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Princeton failed to meet Yale’s argu-
ment and Yale failed to meet Prince-
ton’s. The difference of interpretation
had been to some extent foreseen; for
each side was prepared to maintain its
own against the other.
The real fight of the debate was a
contest of skill in presenting an inter-
pretation with plausibility. Yale had
the advantage in being first in the field
with her interpretation.
YALE’S INTERPRETATION.
Nathan Ayer Smyth, P. G, of Con-
necticut, was her first speaker. His
speech was a clear analysis of the exact
purpose of Yale’s proposal. It was
carefully arranged to lodge Yale’s in-
terpretation so firmly in the minds of
the audience that any attempt on
Princeton’s part would seem like special
pleading. Yale’s proposal, he said,
was to use the national party organiza-
tions as the machinery of nominations
in city elections, but to refuse to give
it support out of consideration for
national party lines. The object of city
elections is’ to get good men, not
measures, and to do this the fight for
good men must be made both in the
primaries and at the polls. Choice
should be based on the character of the
nominees, not on the party of the can-
didate.
PRINCETON’S POSITION.
Howard Herr Yocum, ’98, of Phila-
delphia, opened the debate for Prince-
ton. He immediately attacked Yale’s
position on the ground that “choice”
must include nomination as well as elec-
tion. Therefore the affirmative must
logically propose some new method if
nomination, independent of the national
party organization. They should advo-
cate municipal parties. He then went
on to argue that national parties are in
the end more desirable than municipal
parties. Mr. Yocum evidently had not
‘anticipated the strength with which the
affirmative’s interpretation could be
maintained, for he apparently failed to
dislodge it from the minds of the audi-
ence. He spoke with much grace and
finish, but lacked force.
John Kirkland Clark, ’99, of New
York, contained Yale’s argument by
showing that so long as national
party lines were not disregarded, mis-
government and boss rule inevitably
followed. His argument was lucid and
well expressed.
William Magie Schulz, ’99,- of Penn-
sylvania, next took up the cudgets for
Princeton. The arguments were now
drifting far apart. He argued strongly
against independent parties. Inasmuch
as Yale did not support such parties,
owing to the difference of interpreta-
tion, his argument did not meet any of
Yale’s points.
Charles Heitler Studinski, L.S., of
Colorado, was Yale’s closing speaker.
He showed that independent voting
had proved successful so far as tried.
His speech produced a profound im-
pression, for it was given with much
genuine oratorical fire.
Matthew Lowrie, ’98, of Pennsylvania,
continued Princeton’s argument against
the advisability of independent parties.
His delivery was good and his argu-
ment clear and effective.
THE REBUTTALS.
The rebuttals were as good as could
be expected under the circumstances,
Neither side would admit the other’s
interpretation, so neither could hit the
opponent’s points. The only live dis-
cussion was on the question of inter-
pretation. - Each speaker put in his
word on this point. Princeton main-
tained that choice included nomina-
tions, and therefore the question meant
the advisability of municipal parties.
Yale maintained that the machinery by
which a man was nominated was of no
import. The real question was where
in casting the ballot the choice is de-
termined by considerations of national
party lines, or solely on considerations
of the character of the men. Yale was
on the whole better prepared for this
tilt. She presented the argument for
her interpretation in a variety of ways |
while Princeton could only reiterate her
one point. In other respects the re-
buttals were all good. There was no
hesitation, the English was unusually
good for extemporaneous speaking;
and the choice and arrangement of
points excellent. ae
' ment,
Their argument massed into one har-
monious whole. Princeton men on the
other hand were sometimes vague; their
form was at times poor, and their ar-
gument seemed to overlap somewhat.
Nevertheless, Yale’s superiority, though
marked, was not great. Her opponents
accredited themselves excellently. It
was a hard-fought, well earned and
creditable victory.
A BRILLIANT BANQUET.
The banquet given in the Princeton
Inn immediately after the debate was
the most brilliant ever held on such an |
occasion. Nearly a hundred guests
were present, including many men of in-
ternational reputations. The speeches
were bright and inspiring. All the
speakers expressed themselves as greatly
gratified with the debate. It was to
them not only an example of meritori-
ous work done in the Universities, but
an augury of good work to be done by
college men in the larger arena of
national life.
President Patton, acting as toastmas-
ter, congratulated Yale on a _ hard
fought fight fairly and well won. At
the same time he expressed himself as
proud of the excellent work done by
Princeton’s supporters.
