West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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For The Benefit Of Our Debaters The achievements of the public speaking department this year compare favorably with the accomplishments of previous years. But these results are due not to the enthusiasm of the school as a whole, but rather to the hard work of a few. This lack of enthusiasm was noticed both when the debating team was organized, and also when the declamation contest was held. Early in the year the University announced the subject for league debates which was, Resolved: That the adjustment of all disputes between employers and employees should be made a part of the administration of justice. On December third, the debating team, composed of Harry Johnson, Albertine Schmidtke, and Elma Bradford, journeyed to Sebe- waing for its first debate. It seemed for a time that the fates were against us. We arrived at the station that morning and found that one member of the team and our chaperon were late. The tardy member arrived in time to leave with us, but we were chaperonless. Never- theless, Miss Miller, our chaperon, arrived in time for the debate, bringing good luck with her. We won by a two to one decision. On December seventeenth, we were opposed by Cass City. Here we lost by another two-to-one decision. The Cass City people certainly deserved the victory, for they were represented by an excellent debating team. Their debaters outpointed us when it came to refuting statements but we far excelled them in delivery and constructive material. In the next debate, Arthur Hill was assigned the opposite side of the question. Up to this time, the team had supported the affirmative side of the question. Due to the fact that no one had turned out to support the negative side of the question, those people who had com- posed the aflJirmative team had to become converts and uphold the agruments presented by a team favoring the negative side of the question. On January twenty-first, we debated at Holly. We also lost this debate, this time by an unanimous decision. We lost at Holly because we made a statement that we could not support with convincing, evidence. February fourth, Flint High School was our opponent. The judges