Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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The past year has marked a banner season in forensics as well as in other activities. Under the excellent coaching of Professor Brees, Kala- mazoo representatives have won honors in both oratory and debate that have been unequaled in the history of the college. Miss llelen lYard, who made her platform debut this year, won first place in the XVOIUCUVS contest of the State Uratorical League. with her oralion, 1 Fur Social Dependencies. Mr. iVil- liam Schrier. with his oration, l Fur Next Step won third place in the men's contest of the State Uratorical League, and tifth place in the National l'i Kappa Delta Uratorical Contest- a contest made up of representatives of sixteen of the leading forensic colleges of the nation. To say the least, Kalamazoo is fortunate to have representatives of this calibre, and we are all justly proud of the record they have made. ln debate as well as in oratory, our repre- sentatives made an unparalelled record. The varsity team won six out of eight debates. and HEI-HN We-wit both contests lost were by 2-l decisions. The negative team was composed of Ray Siebert, Captain, lflmer l,ittell and Yern llunnell. Nlvm. Schrier, captain, and lien Manley were the main stays of the affirmative team. Kenneth Sausaman acted as their team-mate in the Ypsilanti and Hope contests, Stanley Knapp was third man at Ulivet, while Harvard Coleman did his bit in opposing the arguments of the Colby Crew. Ray Siebert and XYm. Schrier, Captain, made up the allirmative team that defeated the strong Hedding College two-man team. The Varsity record is as follows: Kalamazoo fAFfJ 2 M. S. N. C. .... l Kalamazoo fNeg5 1 ll. S. N. C. ..... . Z Kalamazoo tAffl ... 2 Olivet College ... ... l Kalamazoo tNegl ... 5 Hillsdale College . ... 0 Kalamazoo 4.-Xffl ... 3 llope College ... ... ll Kalamazoo tNegJ ... 3 Hope College ... . . . 0 Kalamazoo 4.XFfl ... l Colby College .... ... 2 Kalamazoo t,-Xffl ... Z lledding College .... .. 1 TOTAL 17 7 The girls debate teams, gave an excellent account of themselves in their dual encounter with the co-eds of our old rival, Albion. The afhrmative team, made up of Tera Hill, captain, Yerna Smith, and Beatrice NYaber, defeated the Albion crew by a 2-l decision. while the alhrma- tive crew made up of Captain Leta Hamilton, Julia Barber, and Zelma Simpson, lost by the same score in a hard fought battle. There being f V but one girls' debate, it was impossible for all the girls to take part, but so good was the work of Millicent Shermerhorn, Marguerite Hall, and Gene lilack, that Professor Brees admits that he had a hard time choosing between them and their colleagues. XYe are expecting to hear of great results from these young ladies in forensic circles next year. XN'lI.I,I,-XM Sviiieizai Page Ona Hundred Eighteen

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MENS YARSITY DEBATE TEAM SIEBERT, KNAPP, COLEMAN, BUNNELI. All-XNLEY, SAUSAMAN, SCHRIER, Lirrnu. The freshman class is justly proud of its representatives on the platform contests. The all-fresh affirmative team composed of Captain Raymond Ford, Ben Goldman. and Gordon LeCronier lost to Hillsdale in a hard fought contest by a 2-1 decision, while the negative composed of Captain Harold Knight, Lewis Grant, and blames Stanley, defeated the Albion first year men by the same score, 2-1. Altho Harold Beadle and john Shea did not get a chance to prove their worth in these contests, their work for the whole season was most highly com- mendable, and all eight of these men will be worthy contenders for berths on the varsity squad of next year. The debates this year were all on the Closed Shop issue, and every case presented by Kalamazoo teams showed much preparation and clear reasoning. Summing up the entire season in debate, Kalamazoo teams won eight out of a possible twelve encounters, and received 23 decisions from judges to 13 received by their opponents. No Kalamazoo team was defeated by a unanimous decision during the past season. Page One Hundred Nineteen