Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1914 — INTEREST CENTERS IN COMING CONTEST [ARTICLE]

INTEREST CENTERS IN COMING CONTEST

Rensselaer Representative Will Meet Debaters From Other Districts Next Wednesday. The finaLqontest of the state high school debaters will take place at Indiana University at Bloomington on Wednesday evening, June 3. Dwight Curnick, of the Rensselaer high school, who has just been promoted from tine sophomore to the junior class, will represent the tenth congressional district of Indiana. The contestants are as follows: Ist, Irvin Weil, Evansville. „_ZZ 2nd, Andrew Hepburn, Bloomington. 3rd, Sultan Cohen, Jeffersonville. 4th, Charles Trumbo, Seymour. sth, Kenneth Hogate, Danville. 6th, Robert Lyons, Richmond. 7th, James Ingles, Indianapolis, Shortridge high school. 3th, Harvey Everett, Decatur. 9th, George Mcßeynolds, Kokomo. 10th, Dwight Curnick, Rensselaer. 11th, D. B. Snyder, Wabash. 12th, David. Ervin, Fort Wayne. 13th, Gertrude Cuddahay, Mishawaka. - Great interest is developing in the coming contest both at the university and throughout the state, and elaborate preparations are being made for a very interesting occasion. President Wm. L. Bryan will preside. The judges will be from Chicago University, and Louisville, Ky.° The topic for discussion will be, “New Constitution for® Indiana.” Each speaker will have eight minutes for a principal speech and three minutes for rebuttal. The order of speaking will be determined by lot immediately before the contest begins. The contest is distinctly a discussion in which each participant is free to choose his own point of view touching any phase of the general subject. This is the first contest of the kind in Indiana and is the beginning of a permanent organization and an annual contest of the high schools of the state under the auspices of the public discussion bureau of the Indiana University extension division. The winner will receive a gold medal bearing the seal of the university.