The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
! SCHOOL men
DO GOOD WORK
County Masters Arrange a Sched-
ule for Debates Among
Orators of County
SESSION AT TOPPENISH
Is LARGELY ATTENDED
Organization Seems to Be Meet
ing the Needs of the Members
and Frequent Meetings Are the
Established Thing

Schoolmasters of Yakima county
appear to have established a particu-
larly strong working organization, and
they appear also to enjoy their gath
erings. Usually such associations meet
once or twice year. The Yakima
county men met a month ago in this
city, they met again yesterday at
| Toppenish 80 strong, and are planning
| on meeting again in the middle of
| January at some other town in the
county. There is great interest in their
proceedings, and an earnest desire ON
the part Of all the members to get
as much as possible out Of their as
ISOLATION for the benefit of the schools
of Yakima county.
Debates Are Planned.
| Rules have been made. in accord
ance with a resolution at the meeting
in this city, governing debates be-
tween "ie high schools of the county,
subject has been chosen and
schedule arranged. The subject chosen
| is: Resolved, That the president
the United States should be nominated
by direct primary. The first debate
will be held February %. The deter
mination of which side of the debate
each team would take was made nv
| lot by the committee and the result is
as follows:
| Springdale, affirmative, VS.. Wapato,
negative, at Wapato; Granger affirm
ative, vs. Zillah, negative. at Zillah;
Green Valley, affirmative, VS.. Outlook,
negative, at Green Valley; Grandyiew,
affirmative VS.. Sunnyside, negative,
at Grandview: Mabton, affirmative,
VS.. Byron. negative. at Mabton; Top
penish, affirmative. VS.. North Yakima,
negative, at Toppenish; Lower
Nao&es, affirmative, VS.. Selah. mega
tive, at Lower Naches; Upper Naches,
affirmative, vs. Cowiche, negative, at
Cowiche; Marks school, affirmative,
VS.. Academy, negative, at Academy;
Mckee, affirmative, VS.. Wide Hollow,
negative, at Mckee.
| Rules Of the Debate.
Each team shall consist of three
debaters, and they shall debate in the
following order and for the follow
ing time: Affirmative, first speaker
eight minutes; negative, first speaker
eight minutes affirmative, second
speaker eight minutes; negative, sec
ond speaker eight minutes; affirma-
tive third speaker eight: negative,
third speaker eight minutes; negative,
closing speaker, four minutes: affirm
alive, closing speaker, four minutes.
In the closing speeches the debaters
shall confine themselves to answering
arguments of their opponents or to
reiteration or calculation of argu-
ments previously made.
The expense Of the debate shall be
borne by the entertaining school. In
expenses shall he included the ex-
pens of the Judges. the cost Of secur-
ing a suitable room, etc, but 1t is not
Incumbent upon the entertaining team
to defray the expenses of the visiting
team. A teacher shall in all cases ac-
company the visiting team.
Judge shall decide all debates on
the following basis: Seventy-fve per
cent on argument and 25 per cent.
for effectiveness in presenting the
argument, the latter point to include
harmony between the different speak
ers or team work."
Those at Meeting.
Following are those who were pres
| emf Al IHe injecting dtfsloPbCHb'S N"'I
urday: G. w. Murphy Granger; Rod
ney .Ackley. North Yakima: Lynn II.
Smith, Toppenish;s f. G.. Bennett,
Glandview; j A. Jackson, 'Selah; L..
NJ. Fox, Springvale; J. w Witt, Out
look: X j. Knutson, Liberty; 8. s.
Busch, North Yakima; Fl. c. kinzie,
Cowiche, C. A. Martin, Cowiche; A. G..
Kellogg, Wapato; c. A. Payne. North
Yakima: C. j. Green, Toppenish; w.
p. Tyler, Byron Carl G. Helm. H. F..
Perrin and Charles r. Lewis, Sunny
side: G. F. Edwards. Alfalfa; Robert
A. McBain, Sunnyside: r. E. Gutin'
North Yakima: John Mather, Lincoln
school Toppenish; S. w. Ness. Wapa-
to; H. W. Ehlert. Toppensh A. g.
Davis, North Yakima E. T. Robinson.
Toppenish; r. r. Bell Ahtanun: L. t..
Mark. Wapato, and D. F. Olds, Top
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