Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-14
EASTERN WINS DEBATE
RESULT OF INTERHIGH SCHOOL
COMPETITION.

Eastern won in debate with the Central at
the Central High School Hall Friday
afternoon. closing the interhigh school de-
bates for the year by carrying OH the cham
pionship honors.
The question at issue between the two
teams stated that the Chinese exclusion acts
should be repealed. Central High main
tanned the affirmative. Eastern, the more
conservative. negative. After a debate IN
which each man was allowed twelve min
utes and the last speaker for the negative
FIVE minutes extra by way Of summarizing
the arguments of the Affirmative. the re-
buttal was made by E. o. Schneider, but no
effort OF Central awaited and the judges
after the customary anxious moments OF
consultation through their chairman, Repre-
sentative Adam Bede, gave their decision
In favor of Eastern.
A most complimentary appreciation OF
the merits Of the debate was made by the
Judges. The dignity. thoughtfulness and
skill in presentation OF the arguments were
a matter of general comment The East
ern debaters were T. Pyles. d. B. Priest and
up of F. H Koschwitz, A. B. Gilflian and
E. o. Schneider.
Supervising Principal Charles 8. Clark Of
the first division acted as chairman. and
the judges were Representative j. Adam
Bede, Prof. W. r. Vance and Prof. ]. How
ard Gore.
Special compliments were paid to the
manner In which Gilfillan presented his ar
guments and the directness and skill OF
Schreibers rebuttal, but for cumulative
force and clear, fncisive presentation the
Fasteners made a notable impression. and
the dexterity with which Bryan evidently
adjusted his prepared summary to suit the
special arguments Of the affirmative dis
played a rare degree Of GOODNESS and 5udg-
ment.
Made Up Of Seniors.
The Eastern team was made up entirely
of seniors and all will be graduated in
June. only their alternate, who was not
called upon to speak yesterday. will remain
as part Of the team for next year. The JOY
of the school Is. therefore. mixed, as the
seniors are happy in securing champion.
ship before leaving and the remainder Of
the school is looking about for successors
to their laurels. They believe, however,
that Miss Bertha Gardner, who has had the
much of its success Is undoubtedly due, will
be able to build up other winning teams
for EASTERN
On one side of the stage was draped the
dark blue and white of Central. while on
the opposite side Of the stage. at a table
completely covered with banner of light
blue and white and host of tiny Eastern
flags, sat the team from Capitol Hill.
The Arguments.
Frederick II. Koschwitz, for Central,
opened the debate. There are three rea-
sons for the repeal Of a law. First. when
the conditions out Of which 1t grew 10
longer exist; second, when some other law
more completely covers the ground, and,
third, when, after long and repeated
amendments, 1t still cannot be effectively
enforced" This was the outline followed
by the affirmative, the speakers taking up
these three points In their logical sequence.
The negative maintained that the Chinese
were menace, socially. politically and
economically, and that there was no popu-
lar demand for the repeal of that law
which protects our shores from the yellow
PERIL A. Zane Pyles, who opened for
Eastern, declared that IAN indigestble
mass distinct In language, pagan in re-
ligion. inferior In mental and moral quail
tiles, is a menace to the Christian and to
the civilized world. Politically, either they
must vote, and undermine American poll
tics, or lie here inactive, menace In every
sense of the word"
For the affirmative Archer B. Gilhllan
endeavored to prove that the general immi-
grafton laws were adequate to exclude all
undesirable classes OF Chinese, and that
the exclusion law was therefore unneces-
sary Daniel B. Priest was the second
speaker of the negative. "One-third of the
total population of the United States are
laborers. Every care should be taken to
further, not to jeopardize, the interests or
this great class" He then set forth that
the Chinese could live on 10 cents a day.
"They buy everything" said he, from
Chinese merchants here abroad. The
small amount of rice and desiccated fish
that they need for their daily support are
imported from China. Even the undertaken
is deprived of the small amount TO be de-
rived from their burial. for the bodies or
those few who die on shores are sent
back 10 China for burial"
Ernst o. Schneider; 1r. said In closing
for the affirmative: I'VE attack the whole
plan of defense of the negative. They have
not IN the least met our contentious; their
Interpretation of the question is incorrect;
they are woefuily astray. Samuel Bryan
met this attack with the assertion that the
affirmative had attacked side issue and left
the vital point untouched. the exclusion OF
the Chinese coolie. The Eastern team
brought to their support the declarations OF
Leland Stanford, governor of California;
Charles DENLY, United States minister to
China; Mr.. Phelan, now prominent In tne
work of San Francisco's reconstruction; w.
]. Bryan, Champ Clark and President
Roosevelt.
Following the debate the entire body OF
Judges debaters and teachers were enter
tanned In the teachers room by the girls OF
CentraPs senior class.