The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-13
JOHN a. RIPPEL.

men have made more rapid progress
in the field of their choice. In the
intersophomore contest two years ago,
he led the winning team and thereby
won one of the Dunwoody prizes. In
the intercollegiate preliminaries last
year, he won first Iowa prize of $40,
and was leader of the team that met |
the hawkeyes in Iowa City last April
In the Central league preliminaries
this year he won first prize of SIS.
Mr.. Churchill is carrying senior lit
erary, junior law and assisting DR..
McVey in the department of political
science this year. He is president OF
both the Minnesota Literary union and
the University Liberal association, and
a prominent member of the Shake
pean Literary society.
Philip E. Carlson is veteran in
debate. While still in the Cannon
Falls High school he was one of the
trio who defeated the Minneapolis
East High team, and from that time
till the present he has hardly been
out of contest of some kind. In his
freshman year he, entered the lists in
oratory, but took up debate again and
was the leader of the Shakopean team
that won the literary society cham
pionship and the coveted Jacobs prize
cup. The character of his work in
these contests led the board to name
| him for one of the $25 place" prizes,
which admitted him without further
competition to the intercollegiate
finals. In these contests, last October,
he won second place on the Central
/ league team and a cash prize of $50.
| Mr.. Carlson is president of the Scan
dinavian club and Of the Shakopean
Literary society. He is Junior in
the department of science, literature
and the arts, and is preparing to
teach.
Jesse G. Steenson is a native Of Eden
Prairie, Mimi, where he was born
! twenty-four years ago. He prepared
for college in the public schools of his
native town and in the Minneapolis
academy He received his degree
from the department of science, litera-
ture and the arts of the University OF
Minnesota last June and is now a
: middle night law, having carried
, senior literary and junior law last
year. Mr.. Steenson has always been
drawn to literary work along the line
Of debate and oratory and won prizes
! in defamation in the academy. He
has made a specially of oratory, how
ever, and has taken high rank in sew.
eral of the Pillsbury contests. In
deed, he has been regarded more as al
orator than debater in university cir
cles until he entered the preliminarie!
last fall to represent the Forum Liter
ary society. In these contests hi
work proved surprise, for he won ;
place on the Central league team il
one of the severest preliminaries eve
held at the university.
y The Michigan Team.
John A. Rippel comes from Ii
|, Porte City, Iowa, where he was bor1
: in 1880. He prepared for college a
! the high school of his native towr
4 entered Coe college in 1886, and re
a ceived the degree of Phi. B. in 1906
IS In the fall of 1902 he entered the lay
. department Of the University 9
70 Michigan. While at Coe college h
i represented his alma mater in tn
ID state oratorical contest, and was
l. member of the debating team whic
Is defeated Western college. He ha
Is been very active in debate ever sine
his entrance into the University {
IN Michigan. He was leader of the Wei
ster team in the cup debate Of 100
In the preliminaries for the Minnesot
= debate he was chosen member of tn
law team an din the inter-departlnel