The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-10
BUTTE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOLS TO MEET
IN FINISH.
FIRST EVENT OF MEET
"Pcsolvcd That United States Senators
Should Be Elected by the Direct
Vote OF the People" Is the Question
Cup and Medal Are Offered as
Prizes TO the Winners.

Tho debating championship of the
high school debating league of Mon
tana win be decided this evening.
when the teams representing the Butte
and jefferson county high schools
meet In the final contest of the year.
This will be the FIRST event of the
annual interscholastlc program and IL
one which commands. perhaps. as
much interest as does any other dur
ing the week. The debate will UNI
doubtcdly be a good one. Both teams
have been working hard in prepara-
tion for the contest and 1t should be
the best high school debate which
Mlssoula people have ever had the OPP
portunity of hearing.
The question. Resolved. That the
United states Senators should Hc
Elected by the Direct Vote of the
People" Is one which was debated by
the university teams last year. II
was found at that time To- be "A good
question ami the two sides To the arg
ument arc very evenly balanced. So
far In the league debates the number
of victories for either side have been
practically the same.
The Teams.
The Butt" team, which X composed
of Albert Dorais. Jack Yayton and
Walter Small. win take the negative
of the question. while the Boulder
people. Lulu Tuttle. Miss Mildred
Hines aud Walter Wilson. will have
slight advantage In taking the side
ttfl lfftl.
tire year
Since these two teams are the un-
defeated champions of their respective
districts. the debate this evening will
lie interesting Ia the extreme Tho
Boulder team Is composed OF young
stcrs. two girls and hoy The girls
are II and IS, respectively. and the
boy Is but II. The boy, however. Is
"A bright debatcr, according to all re-
ports. and his rebultal IL especially
clear and to the point. Boulder has a
reputation for turDing out good debat-
ing teams. During the first year of
the contest II was defeated only by
Hamilton. the winner of the state
championship, and contested against
Forsyth. the champion team, in the
final contest last year. This will be
the second time, then, that IL has
reached the final stage and the
Boulder people are determined to win
thls year. The reports of their work
have all been favorable and their
team appears to be very strong one.
This Is the first time that Butte has
ever been "A really serious competitor
for the debating honors. Two years
ago IL entered the lists but was de-
feated early in the game. Last year.
however. was devoted entirely To in
tra-school debating and "A lot of good
material was worked up in this man
ner. This year. therefore. the Butte
people sprung decided surprise up
on the rest Of the state by winning
from the start and they are deter
mined to win out. The team Is COM
posed entirely of boys. all of whom
have had at least a years experience
In this sort of work. and IL going to
make a strong showing tonight.
The Judges.
The contest between these two
teams viii indeed be royal one and
one well worth hearing. The judges
on the debate will be w. Is. Greeley,
district forester: County Attorney T..
G. Mulroney and Lieutenant r. W
Wlnton of the Sixth infantry. The
judges on the Dixon medal. which is
to be awarded to the best individual
debater viii be: Dr A. H. Cox Of
the state university, Dr J. j. Buckley
and Attorney V S, kutchin. Professor
@. +. Reynolds. as president of the
debating league will preside.
The first check on the season ticket
viii give admission 10 this contest