Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-13
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING TEAMS
SCORE VICTORY OVER FORT
DODGE AND MASON CITY.
WIN EACH DECISION
BY ONE VOTE
Victory Over Fort Dodge Regarded -
lmpertant-Mason City Loses Both
centssss, Fort Dodge GstN,s I'm
animeus Decision at Mason City
Large Audience Hears pebatsrs.

Marshalltown high school debating
teams scored double vistory in tho
triangular debate held Friday night
securing two zone decision over Fl.
Dodge here, and over Mason City at
Mason City. Fort Dodge won q unani-
nous decision over Mason City at
Fort Dodge. giving the former high
school one victory and one defeat Ma
son City was unfortunate enough to
lose both at home and abroad.
Presenting their arguments in clear
and concise style. with strong con-
structive speeches and decisive rebuff
tails. the Marshalltown team triumphed
over TT, Dodge at the local high school.
before a large audience. Fort Dodge
presented strong team, one which
has won from both Council Bluffs and
Sioux City before this year, and which
came here confident Of winning.
The closing rebuttal speech Of Clar-
ence Nordwall, of Fort Dodge. was
the strongest speech made by the OPP
position, while in the opinion of the
judges, Ada Spencer. OF Marshalltown.
presented the best argument for the To-
Gals in the rebuttal speeches. The con-
Estructive speeches of both sides were
good, with Marshal1town having a
shade the better Of the argument all
the way thru.
Judge Pays Compliment
A high compliment was paid to the
local team by Superintendent Eugene
Henley, of Grinnell. one Of the judges.
Mr.. Henley said that as matter OF
fact, he was somewhat opposed to the
the municipal ownership of street rail-
ways, but that he felt in duty bound to
give the decision to the affirmative on
the excellence of the debate. Prof. G.
T. Hickok, Of Coe College, Cedar Rap
ids, voted for the negative. He said 1t
was the first time in ten years exper-
fence of judging that he had been on
the losing side. Superintendent Palmer
and the debaters from Mason City did
not return until this noon, as the train
from the north was two and a hair
hours late. The victory over Fort
Dodge here is all the more to the credit
of the local team, as Fort Dodge has
won thirty-six out of the last forty
debates it has engaged in, and nearly
all by unanimous decisions.
List Of Dsbaters.
Those who debated here for Mar
shalltown, were Francis Wilcox, Ada
Spencer and Hazel Gordon, and for Fort
Dodge, Violet Blakely, Behring Belt
and Clarence Nordwall. At Mason City
Clemwell Lay, Lee Price and Lucille
Rubee debated against Isabel BlodSett.
Max Eglofe and Millicent Griffith. or
Mason City The judges here were
Rev. George Bryant and Prof. c. T.
Hickok, Of Cedar Rapids; and Super
intendent Eugene Henley, Of Grinnell.
Have Done Careful Wark.
The Marshalltown teams have been
preparing for these debates for months
past, and have been carefully coached
both in the literary end and the deliv-
cry Of their speeches. Miss Mary Paul
Of the English department. and Princi-
pal Shirley coached the affirmative
team which debated here. while Miss
Florence Stewart and Mrs. Aaron Pal
mer had charge of the negative team
which won at Mason City. Rev. r. B.
Davidson and Miss Ruth Hayner
coached both teams as to delivery and
expression.