Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-10-23
flGH SCHOOL DEB ! I Il |
Vigorous Contest for the
Journal Cup is
Assured.

Prof.. E. e. McDermott; pre- sident
Of the State High School Debating
league. ssya in the Minneapolis Jour-
The Minnesota High School Debat-
ing league is preparing fora more
vigorous contest for the journal cup
than those of the two preceding years.
The first congressional district has al
ready been heard from and the PROS
pect is very encouraging. Andrew
Nelson of Austin, the district directo r,
reports that Blooming Prairie, Albert
Lea and Austin have " declared their
intention" and that all the larger
schools Of this district are interested.
Blooming Prairie, altho among the
smaller schools, did fine work last
year and Austin advanced her way
we'll on toward the semianals. hav-
ing won the district championship
and entered the semifinals. Albert
Lea is entering the league for the
first time and her progress will be
watched with interest.
Superintendent G. R. Frazier, who
has been interested in the league from
the time of its organization and has
helped it very materially, is now in
the first district in charge of the Wi
mona public schools. 1t is hoped that
he will, find conditions right to bring
the high school into the league. It
will be remembered that Mr.. Frazier
was at Little Falls last year and those
who heard the Little Falls-St. Paul
contest will respect his liability to in
fnse interest into the literary work of
his school. st Paul was hard pressed
by this team and it must be remem-
bered that st. Paul was among the
strongest teams in the state last year,
having stood up to the end and won q
place In the finals. @z.:;; =:
Several schools have asked the exact
meaning Of the words ''public utill-
ties as used in this years proposition
for debate. They fear that the affirm
alive may be overburdened If it is
forced to defend municipal owner
ship of all the various industries
which have at one time or another
been DESIGNATED az ''pubilc utilities. .:
It has been thought best to limit the
scope of the words to the following
we'll known and we'll tried indus
tries: Street railways, lighting,
plants telephones, water and sewer
High schools entering the league will
please take notice, therefore, that the
above construction will beplaced upon
these words in all contests for state
championship.
The exact wording of the PROPOSE
tion is as follows:
Resolved, That American cities
and villages should own and operate
their public utilities.
This, by the way. ia the most prac-
tical and up-to-date question that
the league has yet discussed. Any
information gather ed in its stead
will stand the boys in good stead for
the nezt quarter Of century. It is
a growing problem. Many of the cities
and villages Of this state have tried
or are about to try some::form of NUM-
cipal ownership. The expert ence OF
Duluth in the ownership of her gas
plant is very interesting reading just
now, especially to the afirma tive.
Nor is Minnesota alone interested.
All the periodicals. which: specialize
along this line ere |; f isa: ter. For
instance, almost every ,.sue Ct Pnb-
lie Policy for the paer three months
has had one or more Interesting arti.
cles on some phase Of the subject. Tie
September fifth issue gives the exper.
ience-the facts-of T l.'io and Xenia.