Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THE debating season opened at South High School on Thursday evening February 17. The night was stormy, most of the car lines were blocked, yet there was a fairly large number of people present. We were represented by Harold Nichols, Fred Johnson, and Herbert Sinek. The question was: “Resolved that the cities should own and control all public franchises now conferred upon private corporations.” South had the affirmative and Commerce the negative. Among the diverting things that happened, was the reading of their speeches by the South High boys, one of whom continued talking until he reached his seat. Then in the rebuttal, Nichols flashed before our eyes, a newspaper with the gigantic headlines; “TAYLER PLAN WINS. But aside from this the debate was educative and interesting, both sides presenting their arguments well, with Commerce the victor. The second debate was with Technical High School and took place in our own auditorium on Friday evening, March 25. We were represented by the same team. The question was: “Resolved, that the United States government should for the next ten years annually expend fifty million dollars in the construction and improvement of its inland waterways. The debate was preceded by several selections by the orchestra. Then Tech started in to beat us if they could. They put up a good fight, but we were destined to be blessed with another victory. Not a little of the credit of these victories should go to Messrs. Heald and McMyler; they were the “men behind the guns, without them the boys could have done nothing. But now that we have a claim to the Interscholastic debating championship, it is to be hoped that the interest in debating will be awakened, and that it will receive loyal support next year. 52 HERBERT L. SINEK, 1910.

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