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Show . I, The Debate. The debate held in tin' meeting Imacp T on Friday night between Sprlngvillu i jind l.ehi high schools, brought n Inrgu iowd out to listen lo tho champions !' The subject, iih stated, was "Kesolved, That llio ! reeks linve contributed moio to thu clvllUiitlon of loilay than have the UoinaiiH" l.clii took the negative nun Kpringvilli! Hit) allii iiiative. Thu i two sides handled the subject in a very ( -- intelligent inannur nnd mndo a good display In pieseutalioit, mgiiiiient mid compoiitiuu. To go into the detail would take ton loiigniid too much space, hut we cannot paaj some of the features f the debate, because wo take It that tliunbjoct of tint debate was in the m-teit m-teit of llic two schools and the cause of eiliu'iition generally, and lo accomplish accom-plish this twithy purpose discretion and thu heat of jud.-meiit alioulil be dls-iilnyed dls-iilnyed by tlioao uho m) on such ou casiouschoien to decide (lie (jueslion as J to which was the victors or ehaiuploiiH, t; j ihu preceiilatioii, mgilineut mill f 4-oinposition wedo nut wish to ciiticlse R either of thoMo who took part in the ile- n bate, hut it w a plain to tho clone nil- C Hcrer that theiu was ,i marked diiTitr itmce. Tlie manner and address of some of tlio ilelmlois were much bettor than othciv, as were the nrgunients and the tionipusliionj nml ng.iln tho langiiageof Bomo wan vory choice and would have been very el.armliig liml it not been given so much i H'0 tiinniicr of n recitation. reci-tation. Tlio one who made tlio host ajipcnruntu i rl'u prcn'iilntlon wnot )ju young lady, Miss Jackson of Lehi, nccording to our opinion. The argument argu-ment was finely in favor ol tlio IaIii boys, but tho composition was very much in favor of Springville, nml this would hnve hern our Judgment, nnd we think Hint n large majority of those piescut weie nnd arc of the H.ime opinion, although the majority of the judges gnvn n different decision nt the close ol the dcbnlo. Cut one of the judges, nfter u morucirefiil examination of his note:, changed his first decision ami wioto it stateuient which lie usked to Ik tend ou Sntiuday night befoio tho school gathering in the meeting house, but thin was not douu for reasons, perliap, lisst known to thoso who had the matter in hand, but it is goncHtlly expressed that thu withholding of the change lias done the members nn injustice, injus-tice, held should havo hud nrguiuent nnd preHentatioii, and Springvlllo composition |