ILY lint Northern To Meet Monroe In Championship Debate onig AI v Hill Auditorium Will Again Be Scene Of Event Sponsored By University Extension Division And Detroit Free Press 4,000 High School Students To Attend Teams Will Be Awarded Trophies; Other Prizes To Be Given Flint Northern High School will meet Monroe High School in the finals of the eighteenth annual Mich- igan Forensic Association tournament sponsored by the University Exten- sion Division and the Detroit Free Press at 7:45 p.m. today in Hill Au- ditorium. Marjorie Wilson, Sidney Davidson, and James McCulloch will represent Flint Northern for the affirmative, and John McCallister, Walter Meir, and Alda Rolph will take the negative for the Monroe team. Debate Subject The subject for the debate is: "Re solved, That the Federal Government Should Adopt the Policy of Equalizing Educational Opportunity Through the Nation by Means of Annual Grants to the Several States for Public Elemen- tary and Secondary Education. Dr. W. D. Henderson, director of the Universityof Michigan Extension Division, will preside over the contest in the position of chairman. Dr. Clarence T. Simons, of Northwestern University, and Professors J. M. O'Neill and G. E. Densmore of the de- partment of speech and general ling- uistics will be the critic judges of the debate between the two schools. Prizes To Be Awarded Both finalists will be presented with trophy cups by Dr. Henderson, acting for the Extension Division. Similar awards will be made to the other two teams, East Lansing and Flint Cen- tral, which reached the semi-final round of the eliminations. Douglas D. Martin, associate editor of the De- troit Free Press, will present gold watches to the six contestants. The Flint Northern team, which has been coached by James A. McMonagle, has been victorious in the preliminary debates of the Saginaw Valley Asso- ciation over Flint Central, Bay City Central, Saginaw, Saginaw Arthur Hill, and Pontiac high schools. In the elimination debates it defeated Lan- sing Central, Detroit Northern, Elsie, Big Rapids, and Flint Central. , Good Record Monroe High, a member of the Border Cities League of the tourna- ment won its preliminary debates over Fordson, Grosse Pointe, Monroe, and Wyandotte High Schools. In its elim- inations debates it gained decisions over South Lake High School of St. Clair Shores, Hillsdale, Detroit Mack- enzie, River Rouge, and East Lansing. The Monroe team was coached by H. L. Endsley. According to information received at the offices of the Extension Divi- sion a crowd of 4,000 is expected to congregate in Hill Auditorium tonight. A program for visiting high school students here, including an exhibition debate by the Michigan Varsity team,' Eleanor Clay Ford Testimonials Given The Eleanor Clay Ford testimonials, consisting of $50 and a medallion, were recently awarded to six mem- bers of the Varsity women's debat- ingsteam. Thewomen Who received the testimonials are Eleanor Blum, '35, Katherine Stoll, '35-'37L, Mary Esther Burns, '38, Elizabeth Smith, '35Ed, Barbara Lutts, '36, and Doro- thy Saunders, '35. The women's team was victorious in both of the Big Ten debates held this year, defeating both Northwest- ern and Ohio State. The question which was debated was "Resolved, That the Several Nations Should De- clare Monopolies On the Sale and Manufacture of All Munitions and Other Instruments of War." They also met Wayne University in two debates, winning one decision, and losing one. Several non-decision° debates were held with Albion College, Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, and the Michigan College of Mines, Houghton. Floyd K. Riley, of the speech department, coached the women's teams. Finalists In High School Debate Tonight Program Is Arranged For Visiting Students The following is today's program arranged for visiting high school students. High School Student Confer- cnces Concerning University Ad- mizsicn. (Throughout the Day) Room 107, Mason Hall. 2:00 p.m. - Exhibition Debate, Hill Auditorium, on 1935-36 High School Debate Question, "Nation- alization of Munitions." Univer- sity of Michigan vs. Albion, College. 3:30 p.m. - Campus Tour, leav- ing from entrance of Haven Hall. 4:05 p.m. - Ferry Field. Comp- limentary baseball game, Michigan State Normal College vs. Univer- sity of Michigan. 7:45 p.m.-- Hill Auditorium. Eighteenth Annual State Champ- . ionship Debate. Honor Society Invites 11 To Membership Delta Sigma Rho, national honor- ary junior and senior forensic so- ciety, has elected eleven students prominent in debating activities here to membership, subject to their ac- ceptance yesterday, it was announced by Clinton Sandusky, '37L, president of the local chapter. Initiation ceremonies and banquet will be held on May 11 in the Union, Sandusky said. Robert Molloy, '37L, John Moekle, '35, Edward Litchfield, '36, Leonard Kimball, Grad., Wilbert Hineman, Grad., Winifred Bell, '36, Barbara Lutts, '36, Katherine Stoll, '37L, Dor- othy Saunders, '35, Mary Esther Birns, '36, and Mary E. Smith, '35Ed, have been invited to join the organization, he declared. ' Delta Sigma Rho, Sandusky de- clared is open to students on campus who have participated in at least one conference debate or who have shown their interest in other ways in foren- sic activities. Of the 11 students who have been invited to join, Molloy, Mcekle, and Litchfield have been members o fthe Varsity team this year, and