The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
YtLE,S INTEREST Nv DEBATING.
Revival During Recent President
Hadley's Successful Coaching.

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Debating Is now more oopui'io 4. a'e 'iane,ei
before Among 'n' ~. -.
Of the sixties qua previous years na'' .o"ese
days mons ~ cner'sne' "oi' man NO rr.t,.
DEBATING soeieu's' '"'n'' u I, -
ihe! were ~ ,o.. -"
i1hoha IN 400 A"u nio'"e,s'n s.1
ia'ei' FOR many Year, Nne' WIZ
IN the college "ofId. bu' 'nee o""en Il "neH
the growth OF the Greek letter iIatefhlues AZ a'o
draw tina support OF the students from the old de
hating s,cistss Regret was frequently expressed
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tie interest in debating. But tho interest was
no, dead il had only uaned. For twelve years
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debating remained atiS io"es' eoo' iho otso"
~izations which then existed were scarcely able to
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Inc ie'',a a sla.u'i' .'mv ~
debates with Harvard and Princeton. The lis.
tory Of the revival Is especially interesting because
Of President Hadleys connection win H. fae
men are not fond Of dwelling upon the STORY Of
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le e"hy uoo"'es !" WV 'neiNo''s'1o ee'N~
were unable u understand, and there was no one
ali. m .unnlv What WAS lacking I'm tina training
eDis W supp'' Nna' "a 'atAns "A uA
Of the teams unui PRESIDENT haoiey' then . young
professor Of economics. offered his services as
.o..h .nd .1vsa, From thu frs, ,ha dshatsrs
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were CONSCIOUS 'na' o ne" oiuei VI .nihxs hao
come about They had now an adviser who
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suggestive cnuosm 'ne' "e' '"' '' ways
Of improving themselves
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inIe aeoa'ers nave oe'n ING " sueA
ing " facts and the use Of ~ few words as possible
Of a recent team be said to one VI the men. Nj =,
| notice that you always give facts IN o hall apA-
ogeiio MANNER. ny assert your own opinions
as II they we're conclusive
Prof. hadley Was always a clever sira,egistn
debate. lie would urge q team 10 PICK our some
position and maintain that one line Of Argument
and let other points take eare Oh themselves,
Under his tanning men were laugh, TO ignore
any point Of their opponents when lhey .opiu
not effectively refute. A favorlle story OF his
has been Of a stump orator who said IN speaking
serious danger ahead. Let Us look 1t boldly IN the
face and pass on.
Never" be would say, get INTO q place where,
IN attempting 10 refue q point, you acknowledge
the strength NJ your opponent agument and
seem, as Il were, to pass on.
Old debaters have often remarked that they
valued the few weeks training which they received
benefits OF their college course. The result OF
this coaching was seen in the outcome OF the de-
bates, The years 80, " and w gave ! ale three
victories over Harvard and two over Princeton.
From the success in the intercollegiate debates
there came a strong revival Of interest In the de-
batting PLANTATIONS. Competition for the teams
tncrea sed and TO day there are more successful
debating ORGANIZATIONS with a larger proper
tlonate membership than a, any previous time.
The largest OF these organizations are those which
are considered representative OF the different de-
paItmens; the Yale Union Tor the academic
department, the Kent Club for the law school,
the Sheffield Union for the scientific. school and
the Leonard Bacon Club for the theological sem
mary. These societies contributed entirely the
material for the intTo ,legiats TEA ms until within
the last year OF two. In order 10 develop the men
more thoroughly a series Of nterdepartment
debates was established and the annual contests
between the clubs have CONS 10 be important
events In the college year.
The debating work has been further extended
by the introduction Of a sy stem Of class clubs and
other small societies. The first class organization
TO be formed was the "Wigwam." Shortly after
came the "Wranglers" These clubs have become
healthy rivals and hold annual debates i'm each
of the classes. Their position Is thoroughly
ests blished in the college. Each OF the clubs
at the close Of sophomore year elects a committee
OF the incoming sophomore class and these com
miltees choose the rest Of the number from their
classmates. The new men are taken largely
from the Freshmen Union, which is ore Of the most
rourishing societies Of the whole sy-tem. Fresh
men thus have two motives for doing good work