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May 10— Pacific U niversity.
May 17— Corvallis H igh School.
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T h ro u g h the careful coaching of M r. Sanders and C aptain C ham ber
lain the girls made a clean sweep of the Silverton H igh School. T he
fast playing and careful basket th ro w in g of C apt. C ham berlain, Bettles
aiH^ \ \ ilson gave Chem aw a a 22 to 8 score in the first gam e at Chem awa.
T h e second gam e was played at Silverton before a large crowd of
school and town rooters.
Silverton came back very stro n g and held
Chem aw a to an 8 to 6 score. At tim es it seemed th at Silverton would
w in, but Chem aw a would not be out-done.
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K E L IA N C E - E X C E L SI < > K I) K B A T B
O ne of the most ex citin g as well as in terestin g events in the history
of the school year was th e annual debate between the Reliance and E x
celsior L iterary Societies, w hich occurred T h u rsd ay evening, A pr. 3, in
the audito riu m . For several years there has been a spirit of friendly
rivalry existing between the two societies, both in debates and athletics.
T he Reliance has defeated the E xcelsior at basketball and football this
school year, and on T h u rsd ay evening won the annual debate, th u s a d d
ing one more to th eir unbroken line of victories for several years.
I he team rep resen tin g the Reliance Society, M artin Sam pson p rin ci
pal. P rank \ erigan and L oulin Brewer colleagues, upheld the affirm a
tive side of th e question, “ Resolved. T h at the U nited States is justified,
w ithout violating the provisions of the H a y -P a u n c e fo te T re a ty , in m ak
ing rebates of tolls charged for passage th ro u g h the P anam a Canal to
ow ners of A m erican vessels engaged in th e coast-w ise tra d e .” T h e
negative side of the question was defended by H arry Jones, principal,
Patsie B arrett and Patrick \ erney colleagues, of the E xcelsior Society.
T he question was given to the two team s on W ednesday, w hich
m eant hard w ork for both sides, in order to present th eir argum ents the
follow ing evening. Both sides w orked hard on th e question, as was
show n by th eir argum ents. T he judges who decided in favor of the
affirmative were Mr. Scott Principal of the H ighland School in Salem ,
Miss G u th rie of the H ighland School, and Mr. M iller of P ortland.
O ne pleasing feature of these debates is the way in w hich S u p erin ten
dent W adsw orth presides as chairm an of th e evening. T h e different
societies of the school have chosen him as th eir perm anent chairm an in
the public debates, w hich take place from tim e to tim e.
A fter the debate the judges, different m em bers of the debating team s
and th eir girl friends, and a few invited guests enjoyed the hospitality
of Mrs. Brewer and Miss S kipton, who served refreshm ents. T h e e n
tertain m en t and hospitality accorded the guests by Mrs. Brewer and
and Miss Skipton will lx? long rem em bered by all present.