The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-07

Inc Gfeene county CluD IN the
State Normal School at Johnson City
this year is made up of several mem
bers. All are making excellent rec
ords in the school, but one, who has
honored the school as we'll as himself,
and of whom de are very proud, by
the excellent work he has done on the
Inter Normal debatink teams is Mr..
]. Castro Emerson.
Mr.. Emerson probably has a rec
ord which no other Normal School
student has, or has ever had, in the
history of the school, and why
shouldn't the Normal School and old
Greene County be proudNof him? He
was always eager to take part in
public contest of any kind, and has
been in contests in grammar school,
high school, university and Normal
school, and yet he has his first time to
be defeated.
He is an orator of marked ability,
and in 1915, when student in Chat
tanooga University, was selected by
the Faculty of that institution as
Glass Orator. So we'll did he do this
work that in the very same year, he
was selected by the same school as
Society Representative in the Chatta-
nooga University Inter-Society Ora
torical Contest.
When he came to the Normal
school for the finishing touches of his
education, he at once won place of
honor, and place for which nearly
all of the young men of the school
strive. The first year he was here,
1917, he won first affirmative on the
East Tennessee State Normal debat-
ing team, and went to Memphis to
meet and defeat the West Tennessee
State Normal school. This, he and
his colleague easily did, and honors
were brought to our school.
This year our team went to Muir
freesboro to the Middle Tennessee
State Normal school, and that school
had never had been defeated at home
Practically all of the boys were work
ing for a place on the debating teams
but if one should have asked them if
they would rather go to Middle Ten
nessee or stay at h6me-the majority
would say, "Stay at home;;" but En-
erson said, "Let me go, I'll win"
When the try-out was over, and the
teams elected, to the delight of all
Emerson was selected as first affir-
native. When the day arrived for
him to leave for Middle Tennessee,
every one had faith in Emerson, and
were resting assured that he would
win the debate with the help of his
colleague.
He tells US that after he had been
in Murfreesboro only few hours
that actually some of the students of
that school had expressed their hopes
of his winning the debate.
Did he win? Well, l guess. The
decision was unanimous in favor of
the affirmative.
The Normal school is proud of him,
but l say old Greene County should
be much prouder, for it is his home,
and it was a Greene County boy who
honored himself by winning an honor
for East Tennessee State Normal
school. That's why we are proud of
of him.
There has never been student |
in the Normal school who has taken
more active interest in his work than
has Emerson. He is ready and will
ing to work in full accord with the
best interests of the school.
We predict for him a brilliant fu-
ture, and know that he will be called i
to fields of higher endeavor. He has
ambition, determination, enthusiasm,
Ia desire to accomplish something
and be of real worth. He has an ac-
tive mind and one thathas been well
trained.
We trust that he will ever find
field of service commensurate with
his ability and his worth, and that as
years go by, we shall then be saying
as now: Hurrah, for Emersonl