New-York tribune., 1905-05-28
PROTECTED CRUIsERs.
WIN TRIBUNE GAVELS.
Debates IN Recreation Centres and
InterScHoLaStic Leagues.

Amid the cheers of one thousand young men and
women. William H. Maxwell city superintendent
of schools presented the solid ebony gave offered
by The Tribune to the best debating team Of the
Recreation Centres to The Demosthenians," Of
Evening Recreation Centre No. ITO, last night. Miss
Celia Alexander, Miss Emma Green and Miss Min
ME Quincy represented the centre at this final de-
bate. which held at Evening Recreation Gen.
tre No. 1SS, East Houston, Lewis and Sd SITS.
The subject Of the debate was: Resolved. That
New-York City Should own and Operate the Street
Railway Systems Within Her Boundaries" The
winning team, which spoke on the affirmative side,
received 74S credits from the judges, DR.. Maxwell,
DR.. Louis Haupt and Miss Ruth Granger, of Pub
lie School No. 1877, Brooklyn Their opponents-Max
Jacobovitz, Emanuel Trapson and j. Scholer rep
resenting Evening Recreation Centre NO lore
ceiYed 1856 credits.
In awarding the gayel for the possession of
which a series of debates will be held every year
until one wins it three times in succession DR..
Maxwell said:
the recreation @ 5oS feptTss Eavs uPRR Pste1e eG
Rg M 1t has DSen r5Ps as een deyeoped f9T in ouT
Interesting features of our work.
The debaters sat on a platform decorated elabo-
rately with American flags and surrounded on
three sides by young men and women most OF
them members of Evening Recreation Centre clubs
who cheered and applauded their favorites with en-
thusiasm.
The offer Of the gavel which is large one and
gold mounted. was made in the early part OF last
october. 1t was accepted at once, and the Recre-
ton Centre Debating League was Immediately OF
ganized
There have been three series Of debates the nrst
of which was between clubs in the same centres
The winning club OF each centre then entered the
second series, for which the boys and girls recre-
alton centres In all the boroughs were divided into
five groups Of four schools each. At the close or
this contest the centre having the highest average
was selected for the third series. These IN turn
debated one with the other, and the two having the
highest average were chosen for the highest de-
bate Intense rivalry has existed throughout the
entire contest, but spirit OF fairness and justice
has been apparent. Not one debate has been pro
tested.
The debating team of the Manual Training High
School, Brooklyn, captured the Tribune gavel last
night, from the Commereial High School. Whjc9h
nterscholastc debating contest under the auspices
Of the Greater New-York Interscholastio Debating
League. The debate last night was, Resolved
should be- created and s1perSlsed by federal law
sehSoI s Sas held IN the h" OF the Na'u'' iru'ns
frrnatve, and put forward Paul N, Lazarus. James
4; Newman and George Kirby to defend It's eolors
The Manual Training High School had the mega
tive. Morris G. Michaels. John Brodsky and Win,
intelligent grasp of the relations of corporations
to the State, Each team took up about three-quar-
Vanced @ BY BY Paul Paul n T LsHarus s for the commercia
, ana Morris G. Miehaels for the Manual ;f Scnoot
which, with his arguments against federal control
of interstate commerce, made favorable impress
sion the judges.
After a quarter of an hours delberation, Con-
troller Grout chairman of the board of judges,
introduced, and announced that he and his asso-
ciates, DR.. Thomas Ballet, Of NeW-York Univer-
city, and Dr. Darwin l.. Bardwell. District Super
intendent of Schools for Brooklyn, had agreed that
the Manual School had the debate.
we shall not enter into the medits Of the de-
bates other than to say that both teams showed an
intelligent grasp of the subject and did honor to
their respective schools" Controller Grout said
"but at the same time we find that the team hold
ing the negative had the best of the argument and
is declared winner"
Training school officials the Tribune gavel. The
trophy is silver mounted and is highly priced by
the Commercial boys who say they viii win it
again. It becomes the permanent property of
whichever school wins il three times Following
the presentation, the Manual yell given. and
the boys, with their colors above their heads
ter of hour DIR. Edward L. Stevens, Associate
bate