Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1914 — HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE ON TUESDAY EVENING [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE ON TUESDAY EVENING

Delphi and Rensselaer Hold Simultaneous Sessions-—Learn Aboutv Income Tax. Rensselaer and Delphi high schools are to meet in debate Tuesday evening, April 7th. The contests will take place simultaneously in Delphi and Rensselaer. The subject to be discussed is the income tax. The question. .is stated: “Resolved, That an Income Tax is Pricticable in the United States.” In order to cover the question from every standpoint and to eliminate any elements of advantage which might accrue from choice of the affirmative and negative, each school will argue both sides of the question. The Rensselaer negative team is composed of Edward Rose and Elvyn Allman and will argue at Delphi against Lake Rariden and Floyd Swartz. At the same time the Rensselaer affirmative team, composed of Russell Warren and Dwight Curnick, will meet the Delphi negative team, composed of William Mahanna and Frank Wagoner, at the high school auditorium in Rensselaer. The judges are all to be from outside the two counties. Two Lafayette school teachers and one Monon teacher will be the judges here. An admission, probably 15 cents,” will be charged at the door. Of the Delphi teams the Journal says: “The Delphi team is well balanced throughout, strong in argument and delivery, and are out to win both battles. The local debate will be held in the assembly room and will be judged by judges selected from outside the city. This will be the case at Rensselaer, also. An admission of twenty-five cents will be charged, the proceeds going to the athletic fund, which is in need of bolstering. This is the first in-ter-scholastic debate to be held here for some time and a good crowd is expected.”