Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-05-01
Jamestown C0LlEGfI
WINS THE STATE
ORAT0R|CAL CONTEST
ALSO WINS IN JAMESTOWN DE.
BATE WITH STATE
NORMAL.

score Oh VICTORIOUS aCCalQmeQCS IN 1CS
debating and oratorical contests held
Friday night in the annual state ora
torical contest at Fargo, and the de-
bate at jamestown between three
college students and three students
of the State Normal at Valley City.
In the state oratorical contest at
Fargo, held at the Agricultural Col
lege, Leo Taylor of Jamestown Col
lege won the contest, and Melvin Hill
dreth of Fargo college was given sec
ond place. The winners will COM
pete for interstate honors next June,
with representatives from South Da-
kota and Minnesota. In the debate
at Fargo Mr.. Taylor took for his sub
ject, 'Our New American" repre-
sented by the immigrant. Concern
ing his address the Fargo Courier
News says:
His Grafton showed careful prep
aration and thought; his delivery
was good. He carried out the idea
that with us as Americans rests the
future of the immigrant, and with
his future rests that of our republic.
He pointed out that immigration is
a great problem at the present time,
economically as we'll as socially. The
speaker gave evidence to show it's
real. value to the United States. In
closing he stated that out of the un-
ion of nations would arise one great
and powerful nation, which would
be the United States"
Melvin Hildreth, winner of second
place, showed the best finish and
training of any of the speakers. His
oration was ''The Citizen Patriot"
in which he carried out the idea that
the statesman of today who is In
politics for the real good that he can
do his fellow men is the real patriot.
He is Of the type which wears no
uniform and carries no gun, and who
must at times fight his friends.
The other speakers in the contest
were Ruel WIFI of the Agricultural
College, whose subject was "The
Coming of the Average Man." He
divided men into two classes, the
privileged class and the working
class, the latter being described as
the average.
Frances Templeton of the state
university spoke on the Nineteenth
Century 1nsurgent," and Clifford
Chatwood of the Wahpeton Science
school took for his topic High
Treason ..- ...
The judges were Supt. West of
GAINESVILLE, Minn., Supt. Sherarts of
Detroit, Mimi, and Rev. H. P. Coop
er of Casselton, N. D. The presid-
ing officer was Mr.. Shever. After
the program the home economics de-
partment of the college rendered a
reception to the contestants, judges
and friends, at Ceres hail.
Debate at jamestown.
An animated and interesting de-
bate was held Friday night at the
Presbyterian church, by debaters
from the Valley City Normal and the
jamestown College. The question
considered was Resolved: That it
would be for the best interests Of all
people of the United States for the
government to own and control the
coal mines"
The Valley City representatives
were Blanche Stevens, Raymond
McLees and Paula Kittel.
The jamestown College team con-
sisted Of r. L. Colvin, Edna L'Moore
and VIM. Lands.
The judges we're Supt. Nelson Sou
vain of Casselton; DR.. C.. w. Harris,
Bismarck, and Atty. A. M. Baldwin,
Cooperstown. The Judges awarded
the decision, to Jamestown College
team, who maintained the negative
side of the question, the Normal
team taking the affirmative side.
The Valley City debaters'' strong
points appeared in the division and
organization Of their argument and
and the effective summary Of the
points which they made. Under the
terms Of the discussion the question
had to be confined to the proposition
Of the government owning and con-
trolling the coal mines Of the coun-
try. The point was brought out by
tho Valley City debaters that the
government might own, but lease to
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