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Show Page 6 January 25, 1934 ALSUP-SKELTON WIN DEBATING TOURAMENT Bill Alsup and Elma Skelton were declared champions in the season's first debating tourna raent, defeating Jean Danvers and Beth Frances over K L 0 Monday night Mr. Alsup and Miss Skelton argued negative on the question of in creasing the president s powers. A total of thirty debates were held between sixteen team candidates. The teams of Curtis Bybee--Ed Olson and Elman Wood f i e 1 d--Ge or ge Thatcher reached the semi-final round. Nexts week's tournament will be debated in Oregon style, which includes seven-minute cross examination by each team. Lawrence Somerville of the pre-legal club and Jim Sundquist of the English club reached the finals in the intramural debate. They will argue Consolidation of Ogden City and Weber county in assembly next week. Cecil Tucker was eliminated in the semi-final round. In this tournament twelve entries representing various departments debated Lincoln--Douglas style, in which individuals, rather than teams of two, compete. Thirteen debates were held. "Never in the history of Weber college has there been more interest in the regular debating question than at the present time," declares Mr. Monson, Weber debating coach. YEARBOOK PLANS BEING CONSIDERED That Weber will have a regular yearbook because of the cost and the lack of time remaining, has been definitely decided. Three substitutes are being considered. One plan is to combine a supplementary issue of the Herald, including pictures and autograph page, with the regular issue of the paper. The second suggestion is to aasemble in a final issue of the Herald all valuable material from past issues. The third plan is to give school support to a diferent type of ACORN CRUMBS A decisi on will be made soon. Flowers For All Occasions OGDEN CITY FLORAL COMPANY GEORGE SHARRAT, PROP. 2277 Washington Avenue Office Phone 2686 Residence Phone 2878-W Editor Herald: Every noon students take their brief-cases full of books into different rooms with best of intentions, but alas, at one o'clock they have spent all their time in fun. In order to remedy this wholesale murder of time I suggest that our radio students install a radio in one of the rooms, so that those who bring their lunch might spend a profitable and enjoyable half of the noon-hour. Each day from 12:30 till 1:00 the American school of the air presents remark-ableprograms , not lectures, but dramatizations. These programs are of historical, literary, and -scientific value. Mar ion Hi 1 1 LAMENT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY One more of life's rich years is memory now 1 One more has come--at least I find The change was made; I still don't quite know how. For I with all the others of my kind Made joyous revel till the brimming cup Put me beneath the furniture to stay. (I guess that's where--each time that I'd start up Mahogany was always in the way.) Strange, is it not, that people deem it sane (In this fair age, when Reason rules our race) To greet the coming year with reason gone? How strange indeed that we should choose to face The new year's hope beneath this dead'ning load, Unconscious at the turning of the road! They say Mr. Trevithich couldn't pronounce his own name until he was sixteen years old. PATRONIZE YOUR HERALD ADVERTISERS If it's any thing in Printing-Ruling-Binding WE CAN DO IT, AND DO IT WELL. J. 0. Woody Printing Company 2465 Washington Ave. Phone 850 |
