State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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FRESHMAN DEBATING SOCIETY il r ' GFFICERS. First Quarter. Second Quarter. I. S. BRANNEN ........ President C. CRUMBLEY. ...... President I. R. CANNGN ..... Vice-President L. H. KELLEY. .... Vice-President VV. B. DuVALL ....... '. .Secretary R. F. FREEMAN ........ Secretary L. T. VVALTERS ....... Treasurer V. L. JAMESGN ........ Treasurer EUGENE DeLGACH ....... Critic B. T. BEASLEY ............ Critic J. C. CRUMBLEY.. . .Sgt-at-Arins NV. B. DuVALL. .Sergeant-at-Arms J. R. RGACH ............ Chaplain HARVEY .......... Chaplain b Third Quarter. Fourth Quarter. VV. B. DuVALL ......... President G. C. COLE ........ Vice-President I. R. RGACH. ........... Secretary J. A. JOHNSGN. ........ Treasurer B. T. BEASLEY ............ Critic C. E. DANIEL.. .Sergeant-at-Arms H. G. NVILEY ........... Chaplain R. F. H. G J- Q- FREEMAN. ....... President XVILEY ...... Vice-President HARVEY. ......... Secretary F. R. ZETTERONVER.. .Treasurer XV. B. DuVALL. ............ Critic XV. H. KEY. ..... Sergeant-at-Arms E. P. AIKEN ............ Chaplain

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JEFFERSONIAN ,DEBATING SOCIETY. Ever since the organizationiof the jeffersonian Debating Society, in Igor, it has been a source of great benefit and inspiration to the young men of the State Normal School. The questions that natu- rally arise in our minds when We hear of an insti- tution of any kind are, What is it doing? What does it stand for? In the first place, this Society teaches young men hovv to excress their opinions and views in a clear, definite, emphatic, and im- pressive man-ner. It teaches its members how to conduct themselves -with grace and ease when they have an opportunity of appearing inthe capacity of speakers. This, in itself, is a splendid accomplish- ment, for, as it has been truthfully said, The World hates avvkvvardnessf' Qur Society gives splendid intellectual training, for, vvhen the boys are put on the program to take part in a debate, they realize that if they do not think and delve into facts to pro- duce a good argument, the other side will Win. This friendly contest sharpens and quickens the intellect wonderfully. Many of the subjects that We have for debates cause those Who participate in the de- bating to do some extensive reading, and thus, beingtbrought into contact with good literature, they bring valuable information into the Society. As a general rule, excellent order is kept in the Society, and all violations of parliamentary law are noted and corrected. In this vvay the Society fur- nishes excellent training and drill in the observa- tion of parliamentary law, system, and order. T This scholastic year We have given a series of public debates. Une that was given chiefly for the fun and humor connected with it was, Resolved, That Old Bachelors Should Be Taxed for the Sup- port of Qld Maids. Needless to say, the ladies.pres- ent agreed heartily with the affirmative side of this question. aifafagih ig? fx . SJ V K X fl S Ik ' P Y- I 1 1 t X , lilgektlgez 6-KNVVN CWK wax Ciara vwfzn F 1 'Nr 'fl Z lX Rmb-some if GJLSTKLRL. I J' SF , P lllfxs F52-. fi xxx :,:1,.?2 L all lsr 1 ' 1 z x ' -- 'awww-rg-mr, T 'Qnowr-able 115325. 5, 4 'bekow Calle ucxvliis. V I ' 'fl Kg! 45 ffl-35? Q4 SFT j i -o'i.fxl322'j I J, 'x l co-ngfoft xklqfivwsp 'wc 0,-A,-,..j'7A ' ' H' + r sl P' E l- sig Il lm za

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I 4 ll l. 7. H li i N v T 1 l X. N, L1 rl ,+ C lil 4 Q ll TRE5 rj , gf , Q . 0 5 X .X A 'N ,e xii Q DEBA f 17 0 X ' ' i V if b Q SUUE T it f C Q, , I - ,QA , . ff 1 ' E.N9.C. Q :yn -2:-'1':'r' Q THE FREQSHMAN DEBATING SOCIETY. This Society was organized, in the fall of 1906, by a band of enthusiastic Freshman boys. Prior to this time there was only one debating society here, the jeffersonian, the membership of which was so large that each member could speak only about once. every six weeks. ii The Freshman boys realized that they would not have an opportunity to speak often enough to develop their powers of expression as they should be ily developedg and that, in order to debate with the boys of higher classes, they it needed training in addition to that given by the ,Ieffersonian Society. To meet this need, the present Freshman Debating Society was organized. It it has flourished from the beginning, and the membership grows larger every -' term. No membership fee is charged, but a fine of live cents is imposed on ., every member that is absent without a good excuse. ,, All boys ofthe Freshman and Review Classes are members of the Society. The programs are varied from time to time. We often have debates on such subjects as the following: Resolved, That America VVill Fall as Other. Great Nations Have Falleng Resolved, That the VVorks of Nature Are More Beau- tiful than the XfVorks of Man. Sometimes we have impromptu debates on subjects like the following: Resolved, That a Drunken Husband is a Greater .. Nuisance than a Quarrelsome 'VVifeg Resolved, That Pursuit Affords More Y Pleasure than Possession. fl , Our work this year has been very gratifying. Our boys have become so ,, self-reliant that they have challenged the bestspeakers of the Senior and A Middle Classes to meet them in public debates. lb The officers of the Society are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Critic, Chaplain, and Sergeant-at-Arms. They are elected every quarter and 'serve the ensuing ten weeks. xl' The standing committees are the following: the Program Committee, whose duty it is to post a program at least one week before it is to be ren- ll dered: the Membership Committee, whose duty it is to induce every eligible young man to join the Society, the Tribunal Committee, whose duty it is to S collect all fines. V I Wfe hope the Society will continue to grow and to flourish, and that it may accomplish great good in the future. -4-nl '..,..pQ