The Daily Echo, 1902-02-12

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THE DAILY ECHO.
VOL. 4-No. oi.
Shortridge High School, Indianapolis. Wednesday, February 12, 190a.
Two Cents
DEBflTIUG CLUB
SMALL ATTENDANCE  BUT   GOOD
DEBATE.
Question, Resolved:   That the Bus!-
ness Man Should Have a Qood
College Education.
There was rather a slim attendance
at the Debating Club, Monday afternoon, hut those who did attend were
interested in the subject, and a good
uiejting was tlie result, Mr. Scott, the
critic, saying at the close that he
would not have been ashamed to have
hud the debate given before the scliool.
The question discussed at this meeting was, Resolved: That a business
man should have a college education.
The affirmative was taken by Frank-
wood . Williams and .Raymond Spru-
ance, the negative by Alfred Darlow
and Ei I in 11 nd Bit el.
Mr. Williams opened the debate for
the affirmative, dealing in his remarks
with three points. First, that the
person called the business man was
primarily a man, and, therefore, his
lirst business was lo learn to live and
to make of himself tlie best and noblest man possible. Second, that
even from tlie low view point of pecuniary success, the business man should
have a college education; and third,
thatsince it was not possible fora
man to remain forever in business, a
college education was necessary to
help liiin best spend his retirement.
In support of his points, Mr. Williams
claimed that only by attending college could he come to appreciate the
past ages, and gather the experiences
from history which would give him a
mind broad enough to best serve himself, li is .slate, his country and the
world, which was, above all other
tiling's, his liest duly To support
the statement that, for business reasons alone a college education was desirable, he quoted several persons,
among whom was Clem Studebaker,
Indiana's great business man. To show
that a retired business man needed an
education, the speaker claimed that if
he bad such an education tlie retired
business mail's life would he richer
and fuller, ami he would have less
need nf unworthy amusements.
Alfred Darlow spoke lirst for the
negative, lie cited some tilings that
prominent* business meu had said
about the value of a collegiate training. He asserted Unit the work in
college i.s too hard on the health, and
'in itcl  from   Mr. MeAnaly,   that an
average of about sixty pages a day has
to be studied. He also stated that
tlie moral nature of the boy Is often
injured as well as the mental and
physical. The cost of a college course
was also mentioned as an objection.
The second speaker on the negative,
Edmund Eitel, made a comparison between the boy who stayed at home and
entered business and theone who took
a course at college. He said that the
four years that, the two boys spent—
one studying and the other working-
were the most important in their
lives; since young men were then the
most impressionable and ambition and
endurance were highest Consequently
these years were the best adapted for
beginning business life. His main
argument was that the training would
not help tiini to earn his living and
that the time spent on it was absolutely wasted. lie cited a statement
in Lippincott's Magazine that business men preferred boys who had
«rown up in the business rather than
college-bred boys. He also said that
the college boy returned with such an
opinion of himself that lie often made
a failure in life for this reason. The
fact that the most successful men in
tlie business world—Rockefeller, Carnegie, .Schwab mid Russell Sage—have
never been at college, was also made
an argument against a college education.
Mr. Spruance, in speaking for the
affirmative, contradicted this last
point, saying that the standard of the
times was constantly changing and
where, twenty years ago, a man without a college education could succeed,
the same man today would fall much
'ower in the scale of success and by
tomorrow fail utterly. Ile declared
that the greater number of our great
men have been college-bred men.
Mr. Spruance also laid stress upon tlie
fact that tlie number of college graduates was increasing each year out of
all proportion to tlie Increase in population, showing that the popular
feeling was In favor of the college
training. The benelit that a young
man received from his contact with
the other college men and with his
teachers, and the incentive it gave to
his ambition was also dwelt upon.
After the appointed debaters had
tinished, the question was discussed in
open session, those present seeming to
favor tlie college education for all
business men.
The question for the next debate
will be, Resolved: That Indianapolis
should own and control its street railway system. Speakers will be appointed later.
Anna Pugh has returned to Shortridge. She has discovered that "home
folks are best."
