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YALE-PRINCETON DEBATE.
SKetch of the Men Who will Meet
To-morrow Night— Wale’s
Speakers Criticized.,;
The debating team has been hard at
work for several weeks past in pre-
paration for the annual contest which
takes place to-morrow evening at
Alexander Hall, Princeton. Prof. A.
T. Hadley, Dr. E. V. Raynolds and
Mr. George Fox, Rector of the Hop-
kins Grammar School, have given much
time and aid in coaching the team.
The second debating team, with which
several debates have been held, has
done much to make the first team
especially strong in rebuttal.
The judges selected are Professors
W. L. Wilson of Washington and Lee
College, J. F. Jameson of Brown Uni-
versity, and Mr. Everett P. Wheeler
of New York City.
Cleveland will preside.
Yale is to uphold the affirmative
on the _ question,
national party lines should be disre-
garded in the choice of the councils
and administrative officials of American
cities”? WN. A> Smyie. PG. J. oR.
Clark, ’99, and: €. Be Studinsic,. 99
L. S., have been selected for the regular
team, B: <CouSniithi 760. and. toe.
Richardson, ’98, being alternates.
At the banquet to be held after the
debate at the Princeton Inn, Professor
W. L. Phelps, 87, will respond to the
toast, (2
This will be the fifth debate of the
Yale-Princeton series.
that have been held, Princeton has won
two and Yale one. At the first
debate, held March 15, 1893, at Prince-
ton, there were no judges and no dis-
cision. Chancellor McGill presiding.
The question was, “Resolved, That
the peaceful annexation of Canada
would be beneficial to the United
States.”
Princeton sustained the affirmative
and won the second contest, held May
1, 1895, at New Haven, on the ques-
tion, “Resolved, That the income tax
law of 1894 was, under the circum-
stances, a justifiable one.”
The third debate, at Princeton, De-
cember 6, 1895, was won by Yale, who
debated affirmatively on “Resolved,
That it would be wise to establish, in
respect of all State legislation of a
general character, a system of Refer-
endum similar to that established in
Switzerland.”
The last debate, held at New Haven,
May 7, 1897, was won by Princeton, on
the question, “Resolved, That the
power of the Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives is
detrimental to the public interest.”
She sustained the negative.
NATHAN AYER SMYTH.
Nathan Ayer Smyth, P. G., who will
open the debate for Yale, is a resident
of New Haven, Conn. He was born in
Quincy, Ill., on the 29th of May, 1876.
He came to Yale from Andover, where
he took an active interest in debating,
and was Class Orator. Entering Col-
lege with the Class of Ninety-Seven, he
won the Woolsey Scholarship in his
Freshman year, besides taking prizes
in English and Mathematics. In
Junior year he won the Ten Eyck
Prize, and the next year was one of
the Townsend Prize speakers. In his
Academic course, Mr. Smyth took lit-
tle or no interest in debating until last
year, when he was one of the men
selected to compete in the final trials
for the Harvard debate. Mr. Smyth
was a Class Deacon, was President of
the University Tennis Association in
1897, and a member of the Ninety-
Seven Lit. Board. He received a
Philosophical Oration Appointment,
Ex-President |
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Johnsbury, Vt.
and was Salutatorian of his class. Mr.
Smyth is now taking graduate courses
in Economics and Philosophy. As a
debator Mr. Smyth is exceedingly clear
headed and logical in his arguments,
but lacks an effective delivery.
JOHN KIRKLAND CLARK.
John Kirkland Clark, ’99, will be
Yale’s second speaker. Mr. Clark,-
who is the son of Edward P. Clark,
*70, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and a brother
oft. (Vi shila. O7.. was bor, in
Springfield, Mass., on January 2Ist,
1877. He took his preparatory course
at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
He began his debating career imme-
diately on entering College, being on
the Freshmen team which met the Har-
vard Freshmen in 1896. Mr. Clark has
the honor of being on two debating
teams in one year, as he was a member
of the team which defeated Harvard last
Fall..-It will thus be seen that he has
had no lack of experience. In his de-
bating he has good style and always
shows a thorough knowledge of the
subject, but is apt to lack animation.
Mr. Clark is a fine scholar, taking the
Berkeley <Prize-and the . Lucius °-F:
Robinson Latin Prize in his Freshman
and Sophomore years respectively.
Last Fall he received a Philosophical
Oration Appointment and won the
Waterman Scholarship.
CHARLES HEITLER STUDINSKI.
