Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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THE SENTINEL Ull.X'l'Ulllt'AL ASSOCIATION President . . John D. Jones Vice-President . . E. M, Tucker Secretary-Treasurer Jessie M. Bishop 'l'lIlC l4I7t'Kl,I'IY t'ON'l'ES'l' HE Buckley Contest is the oratorical event of the year at the 'Varsity. All aspiring young Demosthenes' pace the shores of the Missoula. river, declaizning across the rushing torrents with mouths filled with pebbles. for months before the great occasion. Anti when the night finally arrives they are always in the best training that nature and art can make them. It is through the generos- ity of Dr. Buckle-v that the University' is enabled to have this contest. He has offered a prize of twenty dollars to the winner, and this, combinel with the honor therefrom, makes the contestants keen to come out. victorious. Those taking part in the contest, of 1904. heltl on April ist. were: Gilbert l-leyfrcn, .lohn Jones. Dav- id Trepp. Martin Tucker and Etlwartl Williams. This was quite up to its usual stanclarfl in interest and excellence, and best of all the usual water pitcher was missing. Gilbert Heyfron was the winner of the contest. hav- ing for his subject, The t. ,. 0,0 t3ll.liiiR'l' j. HIQYFRUX wxxxiau oi-' 'rim srxrr. ouAToRic.u. CUNTI-2S'l '- 0

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32 THE SENTINEL United States as a World Power. Mr. Heyfron has long been knownas one of the orators of the University, but on this occasion he quite excelled himself. He possesses the art, rare and valuable, of at once obtaining the interest of his audience, and holding it to the end. David Trepp made his first appearance before the public as an orator and both surprised and pleased his friends by his talent in that direction. We have only one piece of advice to offer and t.his is try, try again. Edward Williams, a debater of the college chose for his subject Our American Policy, one of which he has made a study and is therefore famil- iar with. John Jones aroused the patriotism of the audience by his Montana, Our State. Mr. Jones is the son of a pioneer and is therefore in possession of many interesting facts: his was probably the most lit.erary of all the orations. Mr. Tucker was last on the program, his subject being John G. Whit- tier. His memory unfortunately failed him at a critical time, but aside from this it was one of the best orations he has given. Mr. Heyfron represented us ln the state contest in Bozeman, against Mr. Williams of Helena, and Mr. Jones of Bozeman. So badly did he heat them, that there was not the least doubt about the decision. Nine 'rahs for Heyfron! NV l'l'll 'l' H E 1 lICllA'l'l'1RS HIS has been a year of remarkable development along the line of de- bating. Those interested have taken hold with a vim and carried it to a point where, although we are not yet the champions, we have the same pride in our debaters as though we were. The great occasion in this line is the debate with the Washington College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The preliminary debate took place in University Hall, March 18th. The question was, Resolved, That the Monroe Doctrine should be abandoned. Mr. Harmon and Mr. Streit took the affirmative and Mr. Jones. Mr. Tucker and Mr. Williams the negative. Unfortunately Mr. Streit was unable to be there, so Mr. Harmon had the entire responsibility of the affirmative. Since it was held only for the selection of a team no decision was rendered, but lt may be said that in spite of the odds against it, the affirmative side made an exceedingly good showing. The team when chosen consisted of Ralph Harmon, John Jones and Edward Williams, and Martin Tucker as alternate. This team went to Pullman, the fifteenth of April, where they debated the same question taking the negative side. It was one of the most satis- factory debates ever entered into by the 'Varsity even though the team did not win. They made a very good showing. especially considering the fact that their opponents were veterans in the art. The debaters are still con- tinuing their study of the subject and it is probable that with the degree of perfection they will have attained by next year we will stand a good chance of winning.