The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29
HIGH SCHOOL
DEBATE LEAGUE
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR
THE ANNUAL "CUP SERIES
What Is Being Done in the Different
Districts-An Interesting Discussion
Of the Immigration Problem to Be
offered Light Thrown on the
Way the Question Is Expected to Be
Taken Up,

The High School Debating. league yg is
nual cup series of debates and for The
Journal silver cup and championship
contest for The Journal gold medal
awarded for the best composition: AS
shown, altho complete reports are not
yet in from all the districts.
In the first congressional district
Albert Lea and Blooming Prairie. will
meet on Dec. 9, and the winner Of this
contest will compete with Winona on
the second Friday in January for the
district championship. Austin and Owa-.
tonna, two schools that have done exc
cellent work since the organization of
the league, will not have teams in the
field this year, altho both are still in
| terested in debate and will continue to
do good local work.
In the second district Lakefeld is
entering for the first time and Sleepy
Eye, Fairmont, Winnebago City and
honors again.
The third district was not repre-.
sented last year, but Faribault and
Pennington have reported for the pres
ent contests, and probably other schools
are preparing teams
The fourth district will have a three
cornered contest. Humboldt high, en-.
Cleveland, and the winner will compete
with the formidable St. Paul Central.
It will be remembered that Central held
the state championship last year and
second honors the year before. ;.
The four big schools of Minneapolis
the fifth district, report more enthu:
siasm than ever before, and each will
are fully up to their former high stan
dard, while Central and North report
excellent debating material in sight.
Long Prairie and Litchfield will com
pete in the sixth district, while Ben
son, Madison, Appleton, Willmar ane
probably others will make lively worf
in the seventh. Unless Anoka comes te
the rescue the eighth district is no
:. liEely to be represented in this year .
contests. The cities Of considerable
size are widely separated in this dis
trict, making it rather difficult and ex
pensive to meet in the preliminarles:.
The ninth district has not yet full
" reported, but il, has always had NOR NOR
J. schools in the league than any othe
+ district, and is likely to have the, sam
1 experience this year. So far ,Redwoo'
Falls, GAINESVILLE and Fergus Fall
have announced that they are preparln
= teams. It will be remembered that tn
a latter school has the proud record o
: district championship three successly
years duQ SCdte
: is time for some other school from tn
g north to pluck the crown from Fergus
: Besides the above schools larg
5. number Of others that have not hereto
: fore shown much interest are maxim
# inquiry and may enter either the DE-
IT bates or the composition contest: Anon
It these are Harmony, Grand Meadow
: Staples, Lanesboro, Eveleth, Mazepps
Fosston and others.
= A Debate on Immigration.
+ The proposition which the schools wi
t. debate is as follows: Resolved, Tha
n the policy Of reducing further imm
grafton to the United States to a min
mum is practicable and should b
n adopted.'
% First-Granted that this shall ne
= apply to our insular possessions.
a Second-Granted that "a minimum
= shall embrace such relatives and FRIEND
Or Of our citizens and such other person
as are entitled to enter out Of consi
erations for humanity.
ID Professor McDermott, president {
l. the league, reports that so many. Il
At quiries have been made in regard
I'd the second grant in the interrpretatlc
T. Of the question that word OF explain
of ton to all the schools seems to be q
OF sirable. He says that it was not the 1
90 tention of the trainers of the propos
IN ton to have the second grant fgu
in largely in the debate. Their purpo
OF was to force discussion on the brot
t. and interesting policy, on the one han
he Of permitting immigrants to come vel
freely as in the past, 100000. or mo
ty per annum, or, on the other, OF restrlc
ee ing them very materially, to practlc
in minimum. To make very much of tn
H., IT. second grant would in their opinion
or hiqgling.
~ ~ To try to drag in European paupe1
VI, criminals and insane would be stretc
no ING our national considerations f
20, ts humanity more than was intende
10 10 On the other hand political and I
&c ligious refugees would probably be
mitted under this grant, if they we
able-bodied, industrial, and did not no
political or religious views inimical
, this government. ~.'