Charttes ~Heitler: Studinski, . Po %G.;
Yale’s final speaker, is another debater
with intercollegiate experience, being
a member of last year’s winning team
against Harvard. Mr. Studinski was
born in Mansfield, Ohio, on April 25th,
1876, but now lives in Pueblo, Col.,
where he prepared for college at the
High School. He spent the first two
years of his college course at the Uni-
versity of Colorado, entering the Class
of Ninety-Seven at Yale in the Fall of
1895. In Junior year he was an alter-
nate on the winning team against Har-
vard. In the trials for the team last
year he won the Thacher Prize of $75.
He was President of the Yale Union
last Spring and was Class Orator, be-
sides receiving a High Oration Ap-
pointment in his Junior year. He is
now in the Junior class of the Law
School. Mr. Studinski is the best of
the three debaters in point of oratory
and command of language, but he has
a tendency to overstatement and at
times is likely to fall into the common-
place.
BARRY CONGAR SMITH.
Barry Congar Smith, ’99, who has
been chosen as the first alternate, was
born in Pittsburg, Pa., on June 28th,
1877. He prepared for College at the
East Orange, N. J., High School. Be-
fore entering College he had had no
debating experience, but since then he
has been steadily at work, and has
tried for all the debates, being se-
lected as one of the final trial speakers
for his Freshman team against Har-
vard and for the University debate
against Harvard last Fall. In the trials
for the coming debate he was awarded
the Thacher Prize of $75. He is a high
stand man, having received a Philo-
sophical Oration Appointment last Fall.
FRED ERWIN RICHARDSON.
Fred Erwin Richardson, ’98, the
second alternate, comes from Lancas-
ter, N. H., where he was born on Jan-
uary 28th, 1869. Before entering Col-
lege he was engaged in business for
several years. He prepared for College
at the St. Johnsbury Academy, St.
Last Fall he was al-
THE YALE
DEBATERS.
ramcesce
C. H. Studinski. 8B. C. Smith.
N. A. Smyth. J. K. Clark.
ternate on the team that won from
Harvard, and he was a member of his
Freshman team against Harvard. In
his debating he has always been dis-
tinguished by his painstaking energy.
PRINCETON’S REPRESENTATIVES.
The debaters who will
Princeton have all had previous experi-
ence in the forum. The _ following
facts about the men are taken from
the Alumni Princetonian:
Mr. Howard H. Yocum, who will
_ probably speak first, was in both the
Yale and Harvard debates last year.
He has also won a large number of
honors during his college
In Freshman year, he was first honor
man of his class, and won first prize
in a Whig Hall competitive debate.
He won the Sophomore Prize Debate
in Whig Hall and also the Sophomore
prizes in Mathematics and English,
offered by the University. On Wash-
ington’s Birthday, 1897, he won the
Class of Seventy-Six prize debate.
Last year, he was awarded half of the
Junior first honor prize. This year
he has won the French Medal debate in
Whig Hall, and the first disputation
prize in the Baird Contest. Mr. Yocum
is now a member of the Senior class,
his home being in Columbia, Penn.
Mr. Matthew Lowrie, ’98, hails from
Warrior's Mark, Pa. He prepared at
Lawrenceville, graduating in the Class
of Ninety-Four. Upon coming to
Princeton, he joined Clio Hall, and won
second prize in the Freshman Declama-
tion Contest. In Sophomore year, he
won the Sophomore prize debate.
Last year he won first prize in the
general competitive debate in Hall,
represented his Class in the Washing-
ton’s Birthday Oratorical Contest, and
represent
course. |
won the Junior Oratorical Contest at
Commencement. This year he won the
second disputation prize in the Baird
Contest and has been elected Senior
Class Orator.
W. M. Shultz, ’o0, of Danville, Pa:
prepared for College at the Hill School,
Pottstown, Pa. He received honorable
mention in the Freshman Declamation
Contest. in Clio Hall, and won the
Sophomore prize debate. He was first
honor man of his class in Freshman
year and won the Class of Seventy
Sophomore English prize. He also
represented his class in the Class of
Seventy-Six prize debate on Washing-
ton’s Birthday.
Robert F. Sterling, ’97, alternate, is
puhsuing post graduate work at the
University, and is also matriculated at
the Seminary. He lives at Blairstown,
Pa., and prepared for College at Kiski-
minetas School. In his Freshman year
he won the Freshman debate in Whig
Hall. In Sophomore year he won the
Class of Seventy-Six prize debate on
Washineton’s Birthday. During his
last two years he took a prominent
part in Hall work, winning one first
and one second prize in competitive
debate, and the French Medal debate.
He also won the Lynde debate and the
first disputation prize in the Baird
Contest. In his Junior year he was
chosen alternate in the debate against
Yale, and was one of Princeton’s
representatives in both the Yale and
Harvard debates last year.
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Class Boy of Ninety-Six.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert E. Hawkes on March 16.
The child, whose name is John Ballard,
is the Class Boy of Ninety-Six.
