The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-02-11
FA|RMONT WAS WINNER
GOT AWAY WITH THE DE-
BATE LAST NIGHT
Students Discussed the Cues
ton of the Open and
Closed Shop

ne aIHrmdtIVc team OF thS
Mankato high school consisting of
William Paden, Harriet Nerbovig,
and Robert Pfau defeated their
opponents, Olaf Prytten, Frank
REESE, and Dorothy Luther by a
three to nothing decision of the
question, "ResoIved, that the open
shop is more preferable to the
closed shop in our industrial sys-
tenn" at Albert Lea last evening. A
good sized and Intensely interest
ed audience greeted the debaters.
The Mankato aggregation sur.
passed their opponents, not ony
on points of material but OF de.
were Superintendent r. 1. irle,
Wells; Miss Mildred Robinson,
principal, Austin; and Superinten-
r. II. Lewis, Northwood, Iowa.
First Baptist church, presided at
Fairmont defeated Albert Lea at
Fairmont, last night, two to one.
This debate was a portion OF
the triangular meet. IN wnicn
were Esirmont, five votes; Man
kato, three votes; Albert Lea, one
vote. -, .J
with Faribault.
Much enthusiasm was shown az
the debate last night when the Man
kato orators lost to Fairmont, to "
On both sides the teams showed
much preparation and a real under
standing of the question, Resolved
That the open shop is preferable to
the closed shop in our lndustrlal
system" IN. 49,.
The program began with two
songs by the girls Glee club, Rest,
and 1.-THE Cavalry" which were very
nicely sung and showed Miss Cot
toms excellent training.
The first speaker on the anlrma'
tive, Marland Wolf, delivered MS
argument in such a way that 1t made
a very good impression on the au-
dience. He defined the question te
be decided and based his argumen
on examples of cities where botl
systems were used and a compari'
son that proved his side Of the case.
The first speaker on the negative
was Lawrence Fowler. He has 9
straightforward manner Of delivery
His argument was based on how
the union benefits the worker by
short hours, better pay and better
working and living conditions.
Howard Haycraft, the SECOND
speaker for Fairmont discussed tne
First. that the union is an auto.
cratic organization and next that II
was unAmerican. This speaker hao
some good arguments and gave sta
tistics that were very convincing.
For the Negative. u.s
The second speaker on the mega
tive was Conrad Olson. He diScuss-
ed the question from the standpoint
that closed shops benefit all classes
concerned, employer and employee
Also, the public were at an advan'
quality of merchandise il made under
the supervision of skilled union men
Olson spoke very distinctly, Whlcf
was a point in his favor.
Roland Nolte, the last speaker OF
the Fairmont team summed up the
other speakers arguments and gave
a new system whereby the prlnc1
pies of the union could be MAINTAIN
ed and at the same time some OF the
unjust demands OF the unions couiC
be settled to the advantage OF al
concerned.
Margaret Wise was the last de-
batter Of the Mankato team and hel
arguments were that the CLOSED
shop was in accordance with Amer
lean principles and was the means
of uplifting the working classes.
The rebuttal was fast and furious
and both teams showed a great
knowledge and understanding of the
subject. Fowler of the Kato team
gave some especially good rebuttals
and Wolf Of Fairmont was also ex'
cellent.
The judges were DR.. Milo Price
principal of Pillsbury Academy
ira Morrison, head of the public
speaking department of the higf
school at Owatonna, and DR.. E. z
Carleton of Gustayus Adolphus col
lege.