Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-04
DEFEATS LOCAL TEAM HERE AND
WINS FROM WATERLOO At
FORT DODGE.
MARSHALLTOWN TEAM
GETS SECOND PLACE
Waterloo pehsters Defeated Both at
Waterloo and Fort Dodse-Jud9ss
Give Fort Dodge Team Unanimous
Decision Over Local Affirmative
Team-Loeal Negative Team Wins.

/ TWO teams OF the Fort Dodge high
school. debating the negative here. and
1 me affirmative side of the question al
, home Won Two OF the three debates
OF the triangular contest held here, al
/ Waterloo. and at Fort Dodge Friday
night. The team from this city, that
debated from the negative standpoint
a. Waterloo, won in that city. giving
the local school second place. Water
loos teams lost both at home and a,
Fort Dodge.
This city's affirmative team that won
at Cedar Rapids week ago, was beat
en- here, and the negative team that
lost 10 Cedar Rapids here in the pre-
liminary debate. won at Waterloo. The
question was, Resolved, ,ha; a grad
uated income lax, with an exemption OF
all incomes below $4,000 per annurn,
would be a desirable modification o.
our federal system Of taxation. consti-
| tut!onality granted"
Decision Was Unanimous.
The judges who decided the local de-
bate gave Fort Dodge a unanimous YER
diet. The Fort Dodge affirmative team
| that debated at home was given the
victory by decision Of . 20 /. and the
! Marshalltown negative team mat Won
! at Waterloo was given a 2to-1 decis-
! ion.
Fort Dodge won fairly here, az the
:! speakers representing the school great
| ~ surpassed the local students in the
manner and method of the presentation
! Of their argument No such great DIFF
ference in the merits Of the argun7a ant
/ thems selves. however. existed Miss
! Agnes Claypool the girl member Of the
! Fo-. Dodge team. SURPASSED any OF her
/ teammates in the forcetulnesS OF the
presenta.ion Of her arguments. All
! those who took part. however. acduit-
ted them selves with honors. and show
ed that they had spent much time IN
prepare ton.
The List Of .he pebe+ers.
The home team. that denied the reed
of the income tax was made up OF
! Harmon Stanton. Donald Elder. and
Homer Cough Cough opened the de-
bate FOR his team. Fort Dodge was
reresented by Miss Agnes Clavnool
Paul GustafSon. and Granger Mitchell
and Gustafson opened the main argu.
merits for his team.
The judges ve-e Prof G. r. Austin
of C1rinnell: z. C. Ehe-sole. of Toledo
and c. ] Wonser of Tama.
The Marsta!Itown negative team tha
debated At Waterloo was cornoosed Of
Harold Opoice. Clifford Mfchaels. and
Maurice Bernstain. Their Waterloo Oh.
moments rvAra Palph Marsh. Florence
Dewa-, md Frey Wray
TIE Fort Dodge team that debate al
Fort Dodge comprosed John Butler
Ruth Sherry. and Keith Soavde Wa.
terion vas represented by Joe Chan
mar. Charl Narfie1d ard Lewis Cobb
The Judges were Harvey Inghan. o
Des Moines: L. n McConloeue. o.
Mason City; ard Prof. A. V. Storm. o
Ames
Rev. James MCGEE was chairman o
the debate held here. and Mr.. George
Bike Il Waterloo LAWYER presided a
the debate held in that city.
At Waterloo q reception was ar
ranged for the visiting Narshalltowy
team the Waterloo students entertain
ing for the visitors in the AUDITORIUM
of the school building. Following thu
reception Mrs Olive Humphrey mother
of Mrs. Aaron Palmer entertained Mr.
Palmer and the m en- hers Of the debat
ing tea m at an oyster supper.