The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-04-29
Al HIGH SCHOOL
TEAMS DEBATE
This Weeks in Finals at the
University. Wilson Will
Not Enter
THE RACE THIS YEAR

Chapel Hill, April 29.-IWo hlsn
school teams of two debaters each,
chosen by the process of elimina-
tion from 72O debaters entering
the first statewide preliminaries
on April 4th, viii face each other
in Memorial hall Friday night, May
End, in the final contest for State
honors. And the capacity taxing
audience of 1000 or more, judging
from past years, who will witness
the elimination of this speech max
ing program, vii. represent only
a small scale the estimated total
of $4,000 or more citizens who
have heard thse debates through
out the State this year. OF the
$50 schools who participated in the
first preliminaries on April 4th,
Al will send two teams to Chapel
Hill to scrap Tor the Aycock Mem
oria1 cup.
Once on the Hill, the affirmative
and negative teams which are to
face each other will be chosen by
the elimination process. The teams
on the affirmative will be divided
by lot into 10 sections or the first
preliminary to be held ON Thursday
night and teams ON the negative
side will likewise be divided by
lot into 10 sections for this pre-
liminary. From each of these sec
tions one team will be chosen for
second preliminary on Friday
morning, when the winners on each
side for the final contest will be
picked.
The fourth inter-scholastic ten
mis- tournament will be held on Fri
day morning, while the seventh au-
nual inter-scholatic track meet will
be staged Friday afternoon These
athletic events play a CONSPICUOUS
and most important port on the
high school week. program, al
though the debaters occupy the CEN
| ter of the stage. The Athletic sche-
l dule is already well filled with en-
tries.
The high school visitors, ac-
| companied by their superinten-
1 dents, principals, relatives. and
| friends will begin to pour into
Chapel Hill Wednesday for tho first
debate preliminaries and will con-
tfnue in steady stream thr ugh
out Thursday. The entire ul-lver-
| sity community will cooperate in
making tho sojourn of the visitors
both pleasant and profitable. All of
the high schoolN representatives and
officials will be met at the station
by a comitee and will be en-?
tertained by tho faculty and stud
ents without charges The students
will take care of the men and boys
in their dormitories and will CO.
operate in every way in giving the
guests of the University an en-
/ joyable time. Several of the coun-
try clubs will give smokers. Mem
bers of the University faculty
will act as judges in the prelimin-
aries and in the final debate, VIII
University students will act as Of
4 AIceTSj III Ino prei1m1nar1eS
Secretary E. R. Rankin expects
that altogether 40c visitors at least
will be present for the thigh
school week" events.
The following schools. Al in all,
won out in the first preliminaries
and will send representatives for
the finals:
Advance, Angler, Aulander Bel
haven, Bethel, Cameron, Canton
Carthage, Clemmons, Columbus
, Grouse, Dixie, Durham, Elizabeth
City, Goldsboro. Hertford, James
town, Kings Mountain, Lincolnton
Louisburg, Lucama, Manteo, nj i'd
dleburg, Mount GIIead, Mountain
Park, Mount Olive, Newton, Dol
| | Hill, Red Oak. Roanoke Rapids
Rockingham, Sand Hill, SCOTS, Sci
: Ina, South Buffalo, Southport. Ston,
Greek. Walkertown. Wesley Chapel