The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-30
DEBATING RULES
are announced
~ ~ a..
High School League Activi-
ties for the Season AL.
ready Planned.
EXPECT MORE TO
ENTER
Defamation Feature is Also
Considered in Prelimin-
airy Announcement. ..

matter of special Importance to
all nigh schools throughout the state
Is the announcement of the new rnles
HHnu equation made out for the
North Dakota High School Debating
league and the high school declamas
tion contest. A bulletin containing
ttnese rules and regulations has Just
been received from the press and may
Se obtained by applying to High
ocnooi debating league, extension div
asion, University N. D.
IN the report of, the superintendent Of
public Instruction in the first. second
or third class has the privilege of
entering the contest. Schools des,r.
ing to do so u file their reristra.
!ion blanks on or before Noyember
10. AS soon as the registration blank.
are an IN on the above late each
versity of its opposing team.
This pairing is determined bv loca-
I,oh and railroad accommodations.
ny casting lots one school wins the
cnolce OF sides. while the other is
granted the privilege Of designating
the q for holding the debate. The
and h"tel) of the Visiting team uonr
pers9nsl and of the judges are Maid
by the local cam. '
inc trophy of the league js a hand
some cup of solid silver valued nj
$I25 and donated by the Grand Forks
tterald: The name of the school win.
Nins inc nhal contest each together
with the M of the successful do.
baters is engraved upon the cur. ANY
scnool successful in three final debates
Incomes the permanent possessor of
n cup. The winners thus far are
Leeds Ga10):: Minnewaukan G91D:
Leeds (lsl2): Grafton (l913.)
me question submitted for 1913-14
as perhaps u OF the most practical
vai"c aud vital interest to North Da-
kolans OF any thus far presented. II
as: .tesoived. hat in accordance
with the provision Of amendment No.
nv or the state constitution, North
Dakota should own and operate ter
minal elevators in Minnesota and
Amendment XIV of the North pa-
kota constitution reads: The leris.
lative assembly is hereby authorized
n empowered to provide by Law
Tor he erection, purchasing or leas-
ing n operation of one or more ter
minal grain elevators in the, states of
minnesota Or Wisconsin, or both, to
be maintained and operated in such
manner as the legislative assembly
shall prescribe. and provide for in
spection. weighing and grading of all
grain received in such. elevator OF
The final debate will be held at tho;
University of North Dakota at the
time Of the state high school confer.
ence IN May. The expenses of The
competing teams (three debaters and
one attendant, each) and of the
judges are paid by the university.
The second part of the pamphlet
Is devoted to the announcements re.
garding the high school defamation
contest which is held at the same
thirty schools are usually represented
III this contest.
in the ease of the debate every clas-
sjfed high school in the state is eiigi-
bic to take part in it, each school be-
Ing entitled to two representatives in
the competition. a boy and a girl. Six
prizes, are offered three for the boys
and three for the girls; the first in
each case amounting to $40 and the
second to 81, Inc the third to 81.
The sum Is not paid to the individual,
but to he school represented and is
to be used for the purchase Of books
or pictures for the school. The uni.
versity furnishes suitable plates for
marking books or pictures purchased
by the successful schools.
In the last contest Ethel Carney
and Willard Goodrie, both of Grafton,
won first place: Esther McCrossan of
Inkster n Howard DcLong of Grand
Forks won second place; Bernice Ball
Of st. Thomas and Gerard Oberg of
Washburn won third place.
In the matter of selections Of read
ings important changes in the regu-
lations are made his year. No selec-
ton Of a hackneyed, gruesome or
narrowing type of defamation, such
as "The 'Tell-Tale Heart 1.-THE Bur-
gOnlaster's DEATH" The Rum
Manias." The Inmate of the Dun
geon." will be accepted. and contest
ants will be limited to selections from
six specified authors (three English
and three Americansl and it Is de-.
sired that the students make their
" selections from these, since in
this way they will receive the greatest
l,cncit from the training Tna an.