the Misses Bell, Lutss, Stoll, Saunders, Burns, and Smith have de- bated for the women's Varsity. Open Conference Of Schoolmasters (Continued from Page 1) ematics department presented the changes recently made in the Uni- versity's standards. The general changes, he pointed out, provided for five major groups instead of the previous four, with work still required in only four of them, but a higher demand for se- quences of single subjects to promote a greater continuity of effort. "However," he added, "the faculty feels that Latin, mathematics, science, and history, and the old standbys of college preparation are still the best preparation." He pointed out, for in- stance, that "the mathematics de- partment here is strongly opposed to teaching plane goemetry and be- ginning algebra in college," and that students not offering the high school subjects upon which many college departments depend would be serious- ly hampered. He was followed by President Wyn- and Wichers of Hope College, who traced the influence that the Mich- igan revision has had on colleges in the state. "In a general way the col- leges of the state of Michigan have followed the University's plan," he said, pointing out that all but five of more than 25 colleges in the state have adopted the University's plan with only minor variations. Paul A. Rehmus, principal of Bat- tle Creek High School, closed the symposium with a presentation of a survey of high school superintendents Michigan's Varsity Debating Teamr Popularity Of Forensics In Schools Shown From left to right: Edward Litchfield, '36, William Centner, '38, Abe Zwerdling, '35. Below, center, Jack Moekle, '35. Varsity Debate Team Puts Away Its Crown After Strenuous Year Flint Northern High School will meet Monroe in the finals of the Michigan Forensic Tournament tonight in Hill Auditorium. On the left, reading down; Marjorie Wilson, "Sidney Davidson, and James Mc- Culloch, representing Flint Northern; on the right: John McCallister, Walter Meir, and Alda Rolph, representing Monroe. Five Separate Speech Groups FOa Flourish On Michigan Campus Crowned with the Big Ten Confer- ence debating championship the Michigan Varsity Debating team has laid away for the year its forensic weapons of argument and rebuttal which have brought it through a schedule of 10 inter-collegiate con- tests with only three defeats. The two veterans of the Varsity, Ed Litchfield and Abe Zwerdling, who together have never been vanquished, were outstanding during the year, successfully defending their position against all comers at the Delta Sig- ma Rho Tournament held at Madi- son, Wis., and at the Conference Round-Robin at Evanston, Ind. The two veterans will attempt to main- tain their record this afternoon in the exhibition debate with Albion College in Hill Auditorium. The two other members of the Michigan team, William Centner and Jack Moekle participated in State Forensic Tournaments - Centner for the Battle Creek team last year, which reached the final round, and Moekle as a member of the 1930-31 Detroit Northern team. At the Conference Tournament held April 5 and 6, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin all went down in de- feat before the verbal offensive of the four men who represented Mich- igan. Purdue and Illinois, however, were awarded decisions over the Wol- verines. The men's team carried the main weight of the year's schedule, but on the question of how the change would affect the high schools. The main difference, the general opinion asserted, would be a loss of students by the department of mathematics in the case of girls, and of foreign lan- guages in the case of boys, with cor- responding gains in the field of the social sciences and general science. The afternoon program was com- pleted by an address by Orin W. Kaye, supervisor of FERA and freshman col- leges in the state, who spoke on the outlook for those institutions. A strong increase in the emphasis on the non-academic angles of the col- leges was anticipated, together with a raise of pay for the teachers, and an effort to provide part time work for students. The program for tomorrow is head- lined by a session on personal adjust- ment, a business meeting of the Club, and the reception and banquet at night. The day will be devoted most- ly to sessions on 27 general topics in the field of instruction. FOUNTAIN PENS, PENCILS Parker, Sheaffer, waterman, wahi, Eversharp. Large complete stock. Service work a specialty. O. D. MORRILL 3i4 South State had the adequate and valuable as- sistance of the women's squad. Un- der the guidance of Floyd M. Riley of the speech department, the latter was victorious in its contests with North- western and Ohio State - these two victories aiding materially to Mich- igan's ultimate winning of the con- ference crown. With the experienced coaching of Dr. James McBurney, coach of the debating team and manager of the Forensic Association, the men's Var- sity conquered Northwestern in the Fall and annexed second place in the National Sigma Delta Rho Tour- nament. Single honors for debating at the University of Michigan have been tacitly awarded to Edward Litchfield, who has shown by his Varsity record and by his capturing the National Public Discussions Contest Award, consistent forensic ability through- out the year. Syskens' 7-Day Tardiness Lo®s t Huey His Supp esr )ort 12,000 Michigan Students Throughout State Active During Year The continued