Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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YICAR BOOK OI THI2 CLASS Ulf ISHN Paugr frf'1'11f,l'-Slfl' DEBATING SOCIETIES lnterscholastlc Debate OERI LL, X Nfarch 6 ioos the Ilclmatinfr Socictx of tl1c VK 1kchcld H1 l1 School 10lllltlCCl out thc xx orlc of thc last 1llO11tl1 hx a handsonic xictorx ox cr tl1c I verett llchating Socictx 111 Z1JOlIll dc hate at tl1e Ixcrctt H1 l1 School l11ll a11d thc school 1s dcscrx edly proud of the l1llltlSOll1L s1lx cr cup which l1ca1s cloquent tcsti II101ly to the f'1ltl1flllllLSS and alnhty of XX al-.cficld s representatlx cs at Ixerett tlll 'Nlcssrs Bcehc Wat lcins and Nlorrill Iro111 ex erx po111t of x1exx tl1c dc hate xxas a11 ent1rc success Lontrary to tl1c rcgular ordei of proccdurc allowing thc ch1llenged party to pick tl1c question and thc challenginxr party the side tl1ey wish to 11phold I verett selected thc subject for debate and niadc a niost fortunate choice ill Rc- solved: lhat the attit11de of the lacihc Statcs to- ward thc japanesc is jlistifiablef' W akefield chose to dcfe11d the afhrniative. Ihc subject was a live o11e: it was pertinent to the affairs of the day: hut best of all it was a suhject with which almost every- 0116 was acquainted i11 some degree. t1lCl conse11ue11tly COlI1lll'1lltlCfl the attention and interest of the audience without requiring any great mental effort to follow the thread of tl1e arguments advanced lJytl1edel1'1ters. As regards the technicalities of the debate, thc lblll lS:- ology the delivery the argurneiitative qualities we may say that they are SllCll as would reflcct credit on any high school debating tt:'llll. Sincc the 0l'g'1lll!'lfl0Il of tl1c socictx VK alccficld has participatcd 111 but threc llltLI'bCl10l'lNtlC KlL.lJltLS including tl1e onc xx1th Ixcrett 'lllfl lOl tl1 It rcason more tl1a11ord111arx intercst xx as aroused 'Ihc ex cning of 'klarch 6 xxas IS dis agrceable as It could xxcll he I arlx 111 thc cxeninv tht a1r xx as hllcd hy 1 fill of heaxx xxct SIIOXX l1tcr changing to r1111 but nexcrthcless at half past sex c11 two S16LClZ1l cars left W alceficld filled to the doors xxith kIltl1l1Nl'lSl.lC XX 1lceficld studcnts and tcachcrs -Xt tl1c l1all VK alccfield massed at thc left and I xerett at the right 'llltl xx hcn It Llggllt 0 clock His Honor 'VIayor Lharlcs Bruce of I verett was i11- troduced as presiding officer 'lllil after a lmricf address he had stated thc question nanied the dehaters and judges the l1all was hllcd with a11 eager intensely interested audience. Vtakefield defending tl1e aff1rn1ative side of the question opcned the debate. and Mr. Marcus Iieebe tl1e first speaker took the floor amid applause from tl1e VK akefield section. I11 a11y debate the position of First speakcr is 0116 of extrcnic irnport'11ce i11 that he has the opportunity to o11tli11e the entire question, to 11arrow down its meaning to onc concretc point. to explain exactly what l1e and his colleagues are trying to prove: to create by clever introduction of causes, circumstances a11d hx' a skilful presentation of all conditions fax'-