Evening star., 1926-03-21
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TWICE THIS WEEK
Local Team Contests With
Universities of Arizona
and Wyoming.

The Catholic University debating
Team is facing IL heavy schedule this
week at home. Tomorrow evening
atS members will meet debaterS from
The University of Arizona. Friday
evening the same team will encoun-
Ter the representatives of the Cnlver-
Sliy of Wyoming. Both of these de-
bates will he held in the assembly
1"om of McMahon Hall and will begin
promptly at S:l5 o'clock.
In View of the approaching con
tests. interest in debating on the
campus is keen. The c. L. team is
being coached by Joseph English, di-
rector of dramatics and public sepak-
ing.
This is Catholic University's first
year of activity in intercollegiate de
batting circles. The teams debut was
made in the form of Il decisive vic
tory over the strong Fordham Uni
Hcrsity team of New York. To Ed
ward Currau of Bangor, Me. presi-
don't of the Shahan Debating Society,
should 80 the major share of credit
Tor the success of the enterprise. Mr.
Cur1an is a law student.
Two-Man Contests.
Both of the debates this week will
be tWo-man contests. and John j.
Meng of cleveland, Ohio, and Bren-
dent Brown of Omaha. Nebr., will
argue for the Red and Black on both
occasions. The question for both de
bates is the same, Resolved, That
the constitution of the United States
should he amended to give Congress
the power to regulate child labor"
The visiting teams will take the mega
tive side.
The Arizano debaters. according to
the university authorities. meet
Catholic University as II part of the
most extensive schedule ever under
taken by AN Arizona team
Their tour takes them also to Porto
1tiro, where it will meet the Uni
Nersity OF Porto Rico in two debates,
the first to be in English and the
second in Spanish. The team is com
posed of Richard Pattee. Carlton
Nicart and Fenimore Cooper. Mr.. Pat
lee is captain and has been a member
OF the team for three wears. Mr..
Nicart was also recently chosen
Rhodes scholar from Arizona, and will
20 to oxford next Fail. Mr.. Cooper,
who will act as alternate at the debate
tomorrow evening, while q student at
Tucson High School was a member of
the State championship team. \ close
contest is expected tomorrow eve.
ming, and the &. L. team is on its
toes. There will be no judges for the
contest outside of the audience. which
will be expected to indicate its verdict.
Wyoming Has Fine Record.
The team from tho University OF
Wyoming, which engages c. L. Fri
day night, has a spotieSs record and a
formidable array of speakers. 1t be
gan its eastward trip on March l., de.
hating en- route at Chicago by radio.
at Kansas State College. in Missouri.
Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia. and
will have completed Il score OF debates
before arriving in Washington this
week. The record which the Uni
verSijy of Wyoming has made in the
last three years places her among the
United States. During this period
Wyoming has had G5 debates. out OF
this total she has lost only 10. Eight
of the debates were non-decislon. In
1922 ana 1928 the University OF
Wyoming won 13 consecutive vic
tories. as We'll as the national inter
collegiate debate record. The two men
who will represent the university are
Alfred Pence Of Cheyenne, Nyo.. and
Herbert Leberc OF Pine Biuffs. :. Dal,.
II. p. Constans, debating coach. is ac-
companying the men on the tour.
Against this array of persuasive
speakers {. l. pits a comparatively
inexperienced team.
Joseph Howard Of Waldorf. Md,
editor-in-chief % the Cardinal tn"
university yearbook, announces that
the copy of the volume has gone to
press several days ahead Of time. In
cluded in the book are many features.
among which is a special snapshot sec
ton containing many familiar close
ups of campus life Differing with G.
u. ANIMALS in the past, the book has
an interesting theme running through
out, which is sure TO win favor. Sim
ultaneous with this information comes
the news that the members Of the
Junior class met last Wednesday and
elected the Cardinal staff for 1927.
James Il. Cronin, Tompkinsville. y. y.
was elected editor-in-chief. and John
E. Dickinson Of Bellefontaine, Ohio,
business mana ger.