Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-13
DEBATE PLANS
SHOW PROGRESS
Work of League Formed in
1910 Showing Marked
Results

Austin Tev.. March O.. ndel
The supervision Of Dr. D.. d Shurter
professor Of public speaking in the
University the work OF The nebat
lne and Defamation League OF Texas
schools" is procressiug rapidly Or
Shurtet reports q large membership
In the league. and states that the
preliminary contests will hc entered
hy a large number OF contestants.
The league was organized ia 1871"
and last year held a debate opcn TO
an schools affiliated with the uni
yersity The Fl pasc high school
won first place and the Honey Grove
/ high school second place This year
the scope oi the League has been eN-
tended 20 include an schools n tn
state and q contest Co defamation
has been added. IS the object Of
the league Is 10 improve debating and
10 foster effective public speaking IN
the schools In preparation for citi-
7enship. the declarations must be-
prose and must be from some stand
ard author or prominent public
speaker preferably dealing with pres
ent day problems The subject mat
ter must be serious and for the pur
pose OF convincing the audience OF
the truth or falsity Of some propo-
sition or ideas The question for the
debate for this year is: Resolved,
That Texas should Adopt the lniti-
alive and Referendum"
rs prizes FOR the debate the nj
verslty offers debating scholarships
10 all the members of the two teams
which qualify for the final contest.
The Dallas News offers $50 worth
Of books to ,Ae winning school, and
the Martin q Hart company offers
Brewers Worlds Best Orations." a
ten volume set valued at $50. 20 the
school winning second place. Mr.
Eugene l. Harris of FL Paso, a grad
uate Of the University and last year
on the debating team, also offers a
handsome silver loving cup 10 the
school whose debating team wins first
place In the final contest The win
ming school Is to be the custodian OF
the cup for a year. and in case any
school wins the cup three years H.
succession It will become the perma
nent property OF that school
In the defamation contest Rand
McNally company offers $50 worth
OF hooks to the winning school, and
the Bobbs-Merrill company and Mr.
c. Qs Barton. Texas agent for the
Macmillan company. offer Sl5 and
$40 worth Of books respectively to
the school winning second place. Mr.
Francis W WoZencraft OF Dallas.
now a student al the university and
president OF the oratorical associa-
tion for the present session, offers
a 800 silver loving cup 70 ~ school
winning first place on the same CON
ditions as the cup In debate is offered
The contests are open 10 all bona
fide UNDERGRADUATE male students OF
the schools that are members Of the
league. provided the constants have
passing grades In an least three sub
iects AZ the time of the contest, and
IN the defamation contest. provided
the student has not passed his eight
zenith birthday ANY public or pri-
waite school in the state which Is be-
low COLLEGIATE rank. or that does not
confer degrees or call itself col
lece. may become a member OF the
league by paving sloo as mem
lcrship fee
The preliminary contests win he
hold In the near future The first
preliminary ie held in he counties
.ri the winners 20 10 the district
center for thc second preliminary.
Fha district winners go 10 Austin for
.N, state contest the FIRST week in
Mas. whore the Debating and Decla-
nation League has It's meeting ST
with the track meet
hold hy the univ ersitv for the high
schools and preparatory schools over
the state The Dallas county con-
tests have been postponed because
oi tho meningitis situation. bu: Will
hc held soon Mr. 3D. s. Frank. a
prominent attorney of the city and a
graduate of both the academic and
law departments of the University.
offers Two prizes for the Dallas cnun-
o. contest, 50 silver loving cop
for m school winning the debate
and q go" loving cup OF silver for
the school winning the defamation
contest The cnrs are Given ON the
same conditions as the state trophies.
Mr. Francis ". Wozencraft. donor
OF the state cup In defamation. will
De- IN the city an the week 90 aid in
the preparation for the preliminaries.
Tie will visit the schools over the
county, explaining the nature of the
league and the requirements for the