St Michaels College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Gbe 3ntercoIIege Eebating 'Gluten HE year just drawing to a close has been a most suc- cessful one in St. Michael's College from the point of view of Debating and Public Speaking. The Inter- college Debating Union to which St. Michaels belongs, is composed this year of nine colleges, viz. 1 Victoria, Wlycliffe. Knox, Osgoode Hall, University of McMaster, School of Science, University College, Trinity and St. Michaels and four series of debates take place each year to decide the cham- pionship of the Union. The object of this union, as stated in its constitution, is to encourage debating and public speaking among the students of the different colleges, and if the encour- agement it gives bears any fruit its work is a most important one, for to the present day graduate of our universities nothing is so important as the ability to be able to speak and debate from the public platform. The debates this year have all been of a very high standard and as is to be expected in a war year, every phase of the great confiict now raging has been thrashed pro and con. In the first series St. Michael's defeated Osgoode Hall and so were re- turned winners. along with Victoria, Knox, McMaster and the School of Science. ln the shuffle for places in the second series, St. Michaels drew the bye and were returned semi- finalists. In the third round St. Michaels Knox and Mc- Master were left and Knox was chosen to meet the double blue. In the debate which ensued Knox were returned victors and were left to light for the shield against McMaster. The Final debate took place in Convocation Hall on NVednesday, March 3rd and in one of the hnest debates of the year the University of McMaster were returned winners and presented with the Kerr Shield. To St. Michaels College special praise, I think, is due for their showing in the Tntercollege Debating Union. In the ma- jority of the debates they have as opponents men who are graduates of universities of two or three years' standing, and who now are doing post graduate work in either Law, Divinity or Arts. The students who debate for St. Michaels are always undergraduates, but since she first entered the Union, four years ago, they have never once felt the handicap they are working under, but have always acquitted themselves nobly and have always brought honour to themselves and their Alma Mater. -T. MCC. s llI'ul',,, ,,,. ..l1f-v - ,, ,vll lulll , muum .,.,,,,,, ,I IIIII' uni . J ...fn ,, .--- lllls vu it .Huw ...... .... S -...hurl ' .... ...... , ,, I- tu T ,... ..... ' li? -. rfr-- .. . 1' G, mm ' - ' NIM- 1 I ' Aix- 1...-.,,. muff!! UK llllfi wig If -t.,,,,-,,.umH'v 48

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