Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
WIN At HOME; LOSE ABROAD
Omaha Debaters Beat Des Moines,
Defeated by Kansas City.
JUDGES ARE DIVIDED HERE
Unanimous DecisiOn Reached at Kaw-
Town, Due to Clever Rebuttal--
Des MOines win at
Home.

Omaha High school won and lost a debate
last night The contest between Des Mones
and Omaha, at Omaha, was decided in
favor OF Omaha, while an adverse decision
was received In the debate with Kansas
City, at Kansas City. Two to one was the
verdict Of the judges in the home debate.
while the decision was unanimous at Kan
sas City. The question was the same in
both places.
The Omaha debate was held at the
Creighton auditorium and was presided
over by Principal E. U. Graft OF the high
school The question debated was: Re
solved That the government should encour-
age competition to the extent Of prohibit
ing any form Of artificial monopoly, granted
that the necessary laws are constitutional
and practical and that the so-called natural
monopolles are not to be considered"
Omaha had the affirmative at home and
the negative away, thus Des Mones was
compelled to take the negative side at
Omaha.
The Omaha squad was composed of Rich
ard Barnes, Harold Moon and Paul Byers,
while Des Moines was represented by Harl
Eslick, Miss Scioto Meadow and Robert
Dodson. Barnes took the rebuttal for
Omaha and Bslick for Des Moines.
The judges Of the arguments were: Sup
erintendent j. II. Beveridge of Council
Bluffs, Superintendent N. M. Graham,
president of the Nebraska Teachers as
ISOLATION, Of South Omaha, and Prof. NJ. NJ.
Fogg head of the department of rhetoric
at the University OF Nebraska.
The Omaha team had a little the better
of 1t in the rebuttal and decidedly were
better in their delivery.
A fairly good sized crowd attended the
debate, and while the judges were making
their decision the Omaha High School Glee
club gave a selection.
Defeat at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, March 1S.-(Specal Tele-
gram I'm the debate between the West
port High school and the Omaha High
school held in the auditorium of the West
port High school tonight, the decision was
awarded to westport.
westport had the affirmative; Omaha the
negative The speakers on the affirmative
were Sidney L. Altschuler. Della M. York
and Elmo II. Robinson; those on the
negative we're George Grimes Fred Rypins
and Maurice ShilHngton. Good arguments
were put forth by both sides but the ex-
cellent rebuttal OF Elmo H. Robinson for
the affirmative did much toward winning
the debate for Westport
The judges for the debate were DR..
Isador Loeb of the University OF Missouri;
w. j. Hawkins president Of Warrensburg
State Normal school, and Miss Belle
Whittrock, principal of the Leavenworth,
Kans., High school.
Des MOInes Wins at Home.
DES MONIES, March 1S-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The West High school debating
team won the Des Moines corner of the
triangular debate with Westport Kansas
City debating team here tonight. Maurice
Harrison, Miss Luella Clark and Norman
Scott argued the affirmative for Des
Moines and they were opposed by Donald
Black, Leland Hazard and Harry Pain
Dexter OF Kansas City. The judges of the
debate were Prof w. F. Coover Iowa
State college; Principal Maisy Schreiner,
Ames High school, and Rev. w. j. Men
chin, Ames, Ia. The victory was awarded
to Des Molnes by a vote of to l. The
question was the same in the three cities.