The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
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:. la Sides shall be chosen by
l. agreement, or. by lot, and
place of contest chosen by
losing team. tArticle 8, Sec
ton 2. There can be no dis
pute as to place of contest;
One side has absolute right
of choice.
(b) Judges shall be chosen
by agreement or by a CON-
mittee of three. ..(Article 1877
), 18. Debating Board has no power
concerning choice of sides or place
of debate; an exclusive method is
Provided-a method which permits
no dispute. Boards action of April
9 is in error.
Respectfully submitted,
LAFAYETTE BLISS,
Director Eighth District,
Virginia, Minnesota.
Dated April IA, 1903.
LOUIS NJ. OSBORN,
(U. of NJ. OO)
Attorney. ~ Virginia, MINI.
FINDINGS IN FULL OF DEBATING
BOARD.
In the controversy between the
Minneapolis North Side High
School and the Virginia High
School debating teams, referred to
the University Debating Board for
investigation and settlement the
findings are as follows:
l. Since the Constitution of the
League sanctions the use of charts
in a debate, it is fair to rule that
such charts should be 80 placed
while on exhibition as to be readily
seen by the opposing side. If a
chart cannot be. easily and conven.
ient)y inspected from the platform,
it is the common practice to permit
a member OF the opposing side to
leave the platform for the purpose
of making more careful examina-
ton of such exhibit.
1t appears to us that substan.
tial right was denied to the North
Side High School .debaters when
one of their team was deprived of
the privilege of leaving the plat
form for the purpose of making
more careful examination of the
charts while the debate was in pro-
gress and the exhibits were on dis
play.
2. The Constitution also distinct
ly permits the negative to interrupt
the last speaker ION the affirmative
during his rebuttal speech for the
purpose of protesting the introduce.
ton of new evidence when such
evidence is not used to rebut
statement previously made in the
course of the debate in the opinion
OF the opposing speakers. If a
speaker on the negative arises to
raise that point of order. the pre-.
siding officer is bound to permit
the objection to bel stated. 1t is his
duty then to rule on the objection,
either sustaining it and ordering
the new matter thrown out, or re-
fusing to sustain it and permitting
the speaker to continue for his al
lotted time, not counting time lost
through the interruption.
3. 1t is the unanimous opinion
of the Board that the debate be-
tween Virginia and the Minneapolis
North Side High School should be
and is hereby declared to be invalid
under the Constitution and estab-
lished practice of the League.
The University Debating Board.
Minneapolis, April 9, 1908
Having been informed that there
is question as to what the Debat
ing Board meant by it's decision of
the 4th inst. in regard to the debate
between Virginia and North High
and in order to settle any dispute
WHICH may arse IN TINS connection
| las provided for in Const. art. l3-
disputes) the Board this day met
and ruled as follows: Upon it's
ruling of the 4th inst the Board
supposed that it would be taken for
granted that Virginia and North
High would debate the same ques-
ton again at once, taking the same
sides. with change of Judges, and
correcting conduct of debate. The
Board now so orders. Furthermore,
it 10 ruled that this debate shall be
held not later than the oath inst,
the final to be held either MAY LIST
or Sth as shall be agreed upon by
the two contestants in that contest.
Very respectfully yours,
The UNIVERSITY DEBATING BOARD
BY H. c. Deering, Sec.
"Fair'' Contest.