Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-14
DEBATING E:AN|.
OF HIGH SCHOOL
Ii ADS STATE
Local Boys Win Champion
ship Friday At
Iowa City. &
FIRST TIME o. H. S.
TAKES THIS HONOR

! o. H. s. debating team, champions
of high school debaters In all of Iowa,
sounds good and it Is true.
The local trio, Will Koontz, Carl
Kreiner and Clarence Hinsey, brought
back with them from their visit to the
state university last night the state
debating champio nship, the first time
this honor has ever been won by the
Ottunlwa high school. They discussed
the government ownership Of rail.
roads.
That the school faculty, parents,
fellow students and friends OF the boys
and their excellent coach, L. A. Meyer,
are proud of the achievement is put
ting 1t mildly.
BOYS GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS
| Each Of the boys received four
years scholarship in Iowa State uni.
| versity and the school received beau
ttful loving cup as token of its splen.
did victory. This gives Clarence Hin.
sey, who is valedictorian of his class.
two scholarships.
The success ,of last night comes a.
climax to the most successful season
| of forensics known to the local high
| school. The victory over PumerOy AZ
Iowa City Friday makes the tenth con-
/ secutive victory scored by the local
lads.
The debate was held in the large
auditorium Of Science hall before =
small but appreciative audience. From
the very start the superiority of the
Ottumwa boys was apparent, both in
delivery, argument and technique Of
debating. The Pumeroy debatefs at
tempted flights Of oratory at times.
hoping thereby to influence the judges
by eloquence rather than logic. OF.
tumwa, however, having been excel
lently coached in the flne points OF the
game, and possessing rare natural
ability. overcame their opponents elo-
quence and delivered onslaught after
onslaught of statistics and logic that
fairly swept the audience from its feet.
Ottumwa was deserving Of more
than a two to one decision in the minds
Of many of the audience. The judges
were Professors Sloan, Dorcas and
Pierce.
LOCAL LADS suPEiNoR
For Pumeroy. Miss Mildrt Froburg
was strongest in delivery, lille Mar.
ion Hittenmark and Raymond Marble.
the two male members of the team.
were close seconds The work Of the
Ottumwa boys Is especially worthy 6f
mention. Will Koontz was in his old
time mastery form, displaying loren.
sic ability SURPRISING that Of many
speakers Of more mature age. Carl
Kreiner deserved to retain his title.
The Little Wonder" His main speech
made the audience sit up and notice
and his rebuttal was pronounced a big
feature Of the evening. Carl has plenty
OF dash, versatility and brains, and he
uses all these qualities unsparingly,
Clarence, Hinsey. third speaker OF
the Ottumwa team, displayed real
state championship FORM He has &C.
quired a polish Of delivery and flex-
Utility OF voice and gesture that is Re.
markable for one Of his age. Added
to that Clarence is absolutely reliable.
and possesses the keenest Of intellect
which makes 1t impossible for hisS op-
ponents to "get away" y
MANY FANS GO WITH BOYS
Among the enthusiastic fans who
followed the team to Iowa CITY were:
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Kreiner, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Hinsey, A. j. Majors, Supt.
H. B. Blackmar, Principal w. B. Rice.
r. E. West, John c Jordan, Rowe Hin
sey, Lloyd Lanning. Charles McClel-
land, Kenneth Murphy, Leo Love and
Mrs. Orville Linton.
The Ottumwa boys, Coach Meyer
and Mr.. Blackmar were entertained at 7
banquet at the Imperial hotel pre-
ceding the debate.
The unanimous verdict of those who
attended the debate is that OttumVa
may we'll be proud of her young debat-
ers and their coach, Mr.. Meyer who
has coached team Of debaters to
state honors before. the team becom.
ing champions Of Indiana in 1915.