THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN All-State High School Ch anil ionsliip Debate Here Flint To Meet Big Rapids In Final Contest Survivors Of Elimination To Argue Unicameral Legislature Proposal Match To Be At 7:30 The 21st annual final for the state high school debating championship will be held tonight when the teamsI from Flint Central and Big Rapids high schools, survivors of a three- month elimination contest, meet at, 7:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. The topic will be "Resolved, That the Sev- eral States Should Adopt a Unicamer- al Form of Legislature." . More than 1,000 high school stu- dents from all parts of the state will come to Ann Arbor to attend the contest of the two teams that reached the finals from among 237 competing high'schools. The affirmative Flint team is com- posed of Douglas Woody, Helen Stev- enson, and William Siegel, and was directed by Harold E. Hawley of Flint Central High School. John Mangrum, Plyna Gilchrist, and Dan Giler, directed by Roland C. Faunce of their school, will make up the negative Big Rapids team. The debate is conducted annually by the Michigan High School Foren- sic Association, a division of the University Extension Service. Arthur Secord; of the Service, and Varsity debating coach, is manager of the Forensic Association. Gold watches, donated by the De- troit Free Press will be awarded to each of the six debaters participat- ing in tonight's event. Bronze, trophy cups will be awarded to the two teams, and also to Howell High School and Bessemer A. D. Johnston High School, semi-finalist teams. The Free Press will also present wall plaque trophies to 71 of the schools that participated in the elimination congtest, and lapel pins to the debaters who participated in one or more of these contests. Dr. Henry A. Sanders, chairman of the department of speech and gen- eral linquistics, will be chairman of the debate. The judges will be Prof.t J. T. Marshman, head of the speech epartment of Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity, and president of the Nationala ssociation of Teachers of Speech, rof. Gail E. Densmore, of the de-'a -artment of speech and general lin- uistics, and Prof. Carl G. Brandt, oft he same department.' The debaters will each make one1 'onstructive speech of eight minutesc 'n length, and one rebuttal, four min-c tes in length.e High, School Teams To Vie For State Championship Tonight Speech Groups Are Popular Extra - Curricular Activities 5 Cainps Orgauizations The organization is national in char- Indulge in Fore sic acter having been founded about 15 years ago at the University by Pro- Pursuits, Contests. fessor Bracket of the engineering col- lege. Since then chapters have been By RICHARD KELLOGG nd founded at 10 middle western col- Almost from the date of its found- leges. Its purpose was, to establish ing speech activities at the University a closer bond between the public and have been among the foremost and the engineering profession through popular fields of extra-curricular development of skill in self-expres- participation. In addition to debate and contest activities under the direct The annual initiation speeches of auspices of the speech department, h o au, madin tee d there are at present five student or- Sigma Rho Tau, made in tattered ganizations indulging in forensic pur- and abbreviated.garment on the his- suits. toric stump near the engineering Alpha Nu and Adelphi are the arch, have virtually come to be a men's literary societies and Zeta PhisMiphigan tradition. Eta and Athena are the women's lit- The speech" organizations are erary clubs. Sigma Rho Tau, engi- among the few extra .curricular ac- negring society, is the largest and tivities open to first semester fresh- strongest of the quintet. men. Admission to them is gained Back in the pioneer days of 1843 by delivering a three to five-minute when 23 students devoted to the tryout speech before the members cause of "book learning" called. of the societies. themselves the University of Mich- That Michigan has always been igan a small but vociferous group of active in developing eloquence is evi- intellectuals formed Alpha Nu, old- denced by the number of societies est organized group on the Mich- that have flourished -on campus at igan campus. ~The fraternity has one time or another. The "60's" been in continuous existence since seem to have been a period of mush- that date and numbers among its room gro'wth if the various alumni members Governor Frank Murphy, bulletins of that period are accurate. Regent Junius E. Beale of the Uni- Such impressive names as "Homo- versity and Professors Gail E. Dens- trapezoi," "Philozetian," and "Par- more, and Carl G. Brandt of the monian" are listed among those gray- speech department. ing documents. / SMARTEST HOSIERY SHOPPE Michigan Theatre Bldg'. Pictured above are the debating teams of Flint Central and Big Rapids High Schools, survivors of a state- wide elimination contest, to vie for the Michigan de- bating championship tonight in Hill Auditorium. In the upper row, left to right, is the affirmative Flint Central team, Douglas Woody, Helen Stevenson, and William Siegel. Below is the negative Big Rapids team, John Mangrum, Plyna Gilchrist, and Dan Siler Adelphia is organized as a mod( of the U. S. House of Representa tives. Each member is assigned represent a state and to speak in i behalf on important national issue Sigma Rho Tau is the newesta well as the largest of the clubs. I members number about .90 engineer. Activities Scheduled For High School Day High school student conferences concerning University admission will be held throughout the day by Ira M. Smith, registrar, in Room 107 Mason Hall. 11 a.m.-Annual Honors Convo- cation. Address on "Research," Dr. L. M. Gilbreth at Hill Auditorium. 1:45 p.m.-Campus tour leaving from front entrance of Haven Hall, conducted by University Varsity de- baters. 4:05 p.m.-Free Big Ten baseball game. Purdue vs. Michigan, at Ferry field. 7:30 p.m.-University Band con- .ert at Hill Auditorium. 8:15 p.m.-State Championship De- bate at Hill Auditorium. SENIOR CAPS AND GOWNS Literary college seniors should make Srrangements for getting caps and' ;owns as soon as possible, members f the cap and gown comittee warned esterday. t { e 1 3 1 c i t I] t 1 1 1 i {i {1 J Varsity Debate Team Ends Record Season Established New Record For Big Ten Competition With NineStraight Wins The University varsity debating team completed a well-rounded sea- son by retaining the championship at the annual Big Ten meet April 9 and 10\at the University of Chicago, and establishing an unsurpassed Big Ten record of nine consecutive vic- tories. The Michigan affirmative team, composed of Robert Rosa, '39, and Harry Shniderman, '38, lost its last debate to the University of Wis- consin, but was not prevented from easily winning the title. The negative team, composed of Oliver Crager, '39, and Jack Shuler; '40, won all its debates. The two teams debated on the topic "Re- solved, That the National Labor Re- lations Board Should Be Empowered to Enforce Arbitration in All In- dustrial Disputes" during the entire round-robin. They met teams from Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Purdue University, Uni- versity of Illinois, University of Chi- cago, University of Minnesota, and Indiana University. After the meet Rosa and Shnider- man went to Mt. Vernon, Iowa where they met Cornell College and went on to Ames, Iowa, where they debated Iowa State College. The topic for both debates was "Resolved, That President Roosevelt's Big Navy Pro- gram Deserves the Support of the American People." During the year Varsity teams met the University of Chicago, Ohio State University, University of Illinois, and Purdue University, losing only to Ohio "State on the topic, "Resolved, 'that the Several States Should Adopt a Unicameral Form of Legislature,' the same topic to be debated tonight for the state championship. 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