The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-02-04
THE SCHOOL DEBATE.
BY sEIp wAppELL.

FRIDAY, Jan. =, generous taste o
U. c. T. SIS enthusiasm and geniu
was given the public at a connecting o
the two societies, Alpha Epsilon an,
Epsilon Rho, when their regular join
debate was held.
The societies met in the main hall o
the Training School building, the Gus
tomary meeting place Of the Epsilon
Rios, which was profuseIy decorated il
colors, the Maroon and White, OF the
Alphas, and the Gold and Black, Of the
Epsilons.
When President league, of this fac.
ton, called the house to order, select
and good sized crowd Of outs iders had
assembled, among which were such per
sonalities as Attorney General ID. j.
Caldwell, Brothers Hudgins and New
bill, Uncle Jerry Cloar and d. p. Cald-
we'll. A number of the Junior Review
Club were also present and few pupils
from the Public School.
The connecting was begun with the
reading of the minutes OF the f. r, S
by their secretary, Miss Clara Parks,
who concluded by giving the program.
The first on program was the rendering
OF a potpourri by the Training School
Quartette, which was done in most
plausible style. Following this was a
recitation given by Miss Virginia Swig-
gart, Susan Ciegg in a Department
Store. ;" The young lady is the secre-
tary Of the Alpha Epsilon Society, and
her recitation was an enjoyable feature
of the occasion. Next in order was a
defamation by Delbert Wilson, paper
on the Literature Of Italy, Japan, Rus
sia and Germany by Seid Waddell, and
another recitation, The Mouse" rem
dered by Miss Clara Parks. Miss Parks
is member Of the Epsilon Rho Society
and her great talent as a renderer OF
monologues is well known and highly
appreciated.
After the concluding Of this part of
the program President league vacated
the chair and gave it over to President
Mitchell, Of the Alpha Epsilon faction,
who took up the thread Of business
where it had been left off with much
enthusiasm. After he had selected the
Judges for the afternoon, Brothers New
bill and Hudgins and Mrs. Kelser, and
they had been consented to by both
parties concerned, the subject for dis
cussion was announced: Resolved; That
Capital Punishment Should Be Abol-
ished; the negative side being held by
the Alpha Epsilons, represented by John
Waddell and John Harrison; the affirm
ative by the Epsilon Rios, represented
by league and Connors.
league, as champion Of his cause,
plunged into oratory enthusiastically
md led his listeners down through the
,averns of language into world OF facts
md ideas where he showed them many
pictures. BY this time
leagues genius as a debater is well
ecognized fact to the students of the
chool He is very enthusiastic and
ften sensational speaker and apparent
Y takes great delight III rendering
ubiect which gives him chance to ex- |
ress patriotic feelings. He knows the $
rt of debatement from A to q, and the I
action which he represents well might 9
& proud OF him. He has won three
lint debates for them and lost none. n
lis speech on this occasion was charac-
ristic and scarcely defective in respect y
, manner of delivery, argument and e
Spression. He drew applause from 2
le crowd time after time, and when he =
tired the room buzzed with exclama- r
ons Of approval. T
The next speaker, John Waddell, up te
1lder of the negative side Of the ques- - -
IN, was introduced His speech was ii
ear and concise and full of interest, cl
ffering very much, however, from tn
,ague's. He stated the old Mosaic OF
lw in regard to punishment and drew =
rgely upon the Bible. He showed
at it was not mercy to turn criminals
ose upon an unsuspecting public and
at it was indispensable that some way |
devised to make those inclined to-
.rd crime cease from their wrong
ing.
Mr.. Waddell was followed by Con-
rs, who took up the argument where
ague, his colleague, had left off.
nnors also is very different speaker .,
m league, Connors very lawyer in e.
oratorieal abilities. As to voice, sa
inner and ideas he is clear, clean-cut Ga
logical as any Sheridan or Burke in