The news & observer., 1900-11-30
A VERY CLOSE CONTEST
The Decision in Trinity's Favor Was
Not Unanimous.
WAKE FOREST ExCtLLED IN oRAToRY
The Judges Were Directed to Render the De-
-cision According to Argument Alona,
and so the Coveted Cup will Stay
With Trinity the Nexf Year.
With TrinItY the Next Year.


The Methodist take back the cup af-
ter most spirited and closely con
tested debate.
In announcing the decision Of the
committee, Mr.. Busbee said that while
in oratory the Wake Forest contest
ants eXcelled their competitors, in ar
gument the Trinity representatives
were superior and as the debate was
to be decided by argument and not
oratory, the judges must award the
victory and the cup to Trinity.
This decision, he said was not unan-
imous, but was acquiesed in by all
the judges
In rendering the decision, he said
81 am requested by my colleagues to
perform very difficult duty. The de-
cision arrived in is not unanimous, but
is acquiesed in by one and is the judy
ment of the other two Judges. The
rules require that the decision should
depend upon argument and not ora
tory. We are chiefly embarrassed by
the fact that that question was ar
lgued from two different points of view.
consequently the judges have beeu
compelled to rely largely upon their
| own knowledge of the state of affairs
in South Carolina. Prohibition and
the dispensary are totally different.
But without entering into the argu-
ment, / will say, that while Wake For
est indicated greatest merit in ora
| tory, we must yield the palm for ar
gument, and hence the cup to Trinity"
The Academy of Music was filled to
re 11t11 " fO 1TnO Oflu q her
people who came to hear the debate.
The galleries had been reserved for the
female colleges of the city, and made
| a bank of beauty and cOlors; the
! young ladies all showing their prefer
ence in this manner.
The first seven rows of seats were
reserved for the faculties and visitors
from the contending colleges. then it
seemed that everybody tried to get in.
The aisles were full of people standing
| up and the walls were lined. There
seemed to be absolutely no room for
another person, and how they did
yell! There is not another yell in the
world like the college boys yell WHOM
a contest is going on. The enthusiasm
was boundless, and the boistrous but
good natured roofing kept things
lively.
The sympathy of the audience SEEM
ed about equally divided, and while
the presence of the fair Baptist Fe
male University stuents seemed TO
cheer the Wake Forest debaters, the
Trinity boys seemed equally reassured
! by the presence of bevy of 'co-etls'
who had come to witness the contest.
The proceedings were opened by Mr..
! ,ToSephus Daniels. President of the
Chamber of Commerce. who said it was
his pleasure i'm his official capacity, to
| preside over this annual mental ath
letic contest of the city of Raleigh. He
| went on TO say that four years ago the
Chamber of Commerce of the city had
offered a cup to be held by the college
which should win a joint debate on
each Thanksgiving night This was
the fifth annual debate. He express
ed thanks for the intellectual treats
that have been given the city for four
years Then, for the benefit of the
football rooters, he announced the re-
suit Of the University of North Caro-
lima, and Georgetown game, 0 TO 0,
which was received with wild APP
Iplause For the benefit Of those more
interested in brain-ball than football.
he read the conditions Of the debate.
Each debater is to be allowed two
speeches. one Of fourteen minutes and
a rebuttal of five minutes. The Judges,
Messrs. Fabius II. Busbee, George
Rountree. and James ii. Pou, are in
TStructed to base their decision upon
the arguments alone.
Secretary w. II. Adams, Of Trinity,
then read the question: Resolved,
That the South Carolina Dispensary
system is UTnwise. Trinity had the af-
firmative side, and Wake Forest the
negative. as follows:
Affirmative. Negative.
j. #. Lilies $. $. Flournay.
w. II. Wanamaker. w. A. Dunn.
| +. S. Garden. H. e. Flack.
Secretary r Il. Sentelle, OF Wake
Forest, kept time for the speeches.
Mr. GILES SPEECH.
Mr.. J. T. Giles opened for the affirma-
tive. The dispensary law allows the State
to mononolize the entire liquor industry
and drive out all other traffic in liquor.
The profit to be made is supposed TO be
80 per cent. 1t must be plainly under
stood at the outset that it is not the
abstract idea of the law that we are dis
cussing but the South Carolina Dispen-
sary law in all its political workings The
first thing to be considered Is the enor-
nous amount of political corruption it