The herald., 1893-11-19
STUDENTS DEBATE.

Tho Universiity OF Southern California
Defeat Pomona College.
The University of Southern California
has scored another intellectual victory.
Last year the studenta Of the University
Literary society challenged the mem
bers OF the Pomona Literary society to
debate. the time, question and choice
of side being granted to the Pomona
> boys. The challenge was accepted and
November 18th was set as the time for
the debate.
Accordingly, last Friday night, not
withstanding the damp and threatening
weather, quite number Of students
and their friends gathered in University
chapel to hear the intellectual combat.
The judges who were to decide the de-
tMbate consisted of Gov. ]. J. Gosper and
Rev. Vail, judges of composition and
delivery, and Judge Shaw and Lawyer
q. P. Adams, of argument. A fair dis
cussion was warranted beforehand, with
the decision OF such able men, and their
verdict went to further establish their
ability.
The Pomona men did not show up
very we'll In their delivery, while the
University Society club men seemed
inspired, probably, because of the pres
! ence OF their friends. While the Po-
mona boys had the best side of the
question they failed to be strongly ag-
gressiye IN their arguments, while Cas-
we'll and Ward put in some sledge ham
mer blows for the negative. Altogether
> it was very interesting. Mr.. Ward made
the best speech Of the evening, Caswell
leading in pelivery.
at 8:15 o'clock President Ward of the
Pomona Literary society took the chair.
Invocation was pronounced by. Dean
Matthew, followed by q reading, Vir-
ginia, by Miss Murphy. Following ia
the synopsis of the speeches:
I e. *. Benson, on the affirmative, was
the first speaker Of the evening. He
maintained, with patriotic pride, that
the integrity of the union must be pre-
served at any cost. An educational
qualification was most potent means
OF elevating the intelligence Of the voter.
II the voter was educated he would
study the questions of the day for him.
self, and would not be led by q political
: boss. This educational qualification
would settle the negro problem in the
, south. An education would be q pow
errul impetus to progress.
l.. h. Caswell WAS the first speaker of
the negative. He argued that the bur-
den Of proof lay with the affirmative.
And they must prove, in the present
question, that the evils of the present
political evils are unbearable and that
these evils are due to the free ballot sys.
} tenn, The speaker then viewed the SUBJ
ject from another standpoint. He
granted the supposition that there
were evils in the present system, but
maintained that still graver evils would
come upon the adoption OF the educa-
tional qualification. Some OF these
evils he named aa: ~ the difficulty
of obtaining 9 suitable standard for an
educational test; ~ the complexity OF
the system rendering it q tool for dema-
gogues; (3) the enormous expense; az
injustice Of such qualification, as it
would disiranchise many good citizens,
while not touching the saloon element
t5) contrary to the spirit of the Declara-
tion OF Independence; (6) opposes the
progressive tendency OF the age, John
Stuart Wills argument "a introduces
class laRinlation; (S) it Ia contrary to