St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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P 'kttory VLoftuj F.Mcthorv'ay F. Horry K r ■ h THE HARBAUGH DEBATE. The twenty-third annual competition for the Harbaugh Debate Medal was held this year, according to custom, on the evening of February 21. The Harbaugh Medal is an award founded in 1900, by Mr. Simon J. Harbaugh, to be given to the best all around speaker in the annual public debate. The contest this year was on the question, “Resolved: That the Coal Mines of this Country Should Be Placed Under the Direct Control of the Federal Government. From the preliminaries to the contest, held early in February, Patrick Slattery, Francis Morris, Francis Motherway and Walter Loft us emerged victorious and secured the right to debate in the public contest. Carl Haight was awarded the Chairmanship. 'I'he auditorium was the scene of the public conflict on February 21. Mr. Slattery and Mr. Luftus comprised the affirmative team and Mr. Motherway and Mr. Morris upheld the negative of the proposition. Mr. Haight as Chairman, opened the discussion. He was followed by the speakers in order. For convincingness of argument, lucidity of proof and clever presentation, the Harbaugh debate of 1923 will long be remembered. It was a contest well up to the traditions established by previous Harbaugh debates. I he decision was awarded to the negative side, composed of Motherway and Mr. Morris. The Medal for the best speaker in the contest was given to Mr. Motherway. DIAL AN7MUAL Ninety-Seven

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 PUBLIC SPEAKING Jc JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY I Moderator..........................Mr. Clement J. Fuerst, S. J. President..................................... Joseph C. Miller Vice-President..............................Thomas A. Curran Recording Secretary..............................Francis F. Huck Corresponding Secretary.....................Joseph J. Schlegel Treasurer................................................Frank J. Weber f John M. Smith Committee on Debates.................... i Jack C. Gill Joseph M. Howard C™.............................................. {A,bCrJo£sMMef. The Junior Literary Society is an organization of high school students for the purpose of preparing them by written debates and extemporaneous speaking for future membership in the Philalcthic Society, and to give them greater ease in speaking before an audience. This year the roster of the society was made up entirely from Fourth High, the great number in the graduating class prohibiting the admittance of third year students as in former years. The meetings were usually held every two weeks and consisted of a debate, open discussion by the house and an address by the Moderator. The society was unable to obtain any outside debates. Although for the last two years, the best speakers of the society had been pitted against those of the Preparatory Vocational School at Manhattan, we were unable to secure a meeting with them this year, and negotiations with two other schools also failed. Thus the activities of the society were confined to private debates. One of the most ably contested discussions of the year was on the Ku Klux Klan, which was upheld by Thomas Curran and Henry Bean, and attacked by Thomas Wade and Gerald Kreipe. Other subjects debated were the Smith-Towncr Bill, Life Imprisonment and Capital Punishment, the advisability of a United States merchant marine and the advantages of the small college over the large university. The questions were hotly contested and great animation and interest were shown by the house in its discussions. The society is greatly indebted to the tireless effort of Mr.. Clement J. Fuerst, S. J., for its successful year. The Junior Literary Society has in former years been the cradle of some of St. Mary’s finest speakers, and we feel safe in predicting that many of this years members will rise to like heights. DIAL ANNUAL K y ft