THE HESPERIAN
The 'Debates.
Arthur il. Weaver.
The 'final debnto, hold in the University
chapel two -weeks ago, for the purpose of
selecting debaters to represent us in the
Kansas-Nebraska debate, was by all odds
the best in Uni. annals. The boys all gave
evidence of having probed deep into the
question: "Resolved, That the United States
should recognize Cuba as a belligerent
power. " The judgesvoro Professors Adams,
Caldwell, Fling and "Wolfe, and Judge
Reese, and the experience in this last de
bate goes to show that members of the
faculty give far greater satisfaction than any
outsiders do. The debaters were A. J.
Mr. A. J. Weaver may 'we'll bo proud of
his achievements as a debater and the Uni
versity should be proud as -well. For two
years in succession, in competition -with the
ablest debaters the University could afford,
and in the second instance being sick liim
self for a time while his opponents wore
hard at work, he has maintained first place.
Nothing but ability in two separate instances
with two entirely different sots of judges,
could have accomplished this result.
Arthur J. Weaver -was born in Falls City,
Neb., November 18, 1873, and is accord
ingly twenty-two years of age. His (firth e
ARTHUR J.
Woavor, 'II. W. Quaintaneo, JEL. E. New
branch, R. S. Baker, J. 'Ji. Lion, 0. M.
Barr, J. M. Rodgors and !H. P. Loavitt; the
first throe being choBon as representatives
and Mr. Baker as alternate. The markings
are hero given:
A. Ov-1. Pl'g. TR. W'fe. Ttl.
Barr 676
Tlogers 7 6 7
tBa'ker 445
liien 5 4 4
Quaintance . . 1 2 'i
Leavitt 8 8 8
Weaver .2 1 2
Newbranch. ..3 3 3
7
6
4
5
2
8
5
8
3
7
6
3'i
33
9
21
13
38
7
16
WGaVGR.
represented the First district tfor two terras
in the national congress. Arthur's 'ear'ly
education was derived from the public
schools of his native town until 1889 when
he entered the Wyoming seminary at Kings
Ion, Pennsylvania, and graduated therefrom
in 1892. Ho immediately entered North
Western University at Evauston, Illinois,
and while homo upon a vacation ho visited
the State University and that onded his
-course at North Western, He was delighted
-with our Uni. and transferred his school
books to Lincoln, talcing the dogroe A. iB.
last June.
