The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-03-29

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| schoolmates and friends. He showed
that there are more strikes per month
in the United States than per year in
the countries where compulsory arbi-
| tration has been adopted. for which
figures we've given by the chart of
the negative, and that. altho Canada
| was 80 per cent efficient, the af-
firmative modelled their compulsory
arbitration plan after one which had
been tiled out in New York for sew
| eral years and had been found to be
100 per cent efficient. Tho time was
tions on the paper. he answered a
number of them in such logical
and original manner that the students
| # c. C. H. S. were now sure that
| victory was theirs. For the past two
years Sinden has been notorious in
the high school for his witty and
| clever rebuttals in debate. and he
rose to the height of his power in
that respect Saturday night.
The judges were Ex-Governor Jas.
| H. L tdDOuy, II. w AAOoo anu IL y =
Homer Dickson.
| The high school students feel deep
| ly indebted to Lieut.. T. ID. Harris
for his untiring efforts in coaching
| that the success of the team was due
to the efficient training of Prof. Har-
ris. as well as to the rare ability and
diligent research of the debaters
| themselves.
That the Canon City high school
faculty and students and their friends
are justly proud OF such a coach and
such a team was shown by their
loyal support Saturday night in their
large attendance. enthusiastic ap-
plause and hea. ~ congratulations
when the forensic battle was over.
Hunter Palmer and Max Hardy
won their two to one decision from
the Centennial team because of su-
perior logic. more forceful argument
and better system in placing their
matter before the judges.
They outclassed their opponents
both in their construction and Iebuttal
spee hes. Mr.. Palmer displayed
e gccial ability IN lis Iebuttai tax.
kno King the pins icoIn under every
arsument advanced by the ruebloaus.
Mr.. Hardy shone best in his construct
i've eGoits, making a splendid imp es-
son with b0th audience and judges.
A,,t ,,,,,cb ouff,.,- ..,,..r, a. -'..--s s,
Pueblo over the debate The auI.Jo-
rum of the Centennial high sclIool
VIII hold about two thousand ople.
There were not over one hundI ed pres
ent.
The judges in Pueblo were c. C.
Brown. Florence; Walter Wilder OF
the Chieftain. Pueblo. and Peter Ster-
ling of Canon City.
T. ID. Harris of the Canon City
high school faculty presided over the
debate.
One of the strongest points of the
affirmative was the justice of the pro-
posed compulsory arbitration. which
they said limited the absolute free
dom of the Individual in order TO Sc
cure the greatest good 10 the great
est number OF people. The public.
not directly connected with either cap
iial or labor, should be protected by
compulsory arbitration from the re-
suits of such disasters as the Pullman
strike, the Colorado coal strike and
Ike thIeatened railroad strike of last
Il land last week. The speakers
further stated that strikes are inc cas-
ing in intensity and thai to protect
the public from the disasters OF
strikes. compulsory arbitration should
be adopted.
The negative. striving to prove the
inefhcacy of compulsory arbitration.
named it as undemocratic. unneces-
sary and unsuccessful. Compulsory
arbitration was branded by them as
being involuntary seryitude and there
ore foreign to the ideals of American
liberty. Voluntary arbitration, medi-
alton and conciliation, they advocated
instead of compulsory arbitration.
New Zealand in particular was cited
rs a country VIE e n compulsory ar
, bitration was not success.
Pueblo won their debate in Denver,
so that they were even on the even
ing's battle. Canon City won both
of her debates and Denver lost both.
! 'flIisnisS the second time North Canon
HI. has won Jintwo stra ght years.
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