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I,. K. M I'M FORD - HiiHlnein Minister
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11 .1. Til Bull A I.I) Athletic
'Ed. Gordon and "Dutch" "Wells have en
listed. Tho euptuin and one of the best play
ers loaving at this time of the season is cer
tainly most unfortunate for our base ball team.
However, the prospects are not so gloomy as
they might be. The team did the proper
thing in unanimously electing George Kindler
captain for the rest of the your. Mr. Kindler
not only thoroughly understands the game
but ihnB the enorgy and executive ability -which
ure bound to develope a strong team bofore
the end of tho season. 'From this on, merit
and merit ulone, will determine a man's po
sition on the team. Lot us then give to Gap
tain Kindler and his men the support a rep
resentative team has the right to demand
from us, as u student body.
In the Miohigan-Uhiougo 'debate the three
Midhigun represent utives delivered cut and
dried speeches, completely ignoring tho argu
ments of their opponents; the 'Chicago uieii
argued, refuted argument, in short debated.
Of course Michigan won 'the decision of the
the judges. Tho following from the Chicago
Ml the Swell Styles In $3 Shoes,
"Weekly is not uninteresting:
"As for the man who makes a hand-me-down
speech in a debute, he may be powerful
and logical and all that, butho is exceedingly
trying. You hear the flourish of his opening
sentence and you perceive that you are doom
ed to oblivion so fur as he is concerned. On
he suils serenely, saying things which you
have carefully disproved. Oh for a chance to
stop him and ask a question or two! But he
has the floor for fifteen minutes. You have
to wait till he's through before those questions
can bo asked; and when your colleague has
asked them the next speaker treats them with
the same cold indifference. Your opponents
seem to have come to debute not with you
but in spite of you.
The scheme of speaking followed at the
ilnals, which originated here with Dean Terry
was that all the men in turn should rebut
seven minutes. This is a much bettor plan
for a debate than the plan usually followed,
and the one which was followed at Michigan,
namely, of eighteen minutes straight away
for each man. This puts orations at uiprem
ium; our plan puts them at a discount. (It
ought to be at a discount. In a debute there
should be less gesticulating and more 'blows;
less waving of flags and more shooting. "Wo
are glad that this principal is recognized and
established in the Tnivorsilty. And we are
thankful to our team for following it in the
Michigan debate."
Well, we lost two of the three inter-state
debutes. The result might be discouraging if
to win were the all important thing. It is
not. Tho vital question is not as to the suc
cess of debaters, but as to tho success of do
'bating. Let us then seek victory in defeat;
(profit by our failures, and endeavor to irem
edy our shortcomings.
In the meantime we may console ourselves
with "it might have been worse." As to tho
Missouri debate, the decision stands recorded
against us. Hut, after all, it is only the de
cision. All three of the judges wore from
Missouritwo of them of but local ;promin
ence. 'Kvun they gave the debate to Missouri
'by only three ipoints. Published reports of
the ddbato certainly indicate that Ndbraslcu
ihiul 'the best of the argument; unbiased Uiston-
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