The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-20
COOPER WON DEBATE
interesting Discussion of the
Chinese Question.
STRONG ARGUMENTS MADE
Large Crowd Turned Out TO
Witness the Contest.
STRONG ARGUMENTS MADE

Cooper College, of Sterling won the
first annual intercollegiate debate with
the Friends University last night Rus
sell hall, the large auditorium of the
University was crowded to its utmost
and everybody left the university well
pleased with the evening and the decision
In this city there has never been more
enjoyable affair of this kind. The Cooper
delegation was composed of ladies and
gentlemen ana there was none of the
rowdyism seen in some debates and var
ious intercollegiate contests.
After a college song by the Friends
students, Rev. Thayer, pastor Of the
Plymouth church, called the meeting to
order, and after prayer by Rev. Spen-
Ger Of Cooper College, announced the
questions Resolved. That the Chinese
Nation is Justifable in its Opposition to
Foreign Aggression and the first
speaker on the affirmative, Mr.. Gar
field Weede, OF Cooper.
Mr.. Weede began in a clear, strong
manner with a definition Of nation and
its ATTRIBUTES. BY his definition of ag-
gression the work OIL missionaries and
the propagation Of the western civiliza-
ton IN China could not be called aggres-
sion, and that China would not oppose a
peaceful Introduction. He then gave in
detail what the Chinese opposition has
been.
He spoke of the unwarranted seizure Of
the powers and cne brutal action of the
troops of the allied powers and concluded
with the statement that the powers have
not conformed to common sense, justice
and righteousness.
Cecil c. Howes, Of the Friends Univer-
sity, opened the argument for the mega
tive with the definition of a nation, the
terms Justihable and aggression. He
spoke of the Chinese nation not con-
forming to international law In refusing
protection to Individual foreigners and
20 the foreign ministers. The lying pol
icy of China and her double dealing with
other nations, was pictured in a very
forcible way. His next point was that
China, by her exclusiveness, had not con-
formed to the principles Of the univer-
sal brotherhood Of man.
The next speaker of the Affirmative
was Miss Edna Spencer. She took the
a civilized country and the treaties i'm
posed by force were not morally binding
She told of the Boxer movement, and
the policy of Count Won Wsldersee in
sending out punitive expeditions. She
said that China was not a war like ma
ton either by nature or training, and
that in the face of aggression, any mode
of opposition was legitimate.
The second speaker on the negative.
Miss Murden MartindaIe, after short
rebuttal of the affirmative argument, told
of the wonderful undeveloped resources
Of China She spoke of the lack of
scientific education among the Chinese
and the need of such. Her third point
was the missionaries and the benefits
they had introduced in China
Water Stahl, the last speaker of the
affirmative, confined his arguments en-
tirely to law. He said that China had
not conformed TO natural law. interna-
tional law or the laws Of God.
Herman Newman was the last speaker
for the negative and spoke of how for
eign aggression had helped China and
how China had destroyed her only hope
in her opposition. He took up the future
destiny OF China and compared China
with Japan.
Mr. Newman closed the debate for the
negati7e and Miss Spencer for the af-
firnative
The judges, Assistant Attorney General
Tracey of Topeka. superintendent
Bushey of Peabody, and Prof. G. W.
Winans OF Hutchinson, decided in favor
Of the affirmative.
The CoOper delega ton will remain until
tomorrow and her baseball team viii play
a game with the Friends team today at
? o'clock on the hess field.
The team from Cooper and their
friends came in on the Missouri PACIFIC
at lilo and went Immediately TO their
headquarters at the Carey. During the
afternoon they went 10 the University
and looked over the buildings and became
acquainted with the Friends students.
hWEIU LEE EXEERIENCE