The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-05-04
DEBATING LEAGUE A SUCCESS
Loving Cup Goes TO Rich
mond Team

mond Team
The Eastern Kentucky High School
Debating League closed its first sea-
son Monday night, May 1st. with a
grand tournament at Berea. Interest
ran high in the four winning teams
that came from their dictricts TO
compete for the championship Of
Eastern Kentucky. The debaters
were full of pep" and enthusiasm
and came prepared to speak on either
side of the question. The team from
the Stanton Academy came down by
automobile, and though they did not
carry back first place they are happy
in the fact that they won the silver
cup in the Hazard district and that
they made strong fight in the pre-
liminary at Berea for first place.
Their speakers were Malcolm
Strange, William Mansfield and Hell
en- Mckinney. Miss Alice NJ Child,
a former teacher in Berea, was the
conductor Of the Stanton party. Pro-
fessor Shipp, from Pineville. was on
hand with three stalwart young de
baters from the beautiful little city
Of the upper Cumberland The spea.
kers for the Pineville High School
were Hugh Card. Clifford Strunk and
r. II. Shipp, Jr From the metropo.
lis of south central Kentucky. SOM
erset. came Mrs. r. II. HILL Prin-
cipal of the High School. with Geo.
Bruce Miller, Creston Gragg. and
Miss Jean Talbot, as debaters. From
our sister city and county seat, Rich
mond, came the heroes of the day.
Miss Pauline Ward. Lafon Wilson
and Harold Gabby.
All of the teams represented in the
tournament showed unusual ability
in meeting the argument Of their op-
ponents. 1t was a tilt back and
forth, not in mere word singing, but
in earnest attacks upon fundamental
points. Two of the teams drew for
sides, and the winners of the two pre-
liminaries chose for sides for the final
debate. Somerset and Richmond were
the lucky teams in the prelminaries,
and they battled to a finish in the
main auditorium meeting at night.
Somerset, tho defeated, deserves spe-
cial mention for debating in the
finals at night on the negative side,
while they won in the preliminary in
the afternoon on the affirmative side.
This is real debating. 1t must also
be said that Richmond won against
Somerset in the final on the affirma.
tive side, while they defeated Somer.
set earlier in the season on the neg
alive side of the question.
On the same evening of the debat-
ing tournament was held an oratorical
contest to determine the champion
orator for Eastern Kentucky. Mr..
Easton Elliott, Of Pikeville High
School, Miss Edith Eastin. of Stan
ton Academy, Mr.. Herbert Rollins. Of
Pineville High School, Mr.. George
Bruce Miller, of Somerset High
School, and Mr.. Will S. Gilbert. of
the Model High School, Richmond
were the speakers. Mr.. Gilbert won
in the final contest. A silver loving
cup was awarded by The Citizen to
the winners of the debate, and a gold
medal was given by the Shriners'
Club of Berea to the winning orator.
The winners of the debate and ora
ton will represent Eastern Kentucky
in the state contest at Lexington,
Thursday and Friday of this week.
The entire debating movement among
high schools in Kentucky is being
fostered by the University Extension
of the State University and the Ex-
tension Department, of Berea College.