Intercollegiate Debate Edition
The Daily Nebraskan
,TXXII-NO. 124.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APUIL 11. 1923
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CORNHUSKERS ARE
HOME FROM LONG
WESTERN JOURNEY
Alumni Entertain university
Athletes in Great Style
During Visit to California.
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SQUAD VISITS MOYIELANI)
Director of Athletics Dawson
and Coach Schulte Talk to
Alumni at Big
Banquet.
Nebraska's team arrived in Lincoln
this morning at 540. The men on the
team wore enthusiastic about the re
ception given them by Nebraska
alumni in the southern stale.
The team was extended an invita
tion to visit the gardens of Cordon
Wat tie at Hollywood. They also
attended the Mission Play as the
guests of John S. McGronrty, the
author.
At Hollywood, according to Harry
Minor, the boys really enjoyed them
selves. The following is Quoted from
a letter from Minor to Harold Holiz.
secretary of the Alumni Association
of the University.
"I have a dandy photo of the team
and the alumni taken with Harold
Lloyd, which I am sending you.
Harold was very happy to have the
gang out took time off, and met the
whole bunch personally. The boys
urely enjoyed the treat."
In another letter from Minor, who
was chairman of the University ol
Nebraska Alumni Association . 01
Southern California committee on
arrangements for the visit to Cal
ifornia, the following expresses the
views of the California alumni as to
the present students and their
coaches: ,
"Rich indeed is that institution
that has at the helm of her athletics
such men as Fred T. .Dawson and
Henry Schults. Both of these gentle-1
men endeared temselves to the hearts j
of the alumni who were privileged
to meet them. The same can be
said of the fine fellows who made tip
the u. of N. track team.
"The banquet was a great success.
There were 150 alumni present, scores
of whom had driven twenty-five to
sixty miles to be with the gang, while
Max Jamison and Calvert Webster
travelled 180 miles in order to join
the bunch.
"Schulte made a splendid talk on
track conditions and Dawson talked
on the general athletic situation,
dwelling on the Stadium. Our invited
guests, Coach Henderson of the Uni
veisity of Southern California, and
Coadi I'ipal of Occidental . College
gave, shorter talks."
The address of welcome by William
Jennings Bryan, Jr., president of the
Alumni Association follows:
"Members of the University of Ne
braska track team, guests of the eve
aing, and members of the Alumni As
fociation of the University of Ne
braska :
"Our institution has always had a
Peculiar appeal to me, perhaps be
cause I was born in Lincaln and
because from the time I was a child
ir'il I became a man I was imbued
ith the University spirit. Many a
football game there I viewed from
beneath the old wooden bleachers.
Later, when the science building was
built on the southwest corner of the
f'eld, 1 occupied a reserved seat upon
the roof When I was chased out of
t!ere I iook to the trees and on tl.t
nor! .;ie o? the Hold back of the
pld Khopb there is a big coltonwood
bat is minus a lot of bark where I
ore it off on the seat of my pants
'hile cheering for the Nebraska
teams.
"This is the first time
fifteen years that it has
privilege to mingle with
folk and my heart is full of pleasant
reminiscence. There are many things
I would like to say. but we have with
s tonight a large number of suest
'ho represent the institution that i
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Nebraska's debate team against Iowa
(above), left to right Bernard S. Gradwohl,
'23, Law "21, Lincoln; Wendell Berge, '25, Lin
coln; A. Ronald Button, '25, Lincoln; Franklin
J. Potter, '21, Law '25, Lincoln.
Nebraska's debate team against South
Dakota, left to right Hugh Cox, '26, Lincoln;
Alexander McKie, '21, Omaha; Sheldon Tefft,
'22, Law '21, Weeping Water; Devon C. Ever,
'25, Union City, Ind.
