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

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First Row. I.eft to Right: Kelley. L. O'Rourke. Cabman, John Adler. Second Row: Baucrlcin. Ileffernan. H'farbaugb debate S3 HR annual Ilarbaugh Debate was held on the eve of Washington’s Birth-day. Kebruary 21. This debate determines the winner of the ashington Medal, which is donated yearly by Mr. Simon J. Harbaugh of Chicago. The subject under discussion was: “Resolved, That Congress is justified in adopting legislation embodying the principles of the McNary-Haugen Bill. The affirmative team, composed of Messrs. Theodore Bauerlein and Thomas Kelley, battled for forensic honors with their opponents. Messrs. Remi Classman and Robert Ileffernan of the negative team. The verbal battle was fiercely fought and the honors reposed now on one side, now on the other. The affirmative presented the McNary-Haugen Bill as the logical solution of the farmer’s problem, while the negative strove to show that the Bill was economically unsound and that such a plan as it advocated would bring about the destruction of the farming industry. The judges, after much deliberation, awarded the debate to the negative team and gave the Washington Medal to Remi Classman, whom they considered the best speaker of the evening. The debaters, excellent in the delivery of their constructive speeches, honorably upheld the standard set by their predecessors of former years. They proved themselves to be men of the caliber that St. Mary’s College and the Catholic Church needs in the nation’s fields of forensic endeavor. Page One Hundred. Twenty-three

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First Row, Left to Rujlit: R. Piclstickcr. ltadaracco. Weldon. Chism. Heinrich. DeMars. Cotter, F. O. Smith. Second Row. Noonan. Forties. Ingri» ll, (I. Doyle. Kretz. Adams. Kjar, Herrick. McGinley. Third Row: Dalton. R. Sullivan. Ko|»| C'. Schilling, F. E. Smith. George. 1. Daly. Coyne. tourth Row Ekstroni. Woods, Engles. Zaccagnini. McKenzie. Rochel. Martin Clark. Fifth Row: Caldwell. Leckron, Xunaii, J. Collins. II. Muelhaujit. II. i'rosslaml. K. Adler. Sixth Row Fettkethcr, Howe, Welsh. I Make, W. F. Hums. Seventh Row llellings. Mooney. McMimlcs. Curtin. Owen, IS. Duffy. Tof Row Mueller, Hazel. 1 . I.amy, Averill. Jog. McDermott, Keefe, Frauenfi-ldcr. Obe 3unior TLitcrary Society IE Junior Literary Society, under the directorship of Mr. Stephen G. O’Rourke, has completed another banner year of its existence. This year’s Junior Literary has striven to maintain the high standard of the Junior Literary Societies of the past. Our organization began its term in the early part of October, and with slight variation, has met every Monday evening during the year. Mr. O’Rourke has striven diligently to make every program interesting, instructive. and useful. The topics for debate and the current topics were selected with great care and were generally presented in a way that bore witness to diligent preparation on the part of the speakers. The members were conscious of the great good to be derived from the exercises, and made the effort necessary to insure success when their appointed time came to communicate their ideas by means of the spoken word. Now that our year has ended, now that we close our books for ’26 and ’27. we wish to express our gratitude to our esteemed Moderator, and to all who have aided us in our work for their efforts in our behalf. May the Junior Literary Society of the future continue to inspire its members and draw them ever onward to attempt greater things. Page One Hundred Twenty-two

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Left to KujUt J. Hov, Dickinann. I.. O'Rourke. Kelley. UnLrcollegiate iDebates I - MARY'S is famous and ever will he.for that indefinable something called “The St. Mary’s Spirit.” and never was it more manifest titan on the occasion when the “(irand Old School on the Kaw” suffered a dual defeat at the hands of her friendly enemy. Kansas Wesleyan of Salina. on the evening of March 11)27. The question for discussion was that much talked of subject, the McNarv-llaugen Bill. The Daniel Websters representing St Mary’s at Salina were Mesrs. Tom Kelley and Frank Dickinann. These young men upheld the affirmative there, while at home our representatives were Messrs. Justin Hov and Lyle O’Rourke. Although victory did not perch on our banners, our debaters merited praise for the exemplary manner in which they presented their argument. Something new in intercollegiate debating circles was introduced on the evenings of February 27 and March (». respectively, when two informal debates were held with the Kansas State Agricultural College of Manhattan in the new riiilalethic room. Again the question for debate was the McNary-Haugen Bill. Representing us on the evening of Feb. 2L were Messrs. |. Hoy and L. (LRourke. On the evening of March (5. we were represented by Messrs. T. Kelley and Dick-niann. In accordance with the terms of the agreement both of these contests were non-decision debates. ’a ge One Hundred Twenty four