The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-18
UTAH AND IDAHO
DEBATE TONIGHT
Universities of Two States Meet
in Decisive and Spirited
Contest.
EACFJNSTITUTI0N HAS
ONE VICTORY TO CREDIT
Winner of Present Event VIII
Be Declared the Cham
piOn.

Thu inst NJ a series Of three interstate
debates between the University Oh Jun
and the University OF Idaho VIII oe new
In the Sal. Luke theater this evening he
each school has one victory to It's circuit
tonight's contest will decide tho enai"-
pionship Of the serics- 1t Is Tor thls rea
son that both universities nave seieC'su
their strongest available men, ana II
for this same reason that the studen'S
OF both Institutions arc determined tpa'
victory shall be theirs Idaho will be rep
resented In tho contest by Victor T. Price
and Charles a b1ont8ndon Utah s oe
baters ore George Hedscr and Harold
stephens.
Question for Discussion.
The question to be debated s one that
vitality concerns the public. that oil tne
regulation OF trusts and the prices CIV
which they shall sell their monopoilstC
goods Ii reads: Resolved that laws oe
passed competing a business undeftakluh
that secures control Of an Industry 10 se,i
its products at reasonable prices am, an9
without discrimination 1T is agreed INA.
the constitutlonality Of the plan shall nHI @
be questioned and that the negative shal'
not advance a plan counter 10 Nhe' Pio-
posed by the amrmatiYe
Judges of Contest
The Judges of the contest VIII be t9L
E. A. Wall Judge q. w. Powers and the
| Roy p l. Goshen j. II Paul presldent
| Of The I,atter-day Saints University, VIII
| act as chairman OF the meeting. -, .
! II ever debaters came TO Utsh WIN d
string of victories behind them, ,heos ,,s
| Idaho boys are the onos. Both OF lhSl
| have taken an active part In depatlhg loI lo
| the past four years, and both OF theH'
have achieved remarkable success.
Who Idaho Men Are.
Charles A. Montandon. Idaho's first
SPEAKER, Is the president OF the studen'
| body at the University OF ldaho, ncn
only a sophomore he was on the tesm an,
| that defeated Whitman In debate. III l,S
/ ne was ldaho'S repre- sentative on Two VIC
torious teams. defeating Washington UNI
ycrsity and the Washington state colese
| In 1903 ne led the Idaho team 10 NletolS
over the University of Montana
| Mr. Montandon was also member o.
the Idaho team which went down 10 de
feat before oregon IN the Triangular oe
| bate on March -, l'P
Price Young Editor.
Victor z. Price. Idaho,s other repre-
sentative. is AT present editor OIL the COZ COZ
lege paper, the Argoneut. Like MI. Mon
tandon, he has taken An active lnteres
In debate and Is reported TO be wohueI
his sophomore year he represented ldah'
against the Washington state schooL ldi,
no being defeated, In the Following yea
he was n member of two victorious ,s'l teams -
Washington and the Washington Stnu
college Last year he assisted the team
which defeated Whitman. In the plg DC
bate between Oregon and Idaho las
March, he championcd the Idaho team
and helped win brilliant victory
Utah Men Are New,
The Utah debaters are strangers to tn
platform Neither OF them has ever par
ticlpated In debate before; and tenlsn
they go on tho platform for the mrs
time Although they make no pretension
OF being orators they arc young men WI
speak straight from the shoulder an
| drive home telling arguments.
Mr. Hedger is regarded az one oil th
| clearest thinking students at the institu
tIon. His logic is powerful ana c3nYinS
ing, and If the Idahoans break throug
his line OF defense they win be accom-
plishing a Titanic feat Mr.. Hedger Is
! former graduate of the Salt Lake mig
school, and will be graduated from IN
University OF Utah I'm June with b,
degree.
Record of Stephens.
Harold stephens, the other Utah do
batter. Is a son OF Attorney Frank b. Stt
phcns This IL his sophomore year at IN
University Two years ago nc was grao
where he made a good record as studel
and was captain In the cadets. At III
| University he has maintained his mig
standard In the class room. while at IN
same time taking active part In stu
dent affairs At present ho Is presider
of the college student body and was RI
Gently elected to be representative o
the athletic council for next year.
The Idaho debaters arrived In the cit
Inst evening and were taken in hand b
Manager Ike Alexander, who saw theI
comfortably located at the kenyon hote