St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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11' ;- $ V IVE vax;;m The Philopedian Debating Society WILLIAMS COREY LYONS DALY LAMPE ARLINGHAUS CAUGH LIN tPRES. ELECT! QUILL HROPHY MCGLINCHY KENNEDY DETERS WINTER McGHATH WHEELER HIGGINS MURPHY CLINES NOLAN PADDACK KOHNEN GLENN MURRAY DAVEY .IARMIN MANION MOORE H'Rl-ISJ JEANMUUCIN STHINHHYKER HTENZ Page One Hundred Eleven

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The Philopedian Society HE Philopedian Society has the distinctiun of being: the oldest academic activity in the College. Its purpose is to acquaint its members with the science of debating, and to develop in them the art of Public Speaking; These two excellent aims of the society are most necessary to the College Man in order that he be better equipped in after life, in the discharge of his pl'ufessiun, 01' avocation. Offlcers elected to lead the society for the year were: J. Harry Moore, Pres- ident; Thomas J. Manitm, ViceePresident; John B. Stenz, Secretary, and Carl R. Steinbicker, Treasurer. The President's choice of a standing committee 011 de- bates, a prominent factor for the outlining of the programs resulted in Ronald Jeanmougin being appointed as Chairman, and Joseph Collins, LeRoy Grogan, and EarI Winter as his assistants Debates held during the past year covered a wide range of subjects. Ques- tiuns of State and National Legislation, Foreign Policies, Municipal Affairs, and even Collegiate Interests were debated. Among the many subjects are: Child Labor Amendment , HNullitieation of the Decisions of the Supreme Court by Congress , uThe Independence of the Philippines , uThe City Manager Plan of Govel'riment , and HRestriction of Attendance at the Junior Prom . The Society was fortunate in having for its Moderator for the year, Profes- sor Gavigan, whose previous experience in the field of debating has fitted him most excellently for the work of coaching. He is a graduate, and former Pro- fessor of Bates College, Maine, which lays claim to the International Inter- collegiate Debating Championship, Being an old hand at the art of Debating, as it were, he is to a great extent responsible for the success which was achieved. Pnge One Hundred Ten

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The Varsity Debating Team T. XAVIER has always had a Society for Debating, the Philopedian, but only this year has she had a separate, designate organization to represent her in Iogamachy with other Colleges. This body, after the usual custom, took to itself the name of The Varsity Debating Squad, and then flung out its challenge far and wide for battle. One of the first foreigners to respond was Marietta College, at Marietta, Ohio. The delegates met in conference, and ar- ranged preliminaries; these having been settled, and the date of the struggle set for Tuesday, March 12, they retired to their own camps, and began to train their champions. Our own team numbers seven: Francis Ariinghaus, Thomas Manion Earl Winter, James Glenn, Richard Deters, Carl Steinbicker and Edward Mc Grath. By a competition of speeches, Arlinghaus, Manion and McGrath were elected to represent Xavier in the fight The question waszeResolved, That the individual States should pass child labor laws based on the provisions of the Fed- eral Child Labor Amendment. Mariettais team was formed by Lewis Mathers, James Sheldon, Adelbert Long and Henry Beren. Through some misunderstand- ing, the Marietta team came down ready to defendeResolved, That the Federal Child Labor Amendment be adopted. As a consequence, the teams did not debate, but indulged in a no-decision discussion of the same side. Other Col- leges at the present writing are negotiating with Xavier, but nothing definite is known of future debates, three bookings are tentative, two more in considerae tion, but nothing is certain; The Varsity Debating Team is sponsored by the Philopedian Society, the only difference being that the Varsity Squad is speci- fically representative of the College in relation to outside teams, whereas the Philopedian Society is local, and not limited as to numbers. The Varsity Team is coached by Mr. Walter V. Gavigan, Professor of English, and Moderator of the Philopedian Debating Society. Page One Hundred Twelve