The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-08
Superintendent Rose of Boise
Succeeds in Having De-
cision Reversed.
CALDWELL Is THE GOAT
Executive Committee of League Blow
Hot and Cold-Write One Thing to
Supt. Greene of Caldwell and
Another to Supt. Rose of Boise, Ac-
cording to the Latter Gentleman.

Caldwell has long borne an envia-
Bile reputation in debate, the College
of Idaho winning the championship
intlleir contests for some years.
When the Caldwell High School
won the championship of the high
schools of this section of the state it
was generally felt that they had fairly
earned a hard-fought victory, of which
every citizen of Canyon county might
we'll feel proud.
Then came the action of Supt. Rose
of the Boise High, who claimed that
by rule of a former rule, not in the
constitution of the league and at var
lance with the rules governing the
contests just finished, Boise should be
acclaimed the winner of the champion
ship
The following statement of the case
is from the pen of an officer of the
league and presents all the facts per-
linent
Legal Opinion With Caldwell.
Caldwell wins over Boise accord
ing to all legal advice. The claims of
the Caldwell and Boise debating teams
in regard to the constitution of the
league were yesterday referred to
number of disinterested lawyers and
was their unanimous opinion that
there IS nothing contained therein
which could infer the Interpretation
given by Mr.. Rose and the two men,
bers of the executive committee de-
Gliding in his favor.
The decisions of Mr. Knipe of EN-
NETT and Mr.. Crandall of Idaho Falls
who with Mr. Greene of Caldwell
compose the executive committee
are intended, it seems, to favor Boise,
but are conflicting in the extreme. Mr..
Knipe reports to Caldwell that as the
executive committee has no judicial
power according to the constitution
he can give no decision, while Boise
reports his decision in their favor.
They likewise claim Mr.. Crandall's
vote, who however makes the follow
ing statements in his letter to Cald-
we'll:
II am in hearty accord with you
in that all decisions for this season
10, hoeaI <6o
stitution. / fail to see where Prin.
Roses objection holds good. In fact,
it looks to me that Prin. Rose an
swered his own objection in regard to
the lowest sum of ranks in the posi-
ton he took regarding the case OF
the Judge who marked his decision
at variance with his sum of ranks"
The method of deciding debates as
provided in the constitution is given
in one clause: Teams receiving the
lowest sum of ranks win" The judges
grade each contestant and the one re.
ceiving the highest grade receives
rank l, the next rank 2, and so on; thus
the low ranks are desirau.e. The
ranks are then added and the team
receiving the lowest sum wins. II
the se-Caldwell debate Boise''
sum of ranks was SO, while Caldwelr'
was 80. Two judges wrote decisions
for Caldwell and one gave It to Boise
One Judge however, made mistake
in his figures so that when they were
corrected his lowest sum of ranks
went to Boise, and they claimed TIL
decision by the constitution. But thi
left the total sum of ranks still II
Caldwelrs favor, with two judges TO
Boise. Though the matter OF Judge
vote is not mentioned in the constitu
ton, Mr.. Rose claims that It was il
an older and discarded article usc'
some years ago. The present consti
tn ion was made by Mr.. Knipe of EN-
NETT and Mr.. Crandall OF Idaho Fall
under the counsel of Mr.. Rose, VIII
claims to be father of the organize
ton. 1t appears that in appealing t
these men they admit having left on
this provision and so decide that
should be there.
In all debates this season Caldwe
has won from any standpoint consid
cred, getting all three decisions in =