Warrenton High School - Warrior Yearbook (Warrenton, OR)

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Page Thirty-Six THE WARRIOR triangular debate between Warrenton, Seaside and Astoria. The Warrenton negative team, composed of Fred Cook and Eunice Rowan, debated Seaside’s affirmative team on the question, Re- solved; That an income tax is a desirable feature of a state sys- tem of taxation. The affirmative team, composed of Helen Smith and Dulcie Lytsell, debated Astoria’s negative team on the same subject. Our negative lost 2-1, and our affirmative won 3-0. Astoria's affirmative defeated Seaside’s negative 2-1. This made us the winners of the triangular debate on points. Our next debate was a triangular with Knappa. Rainier and War- renton. Our negative team met Rainier’s affirmative and our af- firmative met Knappa’s negative. The expert judge system was used in this debate. Some person who is well qualified to jud7e a debate is selected from one of the colleges or universities. At the Warrenton-Knappa debate we had Professor Dalberg, debate coach at the Oregon Agricultural College. At the Warrenton- Rainier debate Professor Thompsen, debate coach of Pacific Uni- versity, served as judge. Although this system is expensive, it is the best method as it insures reliable decisions. These de- bates resulted in a tie, thus another triangular contest was neces- sary. This time our affirmative team met Rainier’s negative and our negative team met Knappa's affirmative. Our affirmative won a unanimous decision, and our negative were awarded a 2-1 victory. This final triumph gave us the Lower Columbia debate championship. Our negative team deserves much credit for win- ning this debate. Out of eleven debates in the district this was the only victory a negative team had received. Our success in debate this year is largely due to the splendid coaching the de- baters have received from Mr. Hillier. After the district debates are over one team from each school is selected to represent the school in interdistrict contests. Helen Smith and Dulcie Lytsell were chosen to compose Warrenton’s team. The team will debate the question, Resolved, that Oregon should adopt a state severance tax. The first interdistrict debate will be with the winner of the Corvallis-Tillamook debate. These schools were the champions of the Middle Willamette and North Willamette districts respectively. The date will be April 22. Our team will have the affirmative of the subject and will travel. Warrenton has done well in debate since it was first introduced in our high school. We have been a member of the Oregon High School Debating League for four years. Three years out of the four our high school has won the district championship, defeating Astoria, Seaside, Rainier and Knappa, all of which are larger than we. Last year Ina Tremblay and Helen Smith won the Western Oregon championship and lost the state championship by only one point. We expect our team this year to make as good a record as the teams in the past have done.