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Show >$>'-i DEBA TING 'UCCESS crowned the efforts of Don C. Lewis, Debate Coach for the past season, for, although seventeen debaters were used in the Men's debates and ten in the Women's, Utah carried off far more decisions than is her grant from the law of averages. These decisions can be attributed not only to the thorough study of the questions by the participants and the skillful and patient training by the coach, but also to his insistence that the contestants seek to arrive at the truth or falsity of the proposition instead of endeavoring by evasive methods to win. Coach Lewis' debaters won first place in the Women's State Triangle and tied for first place in the Men's State Triangle. The orators developed Don c. Lewis, Debate Coach. by Mr Lewis captured first place in the Sons of the American Revolution Patriotic Contest and the Rocky Mountain Oratorical Contest. Hyrum Summerhays and Milton Badger were the winners respectively. An entirely new style of debate was introduced this year, which requires the combatant to withstand a rigid cross questioning on the stand. It has been Mr. Lewis' endeavor to extend this style, which necessitates much more skill and dexterity than the old style debate. This latest development of Aristotle's art should continue to increase interest in debating. It will be hard for the University to obtain another coach equal to Mr. Lewis, who leaves this year to take up work with the American Civil Liberties Union. It has been Mr. Lewis' effort to get away from quibbling and evasion and to train his debaters in keenly analytical thinking, logical argumentation, and the clever use of sarcasm. Jensen, Monson, Taylor, Barlow, White, Boyden, Parkin, Stringham, Richards, Jeppson, Paul, Ridges, Summer-hays, Tygeson, Carlston. ¦ttOCEJEI [136] |
