Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-05-05

has put every body in good humor.
The debate with the University of
Vermont. the Track Meet with the same
institution, and the Glee Club Concert
have already occurred. This afternoon
comes ball game with Springfield and
tonight the Junior Prom, Tomorrow
comes another ball game, followed by
the great Junior Play in the evening
MIDDLEBURY DEFEATS U. V, NJ. IN
BIG DEBATE.
In the debate between U. V, M. and
Middlebury in the college gymnasium
Wednesday night Mddlebury won the
unanimous decision of the judges.
The presiding officer was President
Thomas, The judges were Hon. M. w.
Webber, Professor Isaac Thomas, and
h. X. Olney, all of Rutland
The question was: Resolved, that the
United States should ask the A b c
powers to join her in defining and en-
forcing the Monroe Doctrine. Vermont
upheld the affirmative while Middlebury
took the negative, The speakers for
Vermont in order were T, H. lsham,
'l6, L. A. Woodward, Is and p r.
Johnson, 'l6, while those for Middle
bury were w. H. Edmunds, IT, j. j.
Floyd 'l6 and r. H. Buffum, 'l8. Each
was given ten minutes for the first
speech, after which there was an inter-
mission with music by the college or
chestra, and then each speaker had five
minutes for a rebuttal. The affirmative
took for their points to prove three
first that we should maintain the Mon
roe Doctrine, second that the A B c
powers could help us, and third that we
should ask them to do so. They ar
gued that both the A B c powers and
the United States were in danger and
that an alliance would be protective,
that the alliance would dispel distrust of
countries concerned, and that the alli-
ance would tie one step ahead in the
world peace movement. Mr.. Edmunds
of the negative showed six ways of ac-
complishing the same results sought
for by the alliance without entering the
alliance, thus escaping the dangers
which he proved would be imminent
should the proposition be carried. Mr..
Floyd of the negative entirely convinced
the audience by his enthusiasm, logic,
and clearness of thought, that the alli-
ance would be dangerous, that the
movement would not aid world peace,
but that the war in Europe was direct
outgrowth OF such an alliance and that
the A B c powers were totally unfit to
act in such capacity owing to their jeal-
GUS nature. Mr.. Buffum showed clearly
that the AB C powers would be no
material aid in case the United States
was at war with some other naticn,
owing to the fact that they were unable
even to protect their own coast, that if
the alliance were entered into and one
of the A B C. powers were to enter into
war, no matter what the cause, the
United States would be compelled to
enter also, that the alliance would be
defensive one, and then his final master
full stroke, that if the United States
should enter the alliance she would be |
signing her name to an underlined treaty, |
putting her own head in a moose, by the
very question itself, as the Doctrine
was to be defined after the alliance was
and it might be defined in any
way the A B &C powers should choose,
owing to the fact that they would out
vote the United States by three votes
to one in the alliance.
After the rebuttals, several of which
we're warmly delivered, the written de-
,isions of the judges were collected,
Turing which time DR.. Thomas spoke
If the merits of Intercollegiate debates
and the good to be gained from them.
On opening the decisions it was found
hat they were unanimously in favor of
the negative, giving Middlebury the
80.