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Show Debating Hooiety. Salt Lake City, Feb. 12, '75. j Editors Salt Lake Herald: ! These few remarks are not intended intend-ed as a reply to an article published in the News on the 9th inBt., on "Debating," although the article referred re-ferred to and the general feeling of the people here have called it forth. When properly conducted, debating debat-ing societies, and all associations of a similar nature, are beneficial. Owing however, to mismanagement they may exert a detrimental influence. One of the stereotype arguments against these associations is that there are two aides to every question, and one of them is necessarily wrong; and for this reason debaters are often compelled com-pelled to argue contrary to their convictions. con-victions. It is true, one must be right and the other wrong; but it is also 1 true, tbat only by bringing to bear all side of a question, are we enabled to decide which ia right and which wrong. Some have been foolish enough to say thatdiscussionsof every nature are attended with evil results. This is absurdly impossible. It ia only by a "war of ideas," that any theory can become an established fact. A moment's thought will convince con-vince any liberal minded person of the correctness of this statement. The truth or untruth of all theories is Droyen only by comparison with other theories. Young men belonging to associations associa-tions of this nature feel themselves compelled to search after knowledge, which, if they were not members, they would never attempt to gain; and to save time a question iB chosen, members appointed to discuss it ami to gather information pertinent to the subject and to their side. It cannot be denied that debating societies have been instrumental in drawing out some of the greatest minds the world has ever produced. Thus, tiu- a Bmr!t rtf fr,,!,-.,! I W nnnnnillnn an interchange of liberal ideas is enforced and the cesult ia a marked improvement improve-ment to the participators. SlNBAD. |
