Moberly Area Community College - Mojuco Yearbook (Moberly, MO)

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3 VVith a record of only three defeats in three years and two consecu- tive state championships, the teams of this year were chosen and started to work on two questions. The lower division was to debate the ques- tion, Resolved: that the several states should enact legislation providing for compulsory unemployment insurance. The upper division debated the question, Resolved: that Congress should enact legislation provid- ing for a Centralized control of industry. I UPPER DIVISION SEASON The upper division teams made a trip to St. Louis early in the year to obtain some material for the preparation necessary and then early in January engaged the strong Kansas City, Kansas, junior College in de- bate on their question. The two debaters, Stamper and Neal emerged victorious after defeating the team which had' nine' consecutive victories to their credit. XVith this auspicious beginning the debaters, Stamper, Neal, Mc- Donald and Mathis continued their long line victories by debating' Principia both here and in St. Louis, XVentworth Military Academy both here and at Lexington, Christian College, both here and at Columbia, Kirksville Teachers College here. W'estminster College at Fulton. The debate held with Wlentworth at Lexington sealed the championship of the state for Moberly Junior College. During all of this time these de-- baters lost only one debate and that was with Kansas City, Kansas, Jun- ior College in a return debate held in Kansas. After sealing the State championship Moberly speakers traveled to Kansas City, Kansas, to enter the speaking tournament of Kansas and Missouri. Here Moberly won the championship by placing high in all of the contests entered. Howard A. Stamper won nrst in men's extem- Page 63 I J Y' ', x 55 it Ju l ' zz , , - lg MT f- wifi 193 2 ww' IQ? . 1' ' 6 xI0.N1M1,w A W , 1-L

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.1 -I -f -r 5' TEES? 4-. . C. E. .Z . I it LL 152. , girl: Ha F563 -- -H225 351'-EA l U 355: 54- u u 5? ill! 55 '5 3 '7 Wk i e 8 2 Wifi s- fb!!-1 Q-1' -5- . ,. 1 wr. ' - isayv' An upper division speaker, Howard Stamper won the individual interstate championship in Extemporaneous speaking at the Kansas City, Kansas, tournament. Upper division teams went to the quarter-finals of the Phi Rho Pi divisional tournament, composed of teams from Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas, held in Independence, Kansas. Upper division speakers became affiliated with Phi Rho Pi, national junior College forensic fraternity, becoming the first chapter in Missouri. An upper division speaker, Howard Stamper, was elected student representative for the Southwest division of Phi Rho Pi. Lower division teams won the invitation tournament in debate held at Green City. Lower division teams won third place in the VVilliam Wfoods tourn ament for high school girls. Lower division teams went to the linals of the Northwest district of the Missouri State High School Debating League. A lower division debater, Mary Ruth Grubbs, won second place in individual honors at the Vlfilliain Wfoods tournament. Both the upper and lower division teams traveled a distance of 2500 miles to engage in contests. A total of 47 contests was engaged in with only four losses. Arranged to hold the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahonia-Texas tourna ment for' Junior Colleges of 1933 in Moberly. RESUME OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DEBATING AND FORENSIC ACTIVITIES The teams of this yearl had the difficult position to maintain which former teams had established. Page 67 L WML

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.4- - 4 J -r X C. ' A -3 I LL 15- Zigi t H ilfiig Six? Ll 1 5557: . 14 EP - ? 5597 ' eff? fin.. :sez M pore speaking while Mary Alice McDonald won second in the womans similiar contest. At the same time Oleta Mathis won second in the in- terpretative reading contest. Colleges and Universities were entered as well as Junior Colleges. Following this the Moberly debaters engaged in the longest trip undertaken by Moberly debaters when they journeyed to Independence, Kansas to enter the Southwest Division of Phi Rho Pi tournament. On thef way to the contest they engaged the speakers from Parsons Junior College at Parsons, Kansas. In the tournament they met the Indepen- dence junior College debators, those from Colifeyville junior College, also from Parsons junior College before losing in the quarter-hnals to the team from I-lutchinson Junior College, state champions of Kansas. In the extemporaneous speaking contests held at the same time the representative of Moberly, Howard A. Stamper won third place among all colleges entered. In the business meeting, due to the efforts of the Moberly delega- tion, Moberly was selected as the place to hold the 1933 district conven- tion and tournament. Also Howard Stamper was accorded the honor of being elected student representative from this district. LOWER DIVISION SEASON The lower division debaters opened their season with victories over Huntsville, Clark and Fayette members of this division of the state de- bating league of high schools. Thus they were accorded the champion- ship of this division. They next entered the Green City tournament where after two vic- tories over Green City and also over Brunswick and Carrollton they were given the championship of this tournament. They continued their conquest in the state league by debates with Missouri Military Academy, Monroe City and Atlanta without a single defeat. They then met Mexico high school for the right to enter the state hnals of' High schools and lost by the margin of a 2-1 loss. Then the teams entered the XN'illia1n Woocls and W'esminster tournament. Here they met Jefferson city twice, Miami, Oklahoma, Union, Carroll- ton, Marshall and Mexico before losing in the semi-finals to Carrollton, whom they had previously defeated. It was in this tournament that Mary Ruth Grubbs wont second place in individual honors. This in brief is the history of the Moberly junior College debate season of 1931-32 which will go down in school history as the best, largest and most successful of all Moberly forensic years. Page 64 L .,-9,11