The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-04-07
KITZMILLER CHAMPIONS
In the Debates Held on Last Friday
Evening.

IN lHe DeDdteS delQ on Last FRIDAY
Evening.
The debating team of the KitZmil
Ter High School won the decision over
the team of the Garrett County High
School in the contest held under the
auspices of the High School Public
Discussion League of Maryland, in
the auditorium of the Garrett County
High School, Oakland, last Friday ev-
ening on the question "Should the
United States adopt some form of
compulsory Military Training" The
Oakland team argued the affirmative
side and Kitzmiller the negative.
Though the home team made a very
creditable showing, the Kitzmiller
representatives were clearly superior
in ease and force of delivery and the
judges decided unanimously in their
favor.
A large and interested audience was
present and gave the speakers the
closest attention throughout the de-
bate. The musical program by girls
of the local high school was well
rendered and well received by the
audience. The complete program fol-
lows:
Chorus, Welcome to the Springtime
.............G. C. H. S. girls
Solo, Face to Face. Geraldine Maffett
Solo, A Small Rose Elizabeth Dixon
Debate, "Should the United States
adopt some system of compulsory
Military Training?" Affirmative,
Garrett County High School; neg
ative, Kitzmiller High School.
Affirmative Negative
Virginia DuVall. .......H Harry Wilson
Norine DeBerry ..... Evelyn Cough
Richard Sanner. ...... .Hulda Bishop
Piano solo, Dance of the Winds
Observation-Disclosures. Rebecca White
Negative in rebuttal. Harry Wilson
Affirmative in rebuttalVirginia DuVall
Announcement of decision.
Mr. R. E. Sliger, chairman; Mrs.
E. z. Tower, Miss Laura Henshaw,
Mr.. j. A. fowler, judges.
The disappointment of Oakland in
failing to win the contest with Kitz-
miller was somewhat relieved by the
fact that the Oakland team which ar
gued the negative side of the same
question on the same evening won
the debate with the Grantsville affirm
ative team at Grantsville. In the de-
bate at Kitzmiller, the Kitzmiller
affirmative won the decision over the
Grantsville negative. Thus the coun-
ty championship in the series of de
bates goes to the boys and girls of
the lively little mining town on the
banks of the Potomac
At Grantsville, Prof w. F. Kauff-
man the presiding officer The judges
were J. o. Getty, c. A. Bender and G.
C. Keller. The Grantsville affirmative
team, Myra Custer, leader; Irma
Swauger and Mary Miller, debated
against the negative team of Oakland
High School. The judges decision was
two to one in favor of the Oakland
negative, composed of Minnie Holt
schneider, leader; Harold Harvey and
Scott Shirer.
At Kitzmiller, R. Cook Howard was
chairman of the meeting. The judges
were Mr.. Jones, of Shellmar; John
Shore and John A. Long, of Kitzmil-
Ter. The Kitzmiller High School af-
firmative team, Norma McRobie, lead
er; Margaret Miller and Frank Raj
ter, debated against the negative
team from Grantsville High School,
composed of Paul Custer, leader; Mel
vim burst and Floyd Miller. The de-
cision of the judges was unanimous in
favor of the Kitzmiller High School.
Garrett county high schools are to
be commended for the fine conduct of
their representatives and the beaut;-
full spirit of hospitality that was &C
corded the visiting teams. The win
ming teams were sincere in extending
to the vanquished feeling of appre-
citation for their noble efforts, while
the losing teams in each debate ac-
knowledged that the better team had
rightly won the judges decision.