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debaters' must be developed for these coming interstate debates.
Anybody in college, man or woman, with ability of any kind in ar
gumentation, should enter these tryouts. We need ¡debaters and
MUST have them.
The “rubber ball figure” has been used in Oregon publications
before, but it will do no harm again to apply it here. When a rub
ber ball is thrown down it won’t stay down and the harder it is
thrown down, the higher it will come back, and rise. A little of this
“rubber ball” style will be a gpKd thing for us to cultivate in de
bate. Last year we were thrown down hard. Let us do ouf rising
this year.
Current
During the campaign preceding .the last Presidential
Events election, , clubs were formed for the Support of the two
great, party leaders. General interest was felt among the
students concerning this electidn and there was a considerable de
gree of knowledge evident as to the ideals and platforms of the dif
ferent parties. This knowledge of subjects of interest to the nation
should be the rule, not the exception. As a whole, University stu
dents are too self centered and self sufficient. The time given to the
things pufside our ¿lasses is little and we spend it in discussion of
campus talk and movements.
We. do not as a rule discuss* What the whole nation is discussing:
those things which go to make history. A, few of us have a fair
knowledge and understanding of these tbpics but the rest of us are
woefully uninformed.
Literature classes, in which upper-classmen predominate, show
an amazing lack along the lines of. general information and current
events. The fault lies entirely with ourselves, The Outlook, the
Independent and the Review of Reviews are not the most popular
magazines ,uppn our shelves.
Lack of time Is a potent excuse. However, after we leave col
lege, we are. still going, to have no time and perhaps even less op
portunity for the acquisition. of this knowledge.
A great many of us leave' college accused, justly enough,
that pur knowledge is all along one line, and that we know nothing
of that which gives us better appreciation of things.