The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-19
CHARTER0AKM0uRNS DISARMAMENT WINS,
Denison High School Debating
Team Defeats Onawa Team
DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS

Many Courtesies Shown the Visitors
While Here.
The event of the past week was
the High School debate held in the
opera house on last Friday evening.
Tie Denison team won and that was
glory enough for the boys and girls
who consider loyalty to home one of
the chief teneyts of their faith.
With a view to encourage study of
current problems and facility in ex-
preston of views it is now customary
for the high schools of the state to
arrange q series of debates among
their pupils in similar grades. This
had been done between the schools of
Denison. Missouri Valley and Ona-
wa and debates on the same question
took place at Onawa and Denison on
Friday night. Through misunder-
standing of the date the Missouri
Valley school was not ready. The
question was one fair to both sides
reading. Resolved; That the limited
disarmament of the powers would adj
vance the civilization of the world. F."
In the Denison debate the home team
had the affirmative. The debaters
were: Miss Gladys Tucker. Miss
Lydia Belle Kuehnle and Rowland
Philbrook. The negative was upheld
by Harold Underhlll. Paul Egil and
Vernon Pichard of Onawa. The
Judges came from Missouri Valley and
were Rev. j. McCallister. Principal.
Minnie Petrashell and DR.. H. N.
Warren.
The members OF the high school
took much pains in decorating the
stage with college penants and the
effect was most pleasing. MIR.
|-----of Onawa acted as chairman
and j. C. Baker of Denison was time
keeper. The exercises began with the
invocation by Rev. LaRue. The girls
chorus sang Shoogy shoo'' as they
did at the late oratorical contest and
were loudly applauded.
1t was arranged that each speaker
was allowed ten minutes for the open
ing and five minutes for closing. This
brought all six of the debaters for
ward twice and added to the value of
the affair from an educational point
Iof view. The Denison affirmative
team was very strong. and had
worked like beavers" in the prepar-
alton. The teachers had also gone
over and over the arguments with the
debaters and drilled them in the most
effective method of presentation. AS
a result. the case Of the affirmative
was Systematically and carefully pre-
sented. The debaters did not duplicate
one another in argument. facts ano
figure we're skillfully generated and
it was pleasing indeed to the Densior
partisan to witness the brilliant way
in which this side of the debate was
presented. Miss Tucker was a sur
prise to those not knowing her ability.
With great earnestness and with APP
propriate gestures she led off in a
way to arouse the hope of the Denisor
spectators. In due time Lydia Belle
Kuehnle came forward. confident self
possessed. her arguments we'll in hand
and these were delivered with the
precision which we Americans think
the gunners at Manila used on the
Spanish fleet. Last for the affirma.
tive came Rowland Philbrook. the
pride of the school. He had been W
at Clarion and heard the question de.
bated there. He came with a chart
containing facts and figures as to the
cost of maintaining the military estab-
lishments by the Powers and their in
debtedness. largely caused through
war. He spoke rapidly SO to get
all he wanted to say in his time lin.
it. They could hardly have done bet.
ter. and we are proud of them.
\ The three young men from Onaws
soon showed that they had not re.
ceived the careful training which hae
been given their Denison opponents.
They did we'll. but were out classed
Each studied long and conscientiousll
on what they had to say and learned
it thoroughly. and are thus entitled tt
much credit. They made number Of
} strong points and in no way made {
failure of their case. Vernon Prich
; ard is much of an orator and hat
i. Onawa been able to send two more
!. in his class. the result would have
been in doubt. but he alone could no
win. The audience was careful t,
give the strangers loud rounds of ap-
plause and thus encourage them t,
host andoayor II ia hard hnuovor 4,