The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Amherst to Debate
Problems of Labor
With Vassar Girls
First Time in 100 Years 1t Has
Entered the Lists Against
Women's College.

AMHERST. March lS.--Foc the FIRST
| time in It's 100 years history Amherst
will on April Is meet the team OF q
! womans college---Vassar--in an inter
collegiate debate. Vassar had refused
invitations to debate from at least four
mems colleges. but prompt acceptance
forwarded on January 10 by G. A.
I Goebel, '22. president of Amherst's de-
! batting council
The debate will deal with the general
field OF arbitration in industrial dis
putes. The dennite question viii be
telegraphed TO each college on March ~
by DIR. Felix FTankfurtcr OF the lIar-
ward Law School. Vassar has chosen
20 argue the Affirmative. The main
speeches will be eight minutes in length
o.!c sax minutes rebottal VIII DC allowed
Zach speaker. There VIII De three speak
ols for each team. The judges, not con-
uected in any way with either insriru-
tion. viii be chosen by the Amherst
council.
Colgate Yanquished by vassar.
yassar. unlike Amherst, mas already
;, tried coeducational debating. Her first
contest OF this sort took place several
years ago with Colgate. The latter col
tcse did not believe that Judges could
I lnlpartiaily decide the results or such
debate and stipulated shat the. l
should De no decision. The followin.,
year debate with Judges was held be-
tween tne two Institutions Wulch re-
suited ~ unaninlvus decision IN favor
1 oI Nassar. Following this contest
Vassar was challenged by one OF the
Princeton halls" but the board or the
"a,
learning OF the negotiations, organized
student opinion against the contest, and
lively exchange of personalities fol-
| lowed
A debate with Lafayette was Vas
sars next undertaking. This step was
probably due to the fact that President
Henry Noble MacCracken OF Vassar is
a brother of John MacCracken, president
4 of Lafayette. Vassar again won a
unanimous decision from the judges An
interesting incident took place during
this contest when the chairman of the
Vassar team requested the moderator
Prof. Burgess Johnson. an Amherst
graduate, to forfeit the debate to the
Vassar team because of alleged viola
tion by Lafayette OF pre-arranged rules
concerning the introduction OF new ma
terial in rebuttal. The request was over
ruled. but the unanimous decision Of the
judges voting by ballot was for Vassar
Vassar Is at present In a debating
league with five other Eastern women's
coileges-Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley
Radcliffe and Barnard-and holds the
\ greatest number of victories to her
credit in that league. In addition to the
debates in this group Vassar Is sched-
uled to meet Brown this year at Pough-
keepsie.
Victories for Amherst.
Amherst has had a successful debat-
Ing season thus far. In the annual
triangular contest between the Little
Three" Amherst. Williams and Wes-
leyan, the question Of the prohibition
1 by international agreement of private
ly manufactured munitions was argued
Amherst at home defeated Williams, 80.
losing to Wesleyan at Middletown by
2-1. The fact that Wesleyan lost to
Williams. FL gave Amherst technical
victory. as she secured points to wes-
leyan's . and Williams's 2. Amherst
was represented at home by A. G.
Mathews. '23, OF White Plains. n. T.,
and III. w. Smart. "a, OF Amherst. Her
visiting team was composed OF J. ii.
Morrfck, 20, OF Wilbraham. Mass, and
8. y. Nichols, '22, Of Elkhart. Ind.
On January 2S the same question was
argued at home and abroad with Yale.
4 The home team. composed Of G. S.
Rauschenbash. 20, OF Rochester, n. Y,
and B. ]. Williams, "a, of Tulsa, Okla,
won a unanimous decision from the
| judges, but j. II. Merrck, %. and S. b.
| Nichols. 20, lost by the same score at
New Haven.
/ The debate with Springfield College, at
Springfield on February IT, was won by
Amherst, 2-1. The winning team was
composed OF A. l.. Lorimer, '23, or Chico
pee Miss, and ID. l.. Greene, 20, of Upper
Montclair. N. J. The question debated
concerned the adoption Of the New York
State bill on the compulsory arbitration
OF Industrial disputes. A debate with
Clark College Is scheduled to be held at
! Worcester. Lorimer and Smith will
represent Amherst
1 Throughout the season Amherst has
pursued the policy OF using a different
team for each debate In order TO give
opportunity to as many men as possible.
Some OF the most able debaters In coll
lege, G. A. Goebel. '22. OF Rochester, N.
Y: +. T. Plimpton. %. OF New York,
". Y; G. X. j.. Cochrane. '22. OF Roch-
ester, ~. Y, and Il. w. Eames, 90, OF
Buffalo. n. r., have not yet partici-
pated. II is expected that the personnel
OF the team to meet Vassar will be
selected from these men with the addi-
ton of 9. $. Rauschenbush, '22.