Ex-President Cleveland was the first
speaker called on. He expressed his
sincere regret that Princeton had lost
and promised that she would give Yale
some hard fights in the future. He was
proud, he said, of the work done by the
Princeton men; and no less proud of
the efforts of Yale—for they were sister
Universities and contests such as these
served not to drive them apart, but to
draw them together. He spoke too of
the usefulness of debating in preparing
students for citizenship.
THE ENGLISH COMMENDED.
President W. L. Wilson of Washing-
-tonand Lee University and a member of
Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet, was the next
to speak. As one of the judges he ex-
pressed his gratification with the quality
of the English used in the debate. Our
government, he said, was one of public
discussion. Such discussion as these
debates, carried on on a high plane of
earnest thought and mutual courtesy,
argued well for the country’s future.
Mr. Everett P. Wheeler of New
York, one of the judges, commented on
the value of cultivating the power of
speech. He talked freely of the value
of independent movements in political
life and closed with a reference to the
prominent part which Yale and Prince-
ton graduates had always played in
public life.
Hon. J. H. Eckels, ex-Comptroller of
the Treasury, commented on the fact
that the independent vote is an out-
growth of the college influence. He
deplored the evils existing in our
government which make independent
voting necessary.
Prof. . L. Phelps responded for
Yale. He thanked Princeton for the
courteous treatment Yale had received
at her hands. He dwelt on the value
of debating as training not only for the
professional man, but for men in every
walkin life. Speaking of Princeton and
Yale, he said, that they were both alike
in trying to keep up the old college
idea in the new university development.
That idea is that men are to be edu-
cated, not instructed. The aim is to
turn out, not a small band of specialists,
but a large body of men willing and
able to stand shoulder to shoulder in the
battles of citizenship. He said, too,
that intercollegiate debating was not
merely mental gymnastics. It was pre-
eminently a fight; and a fight for vic-
tory. Yale was pleased with her victory.
Yet defeat was no disgrace. Princeton
had made a splendid fight. And above
all she had on this occasion as well as
last Fall given an example of the way
to take defeat in-a manly spirit, which
Yale would never forget.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson of Prince-
ton said that victory is one of the
prizes for which debaters strive and
congratulated Yale on winning.
Mr. James W. Alexander of the
Princeton Board of Trustees referred
to the newspaper war over Yale’s
English Department. He said that the
same loyalty which would prevent a
man from discussing his mother’s fail-
ings in public should prevent him from
attacking faults in his alma mater in the
newspapers. Such attacks may be of
_ Prof. Jameson of Brown, one of the
judges, responded for that University.
THE YALE FRENCH CLUB.
Professor deSumichrast of Harvard
Lectures Before 1t—A Fore=-
runner of Good.
The first formal meeting of the
French Club of Yale was held last Fri-
day evening. The Club has a room in
Berkeley, and a charming one, and
latter day posters create an atmosphere
this is quite Parisian. Moreover there
are illustrated papers, newspapers and a
growing library. In a word the Yale
undergraduate has finally a place where
he can catch a whiff of the Parisian air.
Mr. Livermore, ’98, President of the
Club, called the meeting to order and
presented Professor deSumichrast of
Harvard. The address was on Guy de-
‘Maupassant. Prof. deSumichrast is a
very lively speaker and his: gestures are
most graceful and oftentimes decidedly
humorous. His portrayal of Maupas-
sant set forth that writer as a keen ob-
server of all types, as an artist, as a
pessimist, a man for whom patriotism
seemed narrow, a hater of God. -One
third of Maupassant’s work Prof.. de-
Sumichrast described as immoral, but
the remainder, by virtue of its artistic
quality, by its strength, will hold a high
place in literature and the best part of
Maupassant will live.
The address, which was in French,
was followed with the utmost interest
and finished amidst hearty applause.
The coming of Prof. deSumichrast to
Yale will be hailed joyfully as a. fore-
runner of that larger spirit of cosmo- —
politanism which seems at last to be
invading our universities, and we know
that this is but the beginning. Univer-
sity is a big word, suggestive of a de-
sire for the universal. There is no
surer sign of this new desire than that
the students themselves should seek
to know what the thinking world is
thinking, and whether those thoughts
come from Germany or France. There
is every reason to hope that as time goes
on we shall hear the best men of these
countries in their original tongue.
R. T. HoLsrook.
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