New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
MORE TRIBUNE GAVELS.
FOUR NEW LEAGUES FORM
Y. III. G. rs, CiUic Centres, Settle
anents and Societies.


Extraordinary interest was excited by the offer
by The Tribune of handsome gavel of solid
ebony and gold mounted to the school in the
Greater New-York Interscholastic Debating
League winning the championship. So great
in fact has been the interest awakened that
The Tribune has decided TO offer four more
gayels for which. as 1t appears nearly
sixty organizations will be competing
The first Tribune gavel offered was COM
peted for by eight schools of the boroughs OF
Manhattan, Brooklyn and Richmond. The De
Witt Clinton High School Annex. No. 10 West
Thirteenth-st., Manhattan. and the Boys High
School of Brooklyn which had each won three
consecutive victories met on June for the
final championship debate. DIR. William nj.
Maxwell, City Superintendent of Schools. pre-
sided. J. Edward Swanstrom. DR.. Clarence D.
Ashley dean OF the New-York University Law
School and Judge Sidney F. Rawson, of Staten
Island acted as judges. The gavel was awarded
for the year to the Boys High School of Brook
lyn
AS bv the terms of the gift by The Tribune 1t
is required that the gavel should be won two
wears in succession before it becomes perma-
nent possession of the successful school, there IS
a great deal of emulation this year among the
other schools Of the league TO prevent the re-
te1tion Of this gavel by the Boys High School.
The first debates of this league will take place
on December > and g. at the Boys High School.
BROOKLYN when the Manual Training High
School of Brooklyn will meet the Curtis High
School of Richmond. and the Boys High School
will meet the Commercial High School or
Brooklyn in the first round of the debates
WHO WILL COMPETE FOR THE OTHERS?
Seeing the great interest that has been
aroused by the offer of single gave The
Tribune, through Charles S. Hartwel, director
of the Greater New-York Interscholastic De-
batting League has made an offer of four more
gavels to the following organizations in this
city: The Young Mems Christian associations.
the University Settlements, the Recreation Cen
tres and local debating societies
For month the work of organization mas
been actively in progress. At recent meeting
for organization of the University Settlement
Debating League fifteen University Settlements
were represented and another sent word 1t
would enter the league. The meeting was char
acterized by enthusiasm, and was under the
leadership of William A Clark, head worker or
the Gordon House. No 353 West Seventeenth
ST. who has been most successful In the or
ganization of athletics. These sixteen univer-
sity Settlements agreed to organize In senior
and Junior sections of eight each, each section
10 he divided into two sections Of four each.
after the method pursued by the Greater New
York lnterSchOldStlc DeDdtlns Led5ue
preliminary meeting was held on November
. at the Educational Alliance of five Brooklyn
societies and two Manhattan societies. In the
absence of the three other Manhattan societies
the organization Of the Greater New-York Inter
Society Debating League was not then per-
fected. a committee, however, was appointed
to draft rules on the lines of which the league
Will be formed. This committee will be pre-
pared to report on Wednesday, when at meet
ing of the alliance the five Brooklyn and five
Manhattan societies will form themselves into
d permanent organization.
LEAGUE OF THE RECREATION CENTRES.
meeting held recently at Miss Whit
ney's Office in the building of the Board of Edu-
cation TO consider he formation of a debating
league among the recreation centres. Repre-
sentatives from seventeen centres attended, with
the determination TO take advantage of The
Tribune's offer of a handsome gavel TO be con-
tested for by the recreation centres Their de-
termination was strengthened ON seeing the solid
gold and ebony gavel presented by The Tribune
to the Greater New-York InterscholastIc De-
batting League The secretary OF that organi-
cation for 19O3-'O4 A p. Hodgins explained its
system to the delegates. and it was determined
to form a recreation centre debating league on
similar lines Five groups with four centres in
each will he arranged thus giving each recrea-
ton centre at least three debates. The cham
pions OF the five series will battle for the league
championship and the possession of The Tribune
trophy. Impartiality will be the distinguishing
mari, OF the system of judges: the chairmen and
judges for the debates of any one series Will be
provided by the CLUB managers of another series
The following officers We're elected to guide the
fortunes Of the Recreation Centre Debating
League during the first year Of it's existence:
G. :. HartWen, adviser and trustee; Miss II. b.
Lowensten, president; NJ J. Dargeon. secretary
meeting TO erect temporary organization
of the Interborough Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION Debating League held at Central
Branch. Y. NJ. c. ~. No SOP Fulton-st.. Brook
Ign, on Friday evening. The following delegates
were present:
Brooklyu-G!Over G. Mills and Alfred F VIII
SON. Central: II. y. Mckay. jr.. Bedford; Hubert
Jones and i. A Smith. Prospect Park. Man
hattan-Aug. Weymann. Harlem; Edward T.
Jones and William Buxman, West Side; D. j.
Morrison and J. E, Agnew, Twenty-third-st
1t decided TO divide the league into two
sections one section to consist OF the branches
in Manhattan and the other of those I'm Brook
lyn, the winner OF the championship In Man
haitian section 10 meet the champion Of Brooklyn
for the championship OF the city and The Irio-
une gavel. This arrangement will give each
branch at least two debates.
II thus appears that IN a Snort time at least