The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
The ST. PAUL BEBATE.
Our Boys Won." They Also Enjoyed
Their Trip in Other Ways.


Rah! Rah! Rah! Berg!
Hoorah! Virginia!
Hoorah! Virginia!
Such was the yell that split the
air of Duluth, ST. Paul and Mime
apolis when the hustlers from the
Roosevelt debating team and Glee
Club hove in sight in these several
communities. The debating team
and glee club can truly say of the
st. Paul trip, I'VE have met the enc
my and they are ours" for the trip
was a grand success from every
point of view. In the words of Dea n
W. S. Pattee, of the University Law
School, one of the Judges: rhe Vir.
ginia boys surpassed their oppon
entS in every point of the debate,
but particularly in argument and
delivery were ahead from start tot
tinish." Prof. Lange, principal OF
the Humboldt school, expressed
himself entirely satisfied with the
outcome, saying that "the decision
was fairly won by the Virginia boys
as they had shown themselves the
stronger of the two teams" These
sentiments were conCurred in by
Judge +. p. Wilson, of Saltwater,
another of the debate judges, as
likewise by the Chairman, S. J. Race,
of Minneapolis, who said that chad
the decision been left to vote of
the audience, Virginia would have
got it, though the people present
were largely from St. Paul." On ac-
count of the victory over St. Paul,
the Virginia students, teachers and
citizens generally, are much elated.
The St. Paul trip lasted from We'd
nesday morning, February 10 to
Sunday, February 23, and was a
continuous ovation for the team
and Glee Club, which had the
heart,est kind of reception every
where they appeared. AT the Cen.
trail high school in Duluth the boys
took in the laboratories, inspected
the museum, climbed the tower,
and ate soup in the basement; they
did some singing and yelling, made
a number of warm friends among
the students, and then proceeded
on their meteoric course. On the
St. Paul train the club gave a con-
cert OF about twenty songs, which
seemed to be highly appreciated by
the passengers. This was brought
to sudden close by the brakeman
calling out, Pine City," All got off
to get a glimpse of the home of
their former "worthy opponents"
Nothing in particular was to be
seen, and all that coulc be heard
was low wailing sound in the land
of "bad LOSERS" 50 all hopped on
the car just in the nick of time to
escape being left in that mournful
place.
At St. Paul the boys were met by
our five University students who
escorted them to the hotel. That
evening all went to hear the cele-
brated actor James O'Neill in his
Count of Monte Christo" A nun.
Der of the boys also heard him later
in the "Julius Caeser.' This was
truly literary treat. The next day
was largely spent viewing the
Capitol and calling upon the Gov
ernor who predicted that any of the
Virginia boys might some day be
called upon to occupy the office
now held by himself, throwing out
the hint also that it would not be a
bad idea to make all the prepara-
ton possible in securing a good
education, as he was sure that no
boy who chanced to land the lob
would ever find an education a bur
den to him, in the performance of
his duties. The Governor wished
the team success in the coming de-
bate and hoped they would get
what they came for, with 80 much
cordially that it helped out to a
considerable extent. Part of the
sightseeing in he Capitol was done
under the guidance of Private
Secretary Day,who was particularly
gracious to the boys from the Iron
Range.
The debating team Lambert Gill,
Axel Dahl, Edward Berg) then
made speeches in the House of Rep
resentatives, growing very elo-
quent in their defense of negro ed
ucation. While in the Capitol the
club gave quite a concert to an
audience made up from all parts
of the state. This was received with
much cheering and several encores.
As the boys weres singing, the
Pioneer Press artist appeared on
the scene and requested the club to
sit for picture for his paper, which
was granted. Several pictures we're
taken in different parts of the build.
ing, one of which appeared in the
Pioneer Press the next morning.
1 The debate was held in the and;
torium of the Central high school
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