Evening star., 1939-02-05
Il Debates Listed
For Varsity Teams Of
5hahan Society
Business Financing
By Government
To Be Topic

The debating schedule for the
Shahan Debating Society OF Cath
olic University for the spring sea-
son of 1899 has been announced by
the Rev. P. J. O'Connor, acting dean
Of men and moderator of the society
The schedule includes five debates
in Washington and seven debates
away from home for the varsity
debating teams and four Washing
ton debates for the freshmen.
THAT Business Should Be Financed
by the Government" has been Sc
lected as the topic for the varsity
debates, with one exception the
debate with the University of Geor-
gia. This subject has been selected
by all the intercollegiate debaters
throughout the United States as the
debate question for the current
academic year.
Manhattan College will be met
next Friday evening in Mcmahon
Hall Auditorium on the university
campus, with John J. Hart, jr., Al
and Francis A. Spitzig, 40, taking
the affirmative side of the question
for Catholic University Fordham
University will be debated before
the Catholic Sisters College Satur-
day evening, with Robert Stickle, Al,
and Robert T. Miller, Al, speaking
for C. U.
Meet Georgia February Is.
William Hotz. '39, and Walter j.
Donovan, 40, will debate the Uni
versity of Georgia on February IS,
taking the affirmative of the ques-
tion That Modern Civilization De-
stroys Personality" On February
2O Cornelius L. Maloney, 40. and
Leo S. Schumacher, 40, will debate
Holy Cross College and John P.
Morrow, 80, and William A. Ende-
brock, AT, will oppose Boston Col
lege on April /.
Away from home Hotz and Dono-
van will uphold the affirmative on
the question That Business Should
Be Financed by the Government"
before Trinity College of Hartford,
Conn, on February q, while Ma
honey and Schumacher will take the
negative side in a debate with Man.
haitian College in New York City the
same evening. Hotz and Donovan
will again take the Affirmative
against Holy Cross College at Wor-
cester, Mass, on February %. while
the Maloney-Schucasher team will
oppose Fordham at New York the
same night, upholding a negative
POINT Of view.
To Debate Women.
On March Hotz and Donovan
will debate with Boston College at
Boston, Mass. with Maloney and
Schumacher meeting the only wom-
ems college on the schedule, Mary
mount at Tarrytown. N. Y, the same
night. Sickle and Miller will take
the Affirmative side of the question
before the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville on April l. An in
terested spectator at the debate
will be William j. Barron, a former
Catholic University debater, a grad
uate of Catholic University Law
School, Sterling fellow at Yale and
now assistant professor of law at
the University of Virginia Law
School.
That the United States Should
Form an Alliance With Great Brit
aim is the topic selected by the
freshman debating team for its
meeting with George Washington at
George Washington on March 10.
supported by John r. Arant and
Robert F. Doran. James j. Casey
and William j. Byrne will debate
the University of Maryland at Mary
land on April IA and Kenneth Foye
and Francis Murphy will debate
American University at Catholic
University on March 20. The fresh
men will conclude their season de-
batting Georgetown at a date and
place yet to be named.