popularity of the annual high school forensic tourna- ment has been evidenced again this year by the participation of over 12,000 students in 289 high schools throughout the state in debating, original oratory, declamation, and extempore speaking competition that is climaxed today with the champion- ship debate between the two finalists in Hill Auditorium. The Forensic Association is under the general direction of the Univer- sity of Michigan Extension Division in cooperation with the University department of speech andgeneral linguistics, the library extension serv- ice, and an advisory council consist- ing of representatives of the Mich- igan Conference of City Superintend- ents, the Michigan High School Prin- cipals Association, and the Michigan Association of Teachers of Speech. All member schools of the Associa- tion debated on the same question during the year. The proposition of V'ederal Aid To Education, the same subject debated by the Michigan Var- sity team during the first semester, has been used during the period 1934- 35. The debates of the Association are held in two series: the first, a point- winning program in which each school debates four times, win or lose; the second, an elimination schedule including those schools having the largest number of points. Losing schools in each debate are dropped during the second series, and by a process of elimination the number is gradually narrowed down to the two teams that are scheduled to fight it out for the championship in Hill Auditorium. There are three series of contests in oratory, declamation, and extemp- ore speaking: the local, sub-district, and the district contests. They are all sponsored by the Detroit News which presents a Webster's dictionary to the winners in the three events in the sub-district contest. Wall ban- ners are presented by the University to the schools winning the district contest. waited, but no judge. Finally, in ex- asperation or relief, they carried on the debate without the professor, no decision being rendered. One week later, as an Alpha Nu meeting was in progress, who should come in but Professor Muyskens who announced thatehe was all ready to judge the debate. Nu-BUCK MEN'S OXFORDS n lu, 'yks Qi $3.50 English Boot Maker 534-536 Forest Avenue One of the most humorous incidents in the University forensic societies' humorous debates came one night in the first semester when there was no real debate at all. Alpha Nu, honorary speech frater- nity, was scheduled to debate with the Adelphi House of Representatives on the question: "Resolved, That Huey Long Should Be President of the Unit- ed States." Prof. John Muyskens of the speech department consented to serve as judge. When the night for the speech con- test came, the debaters gathered in Angell Hall, their forensic weapons shined and polished. They were all set to go, but Professor Muyskens had. not yet showed up. They waited and By FLORENCE HARPER Silence may be golden, but it is not I recognized as such on the Michigan campus judging from the number of speech societies in existence here and from the support theyereceive from the student body. Indeed, it is a fact worth noting that organizations for the promotion of interest in debating' or in forensics in general carry on programs which are among the most: extensive offered by campus groups. There are five such societies, in marked contrast to the single organi- zation usually maintained by other departments or interest groups. Three of these are for men and two boast an exclusively feminine membership, indicating a possible error in the well- known assumption concerning the most talkative sex. Alpha Nu and Adelphi are the speech spieties for men in the literary school, with Ath- ena and Zeta Phi corresponding or- ganizations for women, and Sigma Rho Tau the honorary speech group for engineers. All these organizations are honor- ary, admittance to membership for most of them coming after a period' of pledgeship. Election may be ob- tained by trying out with a series of short speeches. Zeta Phi Eta alone' takes its membership on the basis of scholarship. The programs sponsored range from serious discussions of the munition question and the Saar plebiscite to humorous inter-club debates on such propositions as "Resolved, That the Charm of Woman Varies Inversely With Her Intelligence." In addition many meetings have featured as guest speakers members of the faculty. The inter-club debates are annual affairs and are conducted upon both serious and humorous topics. Need- less to say, those which prove most interesting to the innocent bystander are the forensic battles in which the feminine contingent is opposed to the not always dominant male. To encourage interest in public speaking, Sigma Rho Tau gives an annual award to the member present- ing the best speech. Another tradi- tion of the engineers group is the in- formal initiation which is held at the Sigma Rho Tau stump near the En- gineering Arch, on which the oil-can, symbol of the organization, is set forth. Similar awards are made yearly by Alpha Nu and Adelphi. N I .4 SUNDAY, APRIL 28 at ANN ARBOR AIRPORT x, Ribbon Cutting Demonstration Spot Landing Contest STUNTING 5 2 p.m., 4 p.m. 11 a.m. P.M. Entries for Spot Landing Close Saturday Evening BOMB DROPPING Saturday Afternoon i I, - ,.1 iI nommoomwam WI owe z IN SPRING- a Young Sophisticate's Fancy Turns to . 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