Evening star., 1909-07-16
Subjects for Public Debates.

Subjects for Public Debates.
The following list of subjects for pub
lie debates is suggested:
WAS Henry Hudson justified or not in
sailing to America in 1909 under his con-
tract with the Dutch East India Com
pany?"
Were the Dutch or the English best
entitled to the territory called Ne"
Netherland?'
Did the presence of Indians in this
state on the whole promote or hinder
the coming OF civilization?"
eff the British had controlled the Hud-
son river in the war OF the revolution
could the colonies have won their indie
pendence?'
(which has conferred the greater bene-
fits on mankind the steamboat or the
steam locomotive?"
(Which has had the greater influence on
the prosperity of the state, the Hudson
river or the Erie canal?"
(Which did the most for the advance
ment of civilization, Henry Hudson or
Robert Fulton?"
The discovery of the Hudson river and
the invention OF steam navigation offer
a wide range OF subjects for essays and
compositions few subjects are sug-
gested as follows:
"State of Geographical knowledge In
1907
"The Sea Kings of England and Holland
and What They Did for Free Naviga-
ton"
instruments Used in Navigation In
Hudson's Time.
"The League of the Iroquois."
"The River Indians and How They Re
ceived Hudson"
Legends OF the Indians"
The settlement of New Netherland."
THE Fur Trade of New Netherland.
How the Beaver Influenced the History
of New York"
"Customs of the Dutch Settlers
"The Relation of the Hudson River to
the History Of the State"
Robert Fulton, the Inventor
'Futons Debt to Other Inventors.
Progress in Steam Navigation in 100
Years.
"Description of an Ocean Voyage in
| 1909"
"The Scenery of the Hudson River"
Legends of the Hudson River
The Rank of the Hudson River with
| Other Rivers of the United States
"The Influence of the Erie Canal on the
Development of New York City and
| State
Series of Tableaux.
The New York committee also suggests
series of tahleaux to be presented by
the pupils of the public schools and the
students Of academies. seminaries and
ANAAN
can be obtained. and it recommends a
large variety of subjects, such as: THE
Purchase OF Manhattan Island by Peter
Minuet From the Indians in 1125, THE
Council Between Gov Peter Stuyvesant
and the Indians at Albany (Fort Or
range)," Henry Hudson Signing His Con-
tract With the Dutch East India Com
pany,' Hudson Studying His Globes
u
Moon,' Hudson. Trying to Conciliate
His Unruiy Crew Near Nova Zembla, -
His Welcome by the Friendly Hudson
River Indians The Famous Feast Near
the City OF Hudson. When the Indians
Broke Their Bows and Arrows to Show
Their Friendship
Robert Fulton's life suggests several
subjects for tableaux. Irving's Sketch
Book can be drawn upon for legends OF
the Hudson river, and Cooper's Leather
Stocking Tales will suggest many pic
turesque groups.
The committee recommends that Satur-
day, October = be celebrated as a chill
drens festival in memory of Henry Hud-
son and Robert Fulton, with such pro-
gram as will impress upon the little ones
the facts and the significance of the event
it Is intended to celebrate.
Avoiding references to books that are
expensive difficult to obtain, and accu-
rate account of Hudsons life and voy-
ages can be obtained in Asher's Henry
Hudson, the Navigator, John Fske
Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America
and Bacon's Henry Hudson: The set
tlement of the river by the Dutch is ac-
curately described in Fiske's Dutch and
Quaker Colonies the first volume OF
James Grant Wilson's Memorial History
of New York and The Story of New
Netherland," by William Eliot Griffis.
while an admirable account of Fultons
achievements may be found in a little
book recently published for ~ cents
copy by the knickerbocker Press OF New
York. entitled The Story of Robert Full
ton" by Peyton F. Miller