THE MICHIGAN DAILY ITS SEECTED FOR ISITY DEBATE TEAM OFFICIAL "EYES" OF AMERICA GATHER AT BERLIN CONFERENCE i Opticial Depart- me nt 18 MEN CHOSEN FROM ADELPHI lNDE~PEM)ENTS, AN) AL- P1IA NU Eighteen persons have been chosen to tryout for the Varsity debate team. This includes six members of the Al- pha Nu debating society, six from the Adelphi House of Representatives, and six independents. The six independents who were chosen yesterday morning by the in- structors in the public speaking de- partment in room 302 of Mason hall are: F. H. Backstrom, '24, K. F. Clar- dy, '24, J. P. Comstock, '24, J. Joseph,. '24, D. J. Seder, '24, and M. H. Spec- ter, '25. These contestants and the others trying out gave six minute speeches on some phase of the ques- tion that will be used this year on Jan. 19, in the triangular debate with Chicago and Northwestern universi- ties. The question for debate this year is, Resolved: Thiat the United States should adopt the British system of unemployment insurance. Members of the Alpha Nu debating society chose their representatives to tryout for the -varsity debating team in the meeting this week. They are: J. K. Dunn, '24, T. J. Donahue, '23, F. J. Ortman, '23, R. A. McFarland, '23, C. E. Hodgman, '24, and E. H4. Salz- man, '25. The Adelphi in their weekly meet-, ingchose the following persons from their society: T. F. Clifford, '25, R. H. De Weese, Jr., '25, D. O. Cook, '24, A: C. Bean, '23, R. L. Alexander, '24, ano L. J. Glasgow, '25. From these eighteen try'outs six will be finally chosen for the afirma- tive and negative varsity teams. At ;8 o'clock Saturday morning, Nov. 11, in room 302 of Mason hall, the number will be reduced to twelve and on the following week the teams will be pick- ed. The tryouts will be required tc give six-minute speeches on any phase of the question and will be expected to deal with this phase' intensively. The talks will be given by tryouts in alphabetical order. All trying out must hand in a brief on one side of the question, according to Prof. R. K.. Immel of the public speaking depart- ment. Funeral services for Dr. Barton S. Partridge, 71hyears ofeage, of Lansing, Mich., was held here Monday. Dr.I Barton, one of Lansing's leading men, was a former dean of the Medical school of the Ohio State University. His body will be taken to Rochester, N. Y., for burial. 4 Perfect accuracy in every detail of making. Perfect taste in selecting an appropriate style. Perfect skill in the adjustment of eyeglasses and spectacles. Perfect service in attention to your wants. f f I Yfi II. IV. BECKWITH Optometrist STATE STREET WHITNEY, THEATRE Sunday, November 12 i t l } ;t ! .The ambassadors snapped aflter their conf erenco The ambassadors from the United States to the middle European countries conferred in Berlin recently at the calling of Ambassador Hought on to discuss the conditions in middl e Europe. Left to right:.Ambassadors Washburn, to Austria; Castloe, 'attache 'to state ,department at Washing ton; Bientano to Hungary; Grew to Switzerland; Gibson to Poland, and H oughton, to Germany. Conditions in central urope were discussed by the diplomats. SCHOOL DEBATE PLANNED 140 STATE HIGH SCHOOLS COMPETE IN TITLE TOURNEY TO APARTMENT HOUSE in the purchase o1 the property by a r fraternity. PROEC'T'DEFEATEDaM r TEhis action was caused by prepara- tions made by a Detroit contractor te No apartment house will be erected erect a three-story apartment house on the corner of Washtenaw avenue on this corner early in October. The and Hill street as a result of the piur- building was to occupy the whole lot chase of two of the lots by an associa- protruding beyond the building line 1 c Italians New To Send Ambassador Plans for the Michigan High School Debating league have been completed, and the schedule for this year's de- bates has been drawn up by the Ex- tension division of the University.- More than 140 schools throughout the state have joined the league and will compete for the state title. The ques- tion which will be debated this year is: "Resolved, That the United States, and Canada jointly should construct the deep-water way to the Atlantic by way of the St. Lawrence river, as proposed in the report of the. Interna- tional joint commission, submitted toj Congress, January, 1922." The first debate will be held on Dec. 8. Ann Arbor high school will debate,with the Ypsilanti highschool at that time. A series of; four pre-' liminary debates will be held before any of the elimination takes plate. After these debates, teams represent- ing 16 different high "chools will be chosen. Elimination will continue un- til two teams remain. These two teams will meet in Ann Arbor next May to decide the state championship. At that time the visiting debaters will be entertained by the University Orator- ical association and bronze cups will be given to both the state champion and the runners up: Carl G. Brandt, of the public speak-j ing department, is state manager of the league and has completed the schedule that has been sent out to the different teams of the state. The title was won last year by Al- legan with Durand high school the runner-up. Each member of the league may have two teams, an af- firmative and a negative, but only one team may debate at one time.. The general plan is to have the teams de- bate once at home and once away. FIRST -*NAT IONAL BANK :::: OLDEST BANK IN ANN*ARBOR OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN MICHIGAN 060 /' - ' rK SEAT SALE FRIDAY tion of the residents of the locality. An option has been secured on the third lot. J' The residents' coaltion 'will res,1l1 the property with the condition t .a the buyer conform to building restric- tionswhich they have decided upon. Negotiations are now under way which will in all probability result of neighboring houses and rising three feet from the sidewalk on Wash- tenaw avenue. The work of clearing the lot had been carried so far that many of the old forest trees on the lot had been removed. Lost Something? Let a "Daily" class- ified ad find it for you.-Adv. Baron Romano Avezzano eBaron Romano Avezzanqj, former ambassador to the United States from Italy, shortly will return to Washing- ington to succeed Vittorio Rolandi- Ricci, who hos been recalled. 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