Evening star., 1942-04-19
Western High Team
Wins Finals in 6. W.
Debating Contest
Three Seniors Speak
On Negative Side Of
CONSUMPTION Question

Debating the negative side OF
proposal to require one year of
military training for men of pre-
draft age. Western High School yes
terday was the winner OF the ninth
annual high school debating contest
sponsored by George Washington
University. II marked the seventh
triumph in nine years for the West
ern High squad.
Each OF eight competing teams
came prepared to argue either af-
firmatively or negatively. Luck OF
the drawing. however. found three
Western High students-Frank Null
lin, 1928 Thirty-seventh street NV;
Martha Reed. 260l Thirty sixth
street NV. and Robert Stokes, asia
Forty-first street N.W-debatine the
negative position in three different
trials before different sets of judges.
They are seniors. Mullin and Miss
Reed also were on last years win
ming Western High debating club.
Their three teammates and also
Standardization King, 3ll2 First
road North. Arlington, Va; Arnold
Edelman, 1900 Columbia pike, Ar
lington. Va. and Margaret Mon
teith. Mclean. Fairfax County, Va
did not get a chance to participate
in the debate.
Years Tuition Is Prize.
Three Of the six seniors viii be
given one years fun tuition at
George Washington University.
Judges in the finals we're Profs.
Dewitt Bennett, Carl Wells and c.
D. Benson of the G. w. u. faculty.
In the semi-flnals, in which
Western won over Southern High
School, the Judges were Profs.
Warren r. West, Wood Gray.
George w Stone, John T1llema,
Christopher B. Garnett and w.
L. Turner. The judges decision
in the championship finals was
unanimous, the winners exhibiting
speaking ability. poise and knowl-
edge of their subject that would
have reflected credit on more ex-
perienced speakers. the judges said.
In the first elimination trial,
Western won over Eastern High,
Mckinley triumphed over George
Washington High of Alexandria,
Fairfax High won over Bethesda
Chevy Chase and Southern High
won over Woodrow Wilson.
Contentious OF Both Sides.
The affirmative position con-
tended that a plan for universal
training of men between 18 and
20 is necessary, efficient and DEM
ocratic. Saying it was unwise to
wait until war is declared to train
men for modern battles, they as
serted year of Army discipline
would promote good health. good
habits, reduce crime at the dan
gerous age" and not interfere with
industrial production or retard
preparation for civilian profess
sions.
Preferring peacetime continual
ton of the selective service prin-
ciple to universal military training,
the negative side held the Nations
security could be protected by a
standing Army, Navy and Air Corps
without taking young men from the
farms and machine shops under a
universal military program. More
over. the winning speakers con-
tended, q gradual den1obilizatiori OF
millions of soldiers would enable
industry to reabsorb the soldiers
without doing violence to the Ma
tion's economy.
DR.. Yeager in Charge.
DR.. Hayes Yeager, G. w. U. pro-
fessor of public speaking, was in
charge of the debate.
Those debating were:
Western High-Msrian King, Ar
mold Ede,man, Robert Stokes. Mar
tha Reed. Frank Mullins, Robert
Stokes, Margaret Monteith.
Mckinley High-Derleen Weisen-
burger, Irene Clay, George Daffer,
Leroy Smith. Tia Gray Garris, Mona
Jeanne Keesling.
Woodrow Wilson High - Thelma
Zeskind, Dolores Lancaster, Ruth
Ellis, Patrice Shette. Edward Krise,
Richard Wheat Hewitt Robertson.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
George Edelen, Peggy Spencer, Ed
ward Wichers.
George Washington High, Alex
andria, Va.-Ray Clark, Mary Ag-
neS Dent. Sim Taylor, Billy Kramer,
Richard Marshall, James Taylor.
Eastern High - Marie Helgesen,
Emily Brunk. Betty McGill, Torah
Siegel. Lorraine Arkin.
Fairfax High-Stephen Fentress,
Edward Hobbs, Lucian Grove,
Dewey Lee CurtiSs. Edward Moore,
John Riggle.
Southern High, Baltimore-Made-
line O'Brien, Cornela Bruck, Rena
Miller, Marilyn Lilly. Curtis Good
night, James Donnelly.