The Gavelyte, January 1911

17 I • ·J ~HILOSOPHiy. . . i s~f~c.tion was "As tpe M~Ol\~ls.e'! by • 1 1 The 1 contest is now a thing of the Paulme Phelps. . · ·' i past . and .e\'.~rybody se~ms satisfied I Our contestant,,in music, Mr. John with the -, outcome. · · .;I'he .contestants 1, S~~w~rt rend.,er~d "Th_e Armorer-'s spent a greater part of their Christmas , Song from Robm Hood m a very able . vacation working on thcir ,p-ro'ductions. l manner. On ace-oun t -of , the :hoUday.s · only one I Mr.' Ream Shroades, the contestant mectingo~ tge sQ.c;.iety has been held since j in the oratory class, rendered an excel– the.las~~rep6rt. On this evening a pro- 1lent oration entitled "A Golden Oppor– gram of twenty-seven numbers was tunity" in an excellent manner. riven, .which would have made several I The debate could not_ be gfven be– interes.ting. meeting.s is divided. As it · cause-of the serious illness of Mr. was, the audience became tired and it Harriman. was almost a task to remain. The de- The Philos came out of the contest bate of the evening was upon the ques- 1 with banners flying, having won three tion, Resolved, 'lhat woman should ! numbers en~(~'t ~e four, essay, decla– have the .. uni.yersal right of suffrage. mation ·and ·mtisic~ Nine ·rans for old The affmnative was upheld by DeWitt Ptilo!!! ... 1 Morgan, t_he neg~tiv_e ~ Elwood How- Oniy two; more r_agular meetings re– ell: Th~ Judges aec1ded m ·favor of the ·, main in whicp to make up the required affirmative. , , . . , ,. , , d' It 1 _, 1 ..:" h b t "f - . ,. , 'i J ere its. wou.a .._e muc e ter 1 P.JlILO. ,v: • ! more of the credits were made- during The Inter-socfElty' contest. ·,was held ! the e21.rly part_ of the semester so that January 9th, 1911. Miss Ila R 1msey I the late_r meetmgs wo~ld not be so long repr~sented the ~Ocifty in. ~pe .~ssay J and teu10us to th~ aud~ences. class. Her subject, "The Waning of the The ne~t meetmg will be held Mon- British Aristocracy,•; was well treated day evenmg 16, 1911. and very interestiTl'g'.· The contei,tant in the de~~atjo_o 9~~s JI Yoho:-Why is it hard to breathe in was Miss Florence W1l11amson. The water? ~· I~ "'f'-