The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-07
SHALL We PAY TOLL
THROUGH CANAL :?
QUESTION TO BE DECIDED ny
RISING YOUNG SCHOLARS OF
VIRGINIA.
RIGHTS OF
COLLEGIANs TO DISCUSS MATTERS
OF MOMENT FOR TRIANGULAR
PRIZE IN DEBATEH%
CONTEST.

Especial TO The Richmond VirEiuian)
ASHLAND, VA, March 6.-ouce
more the time ~ the college year
it mt hand. whom the colleges OF
southern Nirginian send uut their
young debaters TO compete with their
rivals for laurels in the literary line
Randolph Macon has. many weeks
ago, selected her men through the
means If preliminary debates and
for many weeks the literary hall walls
have sounded and resoguded with
their voices and the liehJs la their
rooms have been bufuiug long at
night after their fellow students
rooms We're darkened
Much is before them and they are
doing faithful prepar4Hon for the
long looked for event he debates
Friday night not a ul..e depends ON
the two little words victory or
defeat"
First, Randolph Macon is depend
ing on them to win the Two cups
which are mp in the contest. and sec
ond, all that goes with Il success or
a failure in an INTERCOLLEGIATE debate
in regard to themselves VIII he de-
cided.
As an incentive to the young ora
tors to work for these intercollegiate
debates the rival college have form
is awarded a silver cup on which is
inscribed the name OF the winning
dehaters
Two years ago Randolph Macon,
Richmond college and William and
Mary formed a debating league, The
same year Randolph Macon and
Emory and Henry college formed a
series of three debates, one for that
year and one for each Of the fol-
1f.y ir1tr ts,F4
dolph- Macon won the triangular de-
bate cup, and also tied up the series
of three with Emory and Henry
Both the triangular debate and the
deciding debate of the two year series
Of three viii be held Friday night.
Randolph Macon wilt have two men
at Richmond to Oppose Richmond col
lege, two men at Roanoke against
Emory and Henry college, and two
men at home, Opposing the team from
William aEd Mary.
1t is hard to tell which of the two
series is arousing the more interest
thongho nc is a tri-ce4fege event. The
reason is that the other has been run
ming for two years.
The rivalry among the four colleges
runs high and each college, no doubt,
has chosen as good men as it can
boast
The same question sill be debated
by all three of the colleges In the tri-
angular debate, the team at hom6 de-
Tending the affirmative side At home
and the negative side away from
home.
The debating team sent 10 Rich
mond college will be composed of
Messrs, w II. CardweIl and G. d.
Naylor
The judges will be Bishop O.Connen,
Professor Hancock and Mr.. J. IL,
Price.
The team at home opposing VIII
liam and Mary college Will be Messrs.
Ernest /. Copley and John Il. Spann.
Mr. NJ, +. Handy will preside over the
debate. Mr.. g. + NJ. Shelley VIII he
the chief marshal The judges viii be
the Hon. X, +. Byrd Rev ID, X. THY
and Mr.. ii. NJ. smith, Jr. The team
from William and Mary is MIR q. G.
Outland and Mr. 4. c. Warbufton.
The two debaters sent from Ran
doiph-Macon against Emory and
Henry are Messrs r, NJ. Wray and
w. S. Long, Mr., c. z. Amory is
managing the debate for Randolph
Macon, and Mr.. W. S. Deyerle is time
keeper. Mayor MuomaW. of Roanoke.
will preside over this debate, which
viii be held IN the auditorium of the
business College of Roanoke.
Randolph Macon is well represent
ed on all of these debates, and she
anticipates capturing two silver cups
Friday night
The question to be debated against
Emory and Henry is Resolved. That
IL is to the best interest of the United
States to preserve the rights and
powers of the Individual States"
The one against William and Mary
and Richmond colleges. Resolved
That the United States is justified in
e&emptine coastwise vessels from toll
for passage through the Panama
canal