Oberlin Academy - Etean Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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DEBATE TEAM

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ETEAN BOARD Editor-in-Chief Chester Van Allen Assistant Editor Dorothy L. Garland Business Manager John W. Wainwright Art Editor Helen L. Cowles Athletic Editor Frederick L. E. Bastel Society Editor Antoinette B. Guernsey Joke Editor Norman H. Wright One H d d 115

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THEODORE GREENE. CAPTAIN DEBATE The debate situation at the opening of the school year 1913-14 was not auspicious. With one experienced debater presenting himself for the team, Coach Fiiield had to face the proposition of creating debate material. That he succeeded in this task, all those who heard the Academy-High School debate on March 20th Will testify. The four Academy men who participated in that contest, T. M. Greene CCapt.J, N. Berthoi, F. Bastell and J. S. Turner Calternatej, showed the results of a comprehen- sive study of the question and three months of careful training by the coach, supplemented by the helpful sug- gestions of Prof. Shaw. The speakers were keen and alive to the issues. The debate was very close and the final de- cision Was swung only by minor points of the discussion. The team did credit to its Alma Mater and maintained the high local standard of interscholastic polemics. The question of this year's debate Was, Resolved, that, the members of the President's Cabinet should be One !'Illll'LIl'IJd an mi Eight