The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-03
WAYNEsVILLE WINS OEBTIF
Girl Dehaters From Mount DIV.
Defeated BY Boy Team in Ho.
Contest.

Chapel Hill.-Before an aud;o.
that taxed the capacity of Menu
Hall, Waynesville high school row.
ented by Vinson Smathers and D."
Francis, defeated the brilliant doSs!y
ers from Mount Olive high scboaT
Misses Gladys Andrews and ~
Lindsay. The debate came as thu nu'
NH'apation of one of the most Interest,"
closely contested events in tSs
history and high school DEBATING -
the state. The judges were PROT
sors HI. III. Williams, L. P. Mcch"'
Edwin Greenlaw, III. M. Wagstarf ~,
w. s. Barnard. The Aycock tronhS
cup was presented the winners nv ~
r. 0. Everett of Durham.
The debaters, led by President r..
ham, Mr.. e. r. Rankin and Mr., n
Everett, marched to the stage am,a
volume Of cheers. The youthful ID
baters showed surprising mastery =,
the subject matter and in the rebutt.I,
especially manifested mastery of thn
technique Of formal argument. Tb.
is the second time that a team a,
boys has debated with a team Of g,,l.
and the first time the boys have won
Both schools had the honor of havinY
both teams come through the prelimi.
naries, only one other school, Pleasant
Garden, attaining this honor.
Introducing the speakers Of tina
evening, President Graham declared
the high school debate to be the ha,.
piest occasion that the University
knows.
Vinson Smathers was the first AZ.
drmative speaker for Waynesville high
school. After referring to the chang.
ing social and political conditions, hs
laid down his three proposition; that
the present system of railroad owner
ship is wasteful in management; that
1t is q source Of corrupting political
influence; that the interstate com.
MERGE cannot correct these evils. He
believed government ownership the
only solution.
The first speaker on the negative for
Mount Olive was Miss Gladys An.
drews. She outlined her arugument
opposing government ownership, do.
claring that the whole scheme is I'm.
democratic and un(American; that
government ownership is unjust from
a political standpoint; that it is not
the proper function Of the govern
ment; that private ownership Is In
accord with American principles, and
that government ownership would ne
cessarily result in political corrup
ton. Miss Andrews spoke in con-
vincing manner and showed thor
ough mastery of the whole question.
Roy Francis completed the affirmt
tive argument. He insisted that gov
eminent ownership and operation is
practicable; he pointed out its great
success where it had been tried, and
made clear how it would be operated
for the interest of all the people. He
attributed Germany's efficiency to ih
aforementioned railways.
The last speaker for Mount Olive
on the negative was Miss Emma LIND
sey. After reviewing the points made
by her colleague, Miss Andrews, she
showed that government Ownership
was a most unwise policy from bus
mess standpoint. The experience thai
foreign nations have had with it does
not warrant it's adoption here, she Do
clared.
The high schools and the RESPECTIVE
debaters representing them in preceG
ing years are as follows:
1913-Pleasant Garden High School,
Grady Bowman and s. G. Hodgin'
-winston-Salem High School,
Charles Roddick and Clifton Eaton
1s16-Wilson High School; Lana
Rookh Fleming and Ethel Gardner
1916-Graham High School; Myrt"
Cooper and Boyd Harden.