Evening star., 1895-06-01
COLUMBIAN LAW DEBATE
The Annual Prizs Contest to Come Off Next
Week.
The Question is Whether or Not tho
troll All Federal Elections.

The evening of June s, at o'clock the
Debating Society of Columbian University
Law School will hold its annual prize de-
bate in the hall of the university. Two
young men have been selected by each of
the three classes of the school to partici
pate in the discussion, and three of these
gentlemen will be assigned to the affirma-
tive of the question, while the others will
champion the negative. The post-gradu
ate class will be represented by Messrs. S.
E. Tracy and James NJ. Gray. the senior
class by Messrs, Henry c. Evans and Chas.
A. Brown, and the junior class by Messrs.
j. NJ. Scranage and Orin Patterson.
The question which has been selected for
discussion is Resolved, That the United
States should exercise control of all federal
elections" MessTs. Tracy, Patterson and
Gray will contend for the affirmative, and
MeSSrs. Brown, Scranage and Evans will
do their best to overthrow the proposition.
Mr.. Walter T. Colquitt, president of the
Debating Society, will preside, and Civil
Service Commissioner John R. Proctor,
Judge c. c. Cole and Deputy Commissioner
OF Pensions Henry. c. Bell will act as
judges and decide which of the six speak
ers is entitled by reason of the superiority
of his speech to the prize, which is a set of
law books. The latter decision will not be
announced until commencement
These debates are open to all friends of
the school and debating society, and a
Mr.. Colqutt who, as president of the
society, will preside at the debate, is very
well and favorably known in this city. He
is a son of the late Senator Colquitt of
Georgia, and received his early education
in the schools and colleges of his native
state. He graduates from Columbian Law
School in June as bachelor of laws.
The Dcbuters.
Mr. S. E. Tracy, who will open and close
the debate, born in Houston, Tex. He
was educated in the public and high
schools of his rative city and at Ripon Col
lege Wisconsin For five years Mr.. Tracy
has beea On special duty as clerk to Col. f.
C. Ainsworth, chief of the record and pen
sion office.
James NJ. Gray was born in Ciearfeld
county, Pa, in 1872. He was educated in
the public schools of Pennsylvania gradu-
ating from the Alma (Neh.) High School in
1SS? He received the Parker prize" for
best senior examination and the first essay
prize at Columbian Law School last year.
Or,n Patterson received his education al
Drury College, and is row pursuing the
study of law a member of the junior
class at Columbian,
ChaS. A. Brown, who will open and close
the debate for the negative, is a native Of
Ohio, where he lived until the fall of 1S!t3.
He has had considers BILE experience in poll
tics, and is regarded in Ohio as being q
campaign orator of no mean ability.
Henry c. Evans is a native of Iowa and
a chief of division in the Treasury Depart
ment. He has served his law class iii an
able manner the editor of a splendid
class book, which has just come from the
printer
and is now employed in the geological sur
vey- He is a graduate Of the Fairmount
State Normal School, and taught school in
his native state for several years.