The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-13

Great in football, great in basket
ball, great in debate, is the Mt. Ver-
non high school
Before an audience, Friday night,
which packed the high school audi
torium to the limit, the Mt. Vernon
affirmative team defeated GAINESVILLE
highs negative team completely, win
ming the debate unanimously.
Mt. Vernon's negative team, which
invaded Newark won the unanimous
decision Of the judges in that city,
whose teams have won and led the
triangular debate for so many years
The question was: Resolved, That
immigration to the United States
should be prohibited for period GOV.
ering the next five years.
Prosecuting Attorney Paul M. Ash
baugh presided at the debate.
The auditorium was. gaily decorat-
ed with the high school colors, or
ange and black, with school pennants
nicely arranged, and with flowers and
ferns tastefully set. The time after
the debate was given over to the sing
ing of school songs and the chanting
of yells, ably led by Lyman CARRIER.
The whole audience cheered for vic
tory, which they knew would come
after such an able display of oratory
and debate tactics. And 1t came!
The judges presiding here were:
Prof. A. II. Meade of Ohio Wesleyan
university, Prof. II. p. McCutcheon of
DenisOn university and Prof. C. A.
Fritz OF Otterbein university.
The teams debating here were as
follows:
Mt. Vernon Affirmative Grace
Ogg. George Crumley, Mary Dowds;
alternate, Charles Copper.
| GAINESVILLE Negative--,Iamie Irvine,
Byron Gregg, Walter Young, Bessie
La RuE.
The first part of the debate ran on
as the usual contest, each debater
doing his level best to put across the
great task to which he was assigned.
The third speaker on the negative
team threw the irst stone In the
fire by asking the affirmative II there
was in history any country In the
world that had ever tried n flve.year
ban on immigration and succeeded
| Ix.,ttl 4, ~, -.
started, 1t was test of wits, the
most complete and telling point of
vantage being attained when George
Crumley shattered their literacy test
of the present with knockout blow
which brought loud and long applause
from the audience. The negative had
seemingly rested their victory upon
the clinching OF this one point. They
claimed that the government. after a
process of years, had arrived at the
present system. The affirmative won
by showing that It was upon the in
effectiveness Of this very system tC
accomplish It's results that they
staged their fight.
The next great point which the neg
ative attempted to establish was the
great usefulness of the consular ex
aminations of immigrants at foreign
ports. The affirmative, with The
right answer to hand. showed then
that the. law, while good, was not Of
fectve in that the foreign ocuntrie!
themselves had never allowed tn,
United States representatives to ex
ecute the law. ~
Throughout the debate, the local or
, ators showed their superior prspara
. tion for the contest. Their coachin,
revealed minute knowledge OF tn
= game as it is played by the best. Mos
effective In showing the exact cond
:, tons here was the use of the poste
d display of figures.
h Miss Ogg was chosen to lead ol
the discussion, and her powers OF ors
r tory and felicity OF delivery made he
!. an ideal speaker for first place on tn
l. team.
George Crumley clinched his SCI
ond place we'll, but lay in wait "a
the chance he needed in rebuttal.
Then came tho oratory OF the evel
d Ing, Miss Dowds clinching the Who'll
v argument with logic and vivid cold
r, The battler for the negative wa
$ Walter Young, who sensed the gres
points completely and might hav