team lost to Hope on the Alma platform, again by a two to one vote, while the Affirmative team lost at Olivet by a unanimous decision. Wihile this record cannot be called satisfactory, it must be remembered that all of the teams encountered were composed mostly of experienced debaters and it is little to be wondered that an edge was to be shown in their favor. In the number of points earned Alma equaled three other colleges in the Nlichigan De- bate League. Two letter men and an alternate will be lost this year by graduation. This leaves four experienced debaters and an alternate around which next year's de- bating work will center. 'With coaching equal to that which the teams had this year from Nlr. Sharrar, Alma's record next year should place her among the leaders of the League. , ALMA COl,LEG1?e been to W Sixty-four

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