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Show D MEN'S VARSITY DEBATE EBATING attracted more students this year than ever m ^P® before. The squad for 1929 was composed of the following: Royal Garff, Reed Coffin, Jay Knudsen, Frank Rose, James Sabine, George Adamson, Richard Bird, Theron Fotheringham, Vivian Gubler, Ned Baldwin, Ted Moss, George Morris, James Neil, and Joe Williams. Some of the questions debated were concerning foreign indictment of American culture, disarmament, campus problems and the effect made on them by social fraternities and sororities, American education, and the effect of modern advertising. The team made three different tours during the spring. Jay Knudsen and Royal Garff on the Northwest trip lost one decision, won three, and participated in one non-decision debate; Reed Coffin and Frank Rose went to California and Nevada for five debates on disarmament and the foreign attitude toward American culture which were very beneficial and instructive to those who participated; James Sabine and George Adamson were in Wyoming for triangle debates with the University of Wyoming at Laramie. These triangle series between the Universities of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado are very important decision debates. The school who wins twice, takes the meet, and is counted the champion of the three, this title being comparative to the non-official representative of the Rocky Mountain States. Many colleges have been represented in the debates at home. In the Winter Quarter the Brigham Young University and the Utah State Agricultural College visited the campus. Since the beginning of March, eleven different groups have come to meet with Utah teams, either before student audiences or occasionally before various clubs and organizations in the city. They were: Kansas Agricultural College, Kansas, non-decision; University of Southern California, with Utah winning the decision; Whitman College, Washington, non-decision; University of Wyoming, non-decision; College of Puget Sound, Washington, non-decision; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, non-decision; Washington State College, Washington, non-decision; Denver University, Colorado, audience decision; University of Colorado, decision, with Colorado winning the decision; University of Nevada, non-decision, and Washington State, with Utah winning the decision. Under Mr. Laverne Bane's supervision a more comprehensive program is planned for next year which promises even further to augment the prestige of University of Utah forensics as established this last year. Mr. Laverne Bane Debate Coach Bird Coffin Rose Sabine Knudson Adamson Gubler Garff Page 129 |