Show 0 S. S F Forward Debating g 1 THE HE debating season is at hand The day dar of i. i S forensic battles i is nearing Hearing and Dlan many ar are the preparations that have been and are arc being made II to 11 outwit the opposing side when Uc te night of conflict arrives Affirmative an and negative teams S chosen time tinie some ago to represent the tile University of or Utah j in its triangular debates with the two twoS S other state state schools s have been putting in many hard hours of study in preparing to meet their opponents The debate between the state ch schools is ris scheduled for Friday Frida evening ing J January 20 and ml the question is that of the cancellation cancellation- by tho the United States government of all war loans I This afternoon contestants are arc trying out for 1 positions on the debate teams which are arc to represent represent sent the school in interstate debates with the University of Idaho or-Idaho Idaho and tho the University of Mon Ion arbitration of tana on the question of f compulsory on industrial disputes It is also possible e that the successful candidates will have an opportunity to debate with a couple coupe of Eastern schools who have ask asked d to debate debat Utah The fhe student bod body r can cnn well afford to take an interest in in- those whom it sends out to represent the institution Debating has come to to- to tobe be known in in most colleges as the c thankless activity It becomes of benefit to the one nc participating only in iu that it t helps to dev develop lop his mental powers And Aud after all ill from the individuals individual's standpoint this is is the only consideration that should enter the participants participant's par par- mind He Ho should be he satisfied with that But from the standpoint of the student body body- those on tho the sidelines the sidelines the thc activity and those participating in it are n not t accorded the thc Lion ion they ther deserve and merit in comparison with that given those e engaged in oth other r activities activities- and particularlY athletics S The support given debating at Utah has lia for forlong a a long ong time either been entirely r absent or only oily mediocre And mostly because of thi this fact the success of the teams the university has hag sent out outto outto to o represent it has only been meli mediocre cre The turn for the better was made last year ear when lien the popularity of debating increased due f to the tho efforts of the tile de debuting ting coach and manager With the tho ho proper push by the supporters of the activity r the hc spirit and md enthusiasm of a greater part of the student body should be enlist enlisted cd Thus would be ue built huilt up teams which would establish a reputation reputation tion lion that could coul l not nol be overthrown It is in ill this way war that Q our r much sm smaller collegiate friend to the tho south of us has lies built built up J up its debating activity and anH been successful in most of the tho forensic battles I in hi which it ha has engaged It is to his own and to his schools school's advantage that the Utah man mark should I evince evince a decided interest in J debating I |