DEBATE ALUMNI ARE
IN AIY VOCATIONS
1 19 Graduates Are Scattered All
Over the World Majority
Are Lawyers.
in nearly
been my
my home
Winners of high honors in univer
sities East and West, college presi
dents and professors, Judges, at:or
neys for great corporations, k";is
lators, leaders in public service, l';
149 alumni of the University of Xe
braska Intercollegiate-Debate Se'ti
inary, instituted in tie term of
1901-02, are scattered from Maine tr
Japan and Java. To thesejnen, Pro
fessor M. M. Fogg, professor ft
English and secretary of the Regen
tial Debating Board, sends each yeat
at Christmas time a news-letter
Eighty-one are lawyers, twenty-onr
are engaged in educational work
(eleven are college professors), and
others are authors, editors, and mem
bers of legislatures. The list of these
men who were selected to represent
the University In the thirty-three for
ensic battles includes:
Trof. Donald G. Barnes, '13, A. M
(Harvard I. History. University o
Oregon. Holder of Bayard Cutting
and Parker traveling fellowship's
from Harvard, 1920-1922.,
Regent W. L. Bates. '12, ex-Law
'14, Lincoln.
Emory It. Buckner, '01, LL.B. (cum
laude) Harvard '07. Member of the
Elibu Root law firm, New York. For
merly assistant United Slates attor
ney and assistant attorney of New
York County.
C. M. Bracelon. '02. LL.B. (Creigh
ton) '07. General solicitor of the
American Telephone and Telegrapl
Company, New York.
Trof. H. J. Burtis, '13. Public
Speaking, University of Minnesota
College of Agriculture.
Prof. W. B. Catlin. '03. Economics
Bowdoin College. Author.
Guy C. Chambers, Law 'lfi, Lin
coin. Assistant attorney for Nebras
ka of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Co.: president of the
Lancaster County Bar Association.
Ben M. Cherrington, '11. Student
Secretary, Rocky Mountain region, n'
the International committee of the
Y. M. C. A.. Denver.'
M L Corev. Law '08. Member of
the Federal Farm Loan Board. Wash
ington.
Prnf. Z. C. Dickinson,
Harvard '20. Economics. Univer
f Minnesota. Author of
Motives" (Harvard
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Winners of Debates
at Wrshington to Be
Selected by Ballot
University of Washington, April .
1T2;!. Winners of next year's con
ference debates will be elected by
ballot by the audience that hears the
debate, instead of by judges, accord
ing to the decision reached at the
debate conference held March 24 and
25, at the University of California.
Formation of the Pacific Coast For
ensic Conference w-iih a membership
ol" eleven colleges was accomplished
at I he meeting. The conference
brought out the general belief thai
students, as represented Ty the var
ious student associations, should
have more to say about debate. Such
timely questions as the University ol
Washington had on light wines and
beers for the past year were unani
mously endorsed. Federal suppres
sion of Ku Klux Klan and alien ex
elusions were chosen as the confer
ence questions for next year. The
establishment of intramural debating
was also decided upon.
TAKE SNAPSHOTS FOR
GORNHUSKER I00AY
Army of Photographers Will
Take Pictures for Student
Life Section.
Today is SNAPSHOT DAY!
Kodaks and cameras of all sizes
and descriptions have been called to
the campus today to take part it
the picture campaign for the Student
Life Section of the Cornhusker.
Comic and serious snaps are all n
be treated alike by the yearbook ed
itors in a big section of pictorial fun
and actual sludent life.
Pictures taken today for the Corn
husker should be in the hands of
the editors of the Student Life Sec
tion before the middle of next week.
Labels of the picture, the people in
it and the situation or background
should be put on the back. If films
are handed into the office they will
be returned as soon as prints can
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ORNHUSKERS HAVE STRONG TEAM
TO SEND AGAINST HAWKEYE MEN
"ShcuM the United States Enter League of Nations" Is Question
Bel'oi e Forensic Men in Annual Co:noetition Doors
Will Open Promptly at 7 O'clock at
Temnle Theater.
