Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-04 | Page 10 | Utah Debating Teams Are Tied for Honors

UTAH DEBATING TEAMS ARE TIED FOR HONORS The University University of Utah debating team went down to defeat before the Brigham g university debaters last night The question was Resolved Resolved Resolved Re solved that the United St States tes sho should ld abandon the tho Monroe doctrine The loc local t team m comprised of Allen Bateman Bateman Bate Bate- man man John Cotter Cotter- and Stephen Kerr attempted to prove the affirmative side of the question The Provo te team m which defended the negative was c composed of at Luther Luth r Eggertson Elgene Eu Eugene Eigene l Ei gene Hilton and Martin The debate was held In Barratt hall Debates were held last night also at Provo and Logan the same question being argued At Provo Prove the agricultural agricultural agricultural tural team defended th negative against the B. B Y U U. U orators and won At Logan one University of Utah team defended the negative against another t team am of the agriculturists and also won All Ml three debates were largely attended attended at at- at tended and among the spectators were many high school students who sought in Information on the subject for interscholastic inter- inter scholastic debates 2 Judges at the local contest were Richard W W. Young B. B H H. Roberts ts and Frank Evans while Judge G George orge G. G Armstrong Armstrong- was chairman At Logan the judges were W W. H H. Reeder of ot Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den J. J Stockman J. J David Wilson and E. E R. R Owen W. W J. J B Barrette H. H L L. and Stephen L. L Richards all of Salt Lake were the Judges at the Provo contest With the close of oX last las nights night's tests the triangular s sees seres of ot debates among the three schools remains tied Each Institution has won one debate and each lo lost t one 1