Putnam patriot., 1917-04-27
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES


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 t"irler. This week Wednesday, Put
 nam played Webster at Putnam and on Saturday goes to Willimantic. Earl
 Hughes was elected Captain of this years team
 Invitations for the "Junior Prom'' have been sent out. This is to be held in the P. Ii. $. Assembly hall at eight o'clock, this Friday night Tivnan,s orchestra Of Worcester will,supply the music. The patronesses are Miss Keith,
 Miss Bowler, Miss Hesrlz, Miss Lewis,
 Miss Suydam, Miss Donovan, Miss Osborne, Mrs. Handy, Mrs. Chsiloner, r,
 Mrs. Penny, Miss Kent, Miss White. The Putnam K illingly H. s. Debate was held in ,the High school hall at Danielson on Friday evening, April 20. The result, announced after a half hours coufetence of the judges, was decision of two to one in favor Of Killingly.
 The question was as ft flows: Re. solved, that assuming that league of powers 10 enforce peace comes into ex- istence after the present war, the United States should so depart from it's traditional policies as to participa in the league.
 A brief summary of the arguments presented by each speaker is given below.
 The first speaker for the affirmative was Percy $. Richardson, who ar gued that the U. s. owes 1t to the world to support any advance tow ard lasting peace, and in this connection he showed how the League to enforce Peace, though not absolutely certain to prevent all war, would certainly de- crease the number of conflicts. He then proved that result of decrease in war would be smaller expenditure for armament. Last, he brought evi. dence that a failure on the part of the U. $. to join such a league, assuming as the question did its formation, would be the commercial ruin of the U. $.
 The first speaker for the negative, Miss Alice Wells, argued that to join the league would be to abandon the Monroe Doctrine, whose origin, de- velopment and benefits she traced, pleading that if the U. s. bound itself to interference in European policies, she must allow European interference in the Western Hemisphere, and urg ing us still to adhere to Washington's and Jefierson's advice against "entang- ling alliances"
 Miss Hazel Perry, second speaker for the negative, showed how advice good In Washinton's time does not ap ply now when the U. $. whether she wishes or not "has been elected citi zen of the worldn and Is intimately as the present war situa- tion proves, in the affairs of the old world. She showed how we had won the Revolution by an alliance with France, how the Monroe Doctrine it. self was practically an alliance with Europe, and how at the end of this war, we would face such situation as without some alliance or some scheme force us to tremendous armament, since the balance of power in Europe will be destroyed, Germany will stili desire hold in South America and Japan will be jealous of our aggress- ions in the east.
 The second speaker on the negative, which, he said, has proved ad- vantageous already, is much safer, and more likely to succeed than world league. This would have to be given up if the U. $. joined league to len force peace.
 The third speaker for the affirmative was Byron Wilcox, who gave the paper prepared by Miss Ruth Child, whose illness had forced her to be ab- sent. Her arguments were that the joining of such a league would enable the U. E. most justly and safely to en- fore. the Monroe Doctrine, in so far as the Monroe Doctrone means the pro. lection of the American Republics The affirmative held that in SO far as 1t is interpreted to justify aggression by the U. Sit ought not to be enforced. Miss Child then on the basis established by Miss Perry that the isolation of the U. s. is impossible, considered two much discussed possible alliances, an Anglo American and the Pan.Amen- can. The:former was impossible, as Great Britain and her allies have al- ready profiessed their willingness to join league to enforce Peace, the for nation of which the resolution ss. The latter is impossible be- cause South America, according to eminent authorities, distrusts the U. and fears her domination while her natural affiliations are not interconti- mental but racial, binding her to the Latin races of Europe, not to the Anglo Saxon of Martin America.
 The, last speaker for the negative, Miss Gladys Gallup, urged the dangers of the Ieague: That the nations do not