Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-24
eOWpOiN-BATES DEBATE.
Text Of Invitation Extended by the
Former College to the Latter.

Brunswick. Me, Feb. 23-Following
is the text of the invitation or chal-
lense sen; by Bowdoin to Bates for an
intercollegiate debate.
1.-The Bcwdoin College Debating
Council invites Bates College 10 debate
under the following terms cf agree
ment:
a. Time and place. The debate
shall be held in Memorial hail. Bruns-
wick, Friday evening. May IL at 80.
(2) Question. The question shall
be submitted by Bowdoin College
within three days Of tie signing of this
agreement by both colleges, and Bates
College shall send her choice of sides
within ten days after receiving the
question.
II is underSto oOd that Bowdoin Col
lese may, if she desires. submit to
Bates College the question to b. Sc
lectcd by Clark College, provided that
the question is sen, 10 Rates College
the day it is received at i3oWd"in Cci-
l-ge. SO that neither side may have ld
vantage III time OF preparation.
go Debate. The debate snail be
l,etv cen teams OF three :iel each OF
whom shall be undergraduates in good
standing of their respective colleges.
Each speaker shall be allowed T. min
utcs for his opening speech and five
minutes for his rebuttal speech. The
first speaker on the aflirnativa shall
have three minutes additional time for
his opening speech; the affirmative
shall have the last rebuttal speech.
ID Rebuttal The Introduction Of
new material not expressly Tor refuta-
| ton shall be forbidden in rebuttal
speeches.
60 Private correspondence. The
| itse in d-bata Of private correspond ancc
| Is debarred.
t6J Judges. There shall De thre"
judges, none of whom shall be a :;radG-
ste of either college. Not later than
March 10 Bates College shall submit Il
| list OF twenty names and from this list
| EOWdOin College shall select three. In
case Bowdoin College caln"t secure
the services Of thrc-- satisfactory men
! from this list Bates College will. on re-
quest, submit an additional list.
| 10 lnStruCtIOnS TO 1uuStS.
| The filstrictions tb +5,RlSess Gsed NJ
| the Harvard Y ale Princeton debate and
| hitherto used by both Bates and Bow
! doin shall be used in this debate.
! (s) Presiding officer. The presiding
4 officer shall be chosen by Bates or by
i Bowdoin at the pleasure of Bates.
| (9 Time Keepers. The first al
\ tcrnatire OF the bowdoi:: Team and the
4 first alternative Of the Bates team
\, shall be tinckeepers.
\ UW EXPENSES. The expenses for
! printing, Judges. presiding officer and
|. the travelin:; expenses "f ih- visiting
team shall be divided equally between
the two colleges.
Il I'D Coaching. Coaching on the de-
hate shall be confined to undergradu-
atvs o: the respective colleges. AS
| sistance from any member of the fac
ulty If either institution in the
pl epardticn OF argument or in the
manner or method of presentation IS.
by the terms of this agreement, cx-
preSSly forbidden. The debate is to be
Il contest between the students Of
Eowdoin College and the students Cf
Bates College. 1t is understood. now
ever. thai this article has no reference
to ordinary library search work in Sc
curing printed matter and references.
| (SiSnedl H. F.. MITCHELL,
Pres. ROwdoin College Debating Coun-
| Gil.