Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Christiansen Converse NVeston Qlnllrgr Evtmting 74 X S a collegiate activity, not properly included in the curriculum ot' our school, intercollegiate debating is a work ol' inestima- QM is ble importance. Debating offers the student an opportunity -uw to study economic, social, and political questions, a valuable l ' training, and conducive to good citizenship. It brings into de- mand the quick and ready powers ot' mindg depends upon clear and t'orcel'ul statement, and simple and attractive delivery, to gain the desired conviction. Debating is an activity, broad enough to interpret and energize a wide range ot studiesg to give zest to learning, and mastery to the learner, and shows what the intellectual life ot' a college is worth in making men intellectually ettieient among their peers. The significance ot' debating as an activity by which to judge the worth ot' a school is truthfully expressed by one ot' the great American edu- cators, when he says: The college that sends to the intercollegiate platform, men who have grasped, and who can see, seize, follow, place, and persuade, whether through courses in her class rooms or through 4, W-t' ., 'itggiitlmgl iq' 5 i l i xlw' f i X l the intellectual vitality ot' her student clubs, has taught those men well, . 99 . . , . K. 1 ,- and proved her right to teach many others. Fon these reasons, tt bating should, and is being given greater prominence in the more pro- gressive institutions ot' learning.

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Forensics Debating Oratory Contest Oratory Club

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MeNelly Hansen Tallman . t IGHLAND Park has an unparalleled record in intercollegiate ' debate, for out of thirty-seven debates participated in, she has 9 2 won thirty-one. This year Highland Park took part in only one intercollegiate debate, that one being a dual contest with the Iowa State Teachers' College, on December 3d. The ques- tion was: Resolved, that the United States should retain mer- manent possession of the Philippine Islands. The ne ative team W iich went to Cedar Falls, was composed of Robert McNe ly, Gerhard Han- sen, and Russell Tallman. The altirmative team, which remained at home, was composed of William Christianson, Owen Converse, and Franklin Weston. John Klaseus was the alternate. The contest was hotly fought and resulted in a victory for Highland's-negative tCllll1 on the enemies' tloor, by a decision of two to one. Highland's attirmative team lost o11 the home floor by a vote of two to one. M71 V1 LOX ,j.Ll,p:1 4' A great deal of praise is due Dean Atchison, for his splendid efforts 1n coaching the teams for these contests. If tl1e ne otiations, which are now being carried on, are successful, Highland wil next year meet upon thc intercollegiate platform a stronger school than she has ever before met. And according to pres- ent indications, a greater interest will next year be shown in forensics than has ever before been manifested at Highland, which means that a brgliant series of achievements awaits her in the field of intercollegiate de ate.