The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
Talking Contest Is Slated for
Friday Eve, Feb. %.
Two Literary Clubs -Of School,
Battle for the Points.
Inter- Organizations Enjoy An
Essay Affair Also.
From Thursdays Daily

From Thursdays Daily.
Arrangements are now complete for
the next high school debate. The
Nlankato team, consisting of Earl
hmg, Walter Koeppcn and Margaret
Marsh, will meet the high school team
of Monteyideo at that place Friday
evening, Feb. %. They will again de-
tend the negative of the question as
they did at Worthington and Lake
Crystal. The question is: Resolved.
that the federal government should
subsidize the southern states for the
education of the negro, granted that
1t would be constitutional and that
the southern whites would not object .
The, Judges agreed on are Judge Cor
ham Powers of the twelfth judicial
district, Superintendent p. C. Tonning
of Willmar and Superintendent NJ. p.
Fobes OF Marshall
Inter-Society Debate.
The annual contest between the
two literary societies of the high
school for the cup given by the Social
Science club three years ago will be
held on March 26. The cup was held
two years by the Zetamathian society
and during the past year by the Phil
omathian.
The question to be debated this
year is: Resolved, that the federal
government should establish system
of postal savings banks in the United
States" The affirmative will be taken
by the Zetamathians represented by
Walter Sanborn,, Hazel Schoelkopf
and Birdie Tompkins The Philoma-
thians on the negative are represented
by James Baker, Clayton Roblee and
Lois Mills. These students are all
members of the junior class, hence
will serve as an excellent basis for
league debaters next year. The work
of debate has an excellent hold on
the student body of the high as man
ifested by general interest and by vol
untary maintenance of two debating
clubs of the boys and girls respec-
lively.
These two clubs met last Friday
evening in debate The boys repre-
scented by Walter Sanborn, James
Baker and Clayton Roblce were vic.
torious over the girls represented by
Maud Hart, Marion Willard and Elna
Malzahn. The question being the mer
its of football as affecting the high
school, The vote of the judges con-
sisting of five of the faculty was three
to two
Inter-Society Essay Contest.
The essay contest between the two
societies was closed this week by the
return of the papers and the award
of the cup for the ensuing year. This
cup was given by the class of 'O5 and
annually contested for by representa-
tivcs of the two societies in December.
The papers being read by outside
judges who read without the names OF
the contestants. This cup became the
property of the Philomathians by the
margin of fve-ninths of one per cent.
1t went last year to the Zetamathians
by not larger fraction. In determln-
ing the contest it is the rule to
count only the three highest of each
society and the standings of the others
are not published although this year
they are so creditabc without excep-
ton that it would be desirable to do
So Those ranking highest for the
respective societies are for the Phil
omothians, James Baker, 93 2-3; Helen
Alworth, 93 l-3, and Daisy Pew,
SO l-3; average 81 rs. For the Leta-
mathians. Martha Wiecking. 30 %;
Cora Nicholson, SO l-3. and FRANK
Blyler. 81 2-3; average, 81 20. -Four
more marks are above So. The Judges
who read the papers without consul
tation and designated their markings
on the basis of numbers only were
DR.. E. II. Willisford, Professor I. L.
Soaring and County superintendent u
o. Ulvin. The, subject was our
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