Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-20

Oe01--) and it's development. Clifford l..
Rein. ~, law, u. Of Loup City, secretary
OF Delta Sigma Rho. gives an explanation
of the system
Pictures Of Teams.
The pictures OF the twenty-six Nebraska
debating teams the last thirteen years.
with a concise account OF each contest,
are given. followed by list Of the one
hundred and twenty-five students who
held membership in tho intercollegiate
Debate seminary; academic prizes, honors,
advanced degrees and positions at Nc
brasla and at eighteen other universities;
biographical sketches OF the hundred
and twenty-five members Of the seminary,
and list Of the high schools represented
In the seminary
The Omaha High school has seven grad
yates I'm this list and South Omaha two.
Lincoln leads with seventeen. The Omaha
representatives are:
Burdette G. Lewis "a. A. NJ (Wiscon-
sim 'O5, deputy commissioner Of correc-
tlon, New York city; Frank a. Peter
sen, 'O6, Law 10, Lincoln Arthur Jorgen-
sen, '0S, Toxic, japan; Joseph NJ. Sven
sen, 'OS. ex-Law 10. Sidney; Herbert B..
! Potter. 40. San Diego, Cal, Ben NJ.
! Cherrington. II. Young Mems Christian
| association secretary, University OF Cali
fornla; Maurice Clark, II, OF the uni
versity
Prof f. A. Ross OF the University o.
Nebraska from 1901 to 1906. contributes
ION the Squad" which appeared in tn,
Daily Nebraskan in 1908:
There was a young frcshie from Iincol
| frhOrFuhf hat ne ang n uFin
But a week on the squod
Made him murmur. 20 Lord,
I'm better at talldn' than thinkolnH'
Dedicated to Prof. FOgE.
The history is dedicated to Prof. Mile
Moore Fogg. professor Of rhetoric.
In tho Introductory article The. Sys
4 tenn" Mr.. Rein remarks:
, 1.-The System, as we are accustome
{ to call the method Of debate at Ne
braska, was established to achieve thrc
rather large purposes, and the publica
ton Of this booklet by the local chapte
OF Delta Sigma Rho is testimonial q
its belief that all three OF these object
have been substantially accomplished
. The system has afforded the generS
student body a fine opportunity to b,
come acquainted with the first principle
:, of augmentation and debate, 1t hs
u given special capacity and extra orator
e cal power to many persons whose profe
V sional equipment must include a yer
considerable fluency and effectiveness
public speech. Finally. it has brougi
intercollegiate debate, much above III
level OF ordinary college sports and mad
II an intellectual performance Of yer
high type"
University Debate.
university debate" says NJ. Raymon,
\ in "Arlna Viruneque" (the deeds and II
y, heroes) land the System of which It
- a part are now so thoroughly incorpo
= ated into the university's existence, an
!, So effectively correlated with the 9TH
q necessary features of it's work, that 1t
natural. especially for those who are
a very potent sense little less gradual,
OF the System than Of the university
self. to think of them as always havir
existed. SO TO think of them, hysSeve
is as great a mistake as to imagine the
al having sprung like Athena, fun arm,
from the heel of Zeus'
Before 1901. Mr.. Raymond continue
there had been at Nebraska little trail
ing in logical rhetoric, and the unive
sity's means OF inducing close reasonir
through classroom instruction were scan
In the extreme. Chancellor Andrew
realizing the need and appreciating Il
value of instruction along these line
called to the University Professor Mill
NJ. Fogg, who since the autumn OF Il
has besQ al. Jba head of this part Of Il