TICKETS ON SALE AT STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE
Informal Cocn Forum Discussion Will Follow Official Debate
Bulletins Sent to Prominent Men All Over State
lo.u:s I Live Exceptionally Strong
and Experienced Team.
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Three of First Rhodes Scholars
Have Been Members of De
bate Seminary.
Debating Officially Organized at the University
of Nebraska by Prof. M. M. Fogg in 1901 and 1902
14, Ph.D
"Econ-
Economic
Officially organized in !!)(! 02. d"
bating at the University ol Nebrask.:
has since proceeded in a systematic
logical manner, under the control o
the University Debating Board, cor
responding to the University Athleth-
Board in athletics. Before that per
iod of reorganization forensic con
t.s:s were carried almost entirely
tests were carried almost entirely
up.
Natural rivalry among the debating
societies lead to inter-club contest
with the University championship at
stake. "Varsity" forensics came as
the next logical step in the develop
ment ol the activity at Nebraska.
Contests with Doane College at
Crete, Cotner University at Bethany,
and other denominational colleges in
the state are recorded by student
publications of 1894. The first rec
orded inter-state debate was with
Kansas at Lawrence in 1S93 on the
question, "Should less stress be given
to precedent in rendering Judicial
decisions?" In 1898 Kansas sent a
team to Lincoln to argue the ques
tion of the initiative and referendum
William Jennings Bryan presided and
the Nebraska team, defending the
negative, won the Judges' decision.
The "System" as the method of de
bate at the University of Nebraska
is called by members of the squad
was organized in 1901 by Professor
M. M. Fogg. A part of the system
is the "squad system," new to the
West when Professor Fogg intro
duced it. By means of' the "squad
system" he was able to train a num
ber of men instead of a team of u
half dozeli.
Decision debates were held until
1916, when the wa'r stopped debat
ing, as it did many other college
activities. In 1920, 1921, and 1922
non-decision debates were held, and
this is to be the practice this year.
The 1920 and 1921 contests were
dual debates with Iowa. In 1922 a
triangle league was organized with
Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska,
on the plan of the Nebraska-Iowa de
bates omission of direct faculty
training for the contests, omission of
Judges' decisions, and an open-forum
discussion following the formal de
bate. "Teams on which were five
new members took hold of the Sem
inary-system methods in February ol
1922, dove into the economic depths
of the allied debt cancellation ques
tion, and acquitted themselves with
distinct honor in the contests at Iowa
City and at Lincoln." (From the
thirteenth annual news-letter by Pro
fessor Fogg). The open-forum dis
cussion at the Lincoln battle went
nearly an hour, the audience shooting
questions at the team members and
receiving fact-and-reason answers.
"Should the United States Enter the League of Nations?" is
Lho question to l:c debated Thursday evening by Nebraska's inter
'olleriate debate kv.ms. At the Temple Theater at eight o'clock,
Iowa will r.phoM the affirmative of the quostii n, and Nebraska's
ncj,r.tive tc.mi, composed of Wendell Berge, '2't, Roland Button,
'2"i, and Bernard Gradwohl, Law '21, will defend the negative of
Ihe qiicstion. At the same time at Vermillion, Scuth Dakota, Ne
braska's affirmative team .will meet the debaters from the Coyote
tnte, r.ring the same question.
I An informal open fcrum discussion
of the question will follow the formal
presentation of the argument and the
rebuttal.
The members of Iowa's team are
expected to arrive in Lincoln Thurs
c!ay afternoon at 3:50 on the Rock
Island. Nebraska's affirmative team
leaves Wednesday at 1:30 for Sioux
City en route to Vermillion.
The men who will debate against
Nebraska at Lincoln are:
James M. Stewart, Law '25, Run
nells, who debated against Nebraska
at Iowa in 1922. He is a member of
the Philomathean Literary Society,
and was in the championship inter
society debate last year.
Edwin Baker, '24, Iowa City, who
won first honors in the Iowa State
High School Ertemporaneous Speak
ing and Declamatory contests, and in
the freshman declamatory contest,
and second honors in the "Big Nine"
High School Extempoianeous Speak
contest. He is a member ' of the
Irving Institute and of the dramatic
organization of the University.
