New Jersey Agricultural College - Four Leaf Clover Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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than increase of production. Affirmative: I. R, Berdan and I. G. Duffy. Negative: J. R. Perry and G. Goerk. After awarding the decisions in the evening's debates, Professor Minkler, speaking for the judges, placed the best five speakers in the order of their ability, and in so placing the men the judges also considered the participants in the debate held by the poultry students, Thursday, january 7, 1915, as can- didates for rank. The speakers were placed as follows: J. R. Berdan, C. I. McCarthy, J. G. Duffy, J. P. Van Zandt and j. Shultise. As a result of this placing, the members of the Short Course Debating Team were chosen, con- sisting of three debaters and two alternates, in the order named. -o- On Thursday, january 7, 1915, an intensely interesting and hotly contested debate was held under the auspices of the student division of the Rutgers Col- lege Poultry Association. The subject was: Resolved, That the White Leghorn is more profitable to the New Jersey poultry farmer than the Barred Plymouth Rock. Affirmative: Robert Zimmerman, Cal. Il. McCarthy, james G. Duffy. i Negative: Ernest A. Heckler, Horace Chrystal, Carl I. Egerton. Judges: Professor Lewis, Professor Minkler, and Mr. Ragsdale. The debate grew out of several discussions between the members of the association as to whether the Leghorn, with its superior egg production, could return a greater revenue than the Plymouth Rock, with its combination of meat and eggs. Both sides acquitted themselves in splendid form, each reviewing in eloquent detail the many attractive features of their pet breed. The Leghorn team received the popular decision, but the judges decided in favor of the Plymouth Rock team, two to one. -o- On the morning of Tuesday, the 12th of January, the Home Economics Department held a debate in the cooking laboratory. The subject was: Resolved, That in the making of sponge cake, salt should be used instead of sugar. The contestants in the affirmative were Mrs. Tobelman, Miss Drayton, Miss Janeway and Miss Halsted. Those on the negative side were Miss Rogers and Mrs. Hoffman. There was a large number of judges, consisting of all those students who assembled in the lunch room. The affirmative warmly upheld its point, illustrating it with a practical demonstration, and for a time it seemed as though they would prove success- ful, as the sympathies of the majority of the audience were with them. The negative, however, contested every inch of the ground and gradually gained the upper hand by reason of superior argument, and the final decision was in their favor by the unanimous vote of the judges, C. and H. Lock. 89

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Debating C. ,l. hlactfartliy ,l. Berdan I. G. 'Duffy T a meeting of the li. B. Voorhees Agricultural Society, held Tuesday evening, December 15, 1914, it was proposed that the society take steps to arrange a debate on some agricultural question with the Rutgers Agricultural Society. A committee, consisting of ll. F. Maupin, XV. S. Howell, Ir., and ul. R. Berdan, was appointed to take up the matter and to issue a chal- lenge to the body mentioned. . For the purpose of choosing the men best fitted to represent the society in this debate, a series of preliminary debates was held Tuesday evening, January 12, 1915, Professors Minkler and Lewis and Mr. Ragsdale acting as judges. The following questions were debated: Resolved, That the automobile is a necessity to the np-to-date farmer. Affirmative: G. Caldwell and VV. T.. Parvin. Negative: S. J, Shultise and C. T... A. Beckers. The negative side received the decision. Resolved, That the application of animal manures is more efficient than green manuringf' Affirmative: I. W. Gardiner and L. Ballinger, Ir. Nega- tive: I. D. McCracken and bl. P. Van Zandt. The decision was awarded to the negative. Resolved, That co-operation will help the large majority of farmers more 88

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Resolved, That intensive methods in crop production are conducive to greater profits to the farmer than co-operative methods in marketing the pro- ducts, is a question of much importance which will have been decided before the publication of this book. As we go to press, arrangements are being com- pleted for the annual debate between the Four Year and Short course students, to be held in the Auditorium of the new Agricultural Building, on Tuesday evening, February 'l6. This is the third animal debate held by the students and they have always afforded unbounded rivalry. The lirst debate was won by the Short Course and the second by the Four Year students. Following the custom established, the Short Course students, being the losers of last yea1 s debate, challenged the Four Year students, accepting the above subject which was submitted. From present indications the debate of this year will be spirited. The mem- bers of the Short Course debating team are all experienced speakers of ability. VVe regret sincerely that we are unable to announce the result of this debate, but suffice it to say that the Short Course team is confident of victory and we trust that it will carry out our prophecy. ' Hasty Hatching on College Farm F you don't believe this is true, ask Bullet Joe, VVestwood, N. jfs popular Irish comedian. He had the incubator to prove it. Bullet did a heap of thinking some time ago and figured that there was no logical reason why, if an incubator hatched chicks out in twenty-one days, the same result could not be had in one day if the heat was increased 2100 per cent. So Bullet set seven eggs in the incubator on Monday. Twenty-four hours later he peered inside. A healthy-looking chick was bursting out of its shell. Bullet has- tened to the feed house to get some corn-meal for the newcomer. Upon his return to the house Bullet heard shrill crowing. A glance into the incubator took his breath away. The chick had grown into a full-sized rooster with spurs and all. Witliotit waiting to release the prodigy he ran again to the feed house to get some whole corn. But when he returned to the incubator the crowing had stopped. The rooster was lying on its side roasted to a turn! W'hat about the other eggs? Ask Bullet He was so excited that he for- got to tell me' about them. 90