Robert E. Birchard, '24. Law '23.
'26, Davenport, took part in ten high
school debates, won first honor in the
"Big Nine" extemporaneous speaking
contest, represented the Philomath
ean Literary Society in the Fresh
man-Sophomore and championship
inter-society debates. He also won
first honor in the sophomore orator
ical contest.
Intercollegiate debate at the Uni
versity of Nebraska is one of the
activities least recognized by the stu
dents. The members of the two teams
there are three members and one
alternate on each of these units
have been working intensively for
the past six weeks perfecting their
arguments for the final debates:
Through the spring recess they were
as hard at work as ever, except that
they did not need to interrupt their
work for classes
All the men who have won places
to represent Nebraska on the ros
trum have participated in othr de
bates, and were on teams for the in
terclass debates which were sched
uled early in the second semester.
They have been at work fof threo
months, at least, according to the
statistics on the time of the prelimin
ary frays, getting ready to bring
honor and glory to their Alma
Mater.
The following is quoted from a bul
letin sent out by members of the
faculty:
"Members of the University of Ne
braska Debating Board and the othei
members of the faculty particularly
interested in the University's work in
intercollegiate debate wish to call
your attention to this annual academ
ic event.
The following members of the fac
ulty have signed this bulletin:
M. M. Fogg, J. E. LeRossignol,
Guernsey Jones, W. A. Seavey, J. P.
Sonninjj. L. E. Aylesworth. T. T.
Bullock, E. S. Fullbrook. G. N. Fester,
H. II. Foster, J. E. Kirshman, J. E.
Lawrence, John J. Ledwith. O. R.
Martin, C. A. Robbins, G. O. Virtue,
and Ralph P. Wilson.
Nebraska debaters have made a
conspicuously high record in schol
arship. Three of the first four
Rhodes Scholars from the University
were members of the Seminary -Horace
B. English, Paul F. Good, and
Samuel Rinaker. Twenty-six have
won election to Phi Beta Kappa
about one-third of those -graduated
from the College of Arts and Sci
ences, many of whom did not takf
the required Phi Beta Kappa courses
Nearly two-third of those graduating
from the College of Law won elec
tion to the Order of the Coif for
merly Theta Kappa Nu the honor
ary scholarship society which elects
about the first tenth in scholarship.
Three members were graduated from
the 'Harvard Law School cum la"ude.
Scholarships at Chicago, Cornell.
Harvard, Wisconsin, and Yale were
awarded to ten members: fellowships
at Chicago, Columbia, California
Cornell, Harvard, and Yale, were won
by nine. Ninety-nine advanced dt
gress (45 from Nebraska, 4i from
other institutions) are held by Sem
inary members.
It isn't a supreme court we need
to pass Judgment on some of the
laws, but an alienist.
In twenty-one of the thirty decision
debates that University of Nebraska
teams have entered, they won the
favorable decision of sixty-live o.
eight-eight Judges eighteen judge:.
and Supreme Court Justices, fifteen
;awyers, forty-eight college professors
of (conomics, history; law, and polit
ical science, and two college presi
dents. The complete record of these
debates is:
1902 With Colorado, College, won
unanimously; with Missouri, won
unanimously; with Kansas, won unan
imously. 1903 With Kansas, won unani
mously; with Missouri, won unani
mously. 1904 With Kansas, won unani
mously; with Washington University,
won unanimously.
1905 With Iowa, won unanimous
ly; with Washington University, won
unanimously.
1906 With Wisconsin, lost (the
records show two debates with Wis
c-onsin lost unanimously and one lost
by a split decision, but do not state
when).
1907 (April) With Wisconsin, lost;
with Illinois, lost by a split vote.
1907 (December) With Iowa, won
unanimously; with Minnesota, lost by
aTplit vote.
1908 With Illinois, won (again the
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