Miss O'Hair reports tlie following
good grades from Room F, p. m.: Jessie Thomas, A-f, A+, A-f, A-f; Lillian Mueller, A-f, A, A, A; Avlce
Miller, A-f, A, A, A;Kathryn Harper,
A-f, A-f, II; Madie Mock, A-f, A, 13;
Helen .lacoby, A-f, A, IS: Elsie Reynolds, A-f, A, li; Irene Scholield, A,
A. A, B; Louverne Outland, A, A, A,
A; Marie Weaver, A, A, A, B; Helen
Newman, A, A, H. These are the
kind of pupils that build up a school's
reputation.
LECTURE
ON BIRDS BY   MR. AHOS BUTLER
In Shortridge Hall Friday Evening-
Free.
Next Friday night Mr. Amos Butler
will give in the High School Hall a
lecture on "Tbe Coloration of Birds."
Mr. Butler is a supporter of the Audubon Society and the lecture should be
one of interest to every lover of Nature. The Hect ure Is given under the
auspices of the Audubon Society and
will be free. All who are at all interested in birds are cordially invited to
attend.
LOCALS.
Zella Spence is to whistle at the
Senior Book Fair.
* George Darlow returned to scliool
Monday after a bad case of chicken-
pox.
Hugh Jones entertained the Delta
Phi club Friday" night with a theater
party.
Fred Appel will have thc Indiais
at li , wigwam this afternoon. It
will be their lirstnvar dance.
.Mr. Curtis will take Mr. McMullen's
place in tlie Ptiysics Laboratory until
Mr. McMullen returns.
Mr. Scott gave his Vergil classes a
talk Monday on Latin manuscripts,
Illustrating his talk with cuts of old
manuscripts.
A great many students had to take
examinations  last  Thursday.    They
were between the  D and the deep
C, it seems. •
There will be*"a* meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Oratorical Association this evening at
Miss Donnan's.
Mr. Benton has resigned the censorship of the Friday Echo and hereafter
Mr. Thomas will wield the blue pencil
over tlie Friday editors.
We are glad to hear that Ethel
Dorsey, the basket-ball shark, is still
going to play. This report is authentic
having been taken from the latest
bulletin.
The annual meeting of the Nation's
Birthday Association will be held on
the evening of March 14, in the German Lutheran Church, enrner ot
Pennsylvania and Walnut Streets,
SECOIfD PLflCE
IN BASKET-BALL LEAOUE—Y.n.C
A. DEFEATS SHORTRIDGE.
Second Y.M.C A.  Team Defeats De
feats  Second   Shortridge   Team
With a Score of 16 to 13.
The last game of the Indianapolis
Basket-ball League was played last
night on the Y. M. C. A. court, and
the best basket-ball team that Shortridge ever bad made its final appearance. The game was to play off the tie
between Y. M. C. A. and Shortridge
for first place, and, as Y. M. C. A.won,
Shortridge must take second place.
The game was a fast one, well
played, clean and fair. Several tine
throws were made, and some neai
blocking was done, but tliere were
no Individual star plays in the game,
the individual work being sacrilied
for the team work as it should be, and
every player deserves great credit.
In the lirst half Shortridge had her
opponent beaten. Our team work-
was good and the play fast and accurate the score standing 21 to 1,0
in Slfortridge's favor. In tlie second
half Y. M. C. A. entered witli a rush
and although thc Shortridge boys
made a stubborn and tenacious resistance, tliey-at last became somewhat
wild and erratic, due to too great
eagerness to win, and Y.M.C.A. tin-
ally pulled to the front. When the
game was called the score stood Y.M.
C.A., 37; Sliortridge, 28. The second
Shortridge team was defeated by the
second Y.M.C.A. team in a well played
game by a score of 16 to 13. Reese
and Posey did best for Shortridge.
NOTICES.
There will be a special meeting of
the (iirls' First Basket-Ball team on
Wednesday, fora few minutes at the
end of the 1th hour, in room 1.
Captain.
Tlie   Decoration    Committee   will
please meet in Room I, Friday, at 8:15.
George Jackson, Ch'n.
A meeting will be held In room 1
this afternoon for the purpose of
organizing the orchestra. All boys
who play musical instruments are
urged to attend. Mr. Scherer will
direct the orchestra.
Mr. McMullen was taken to the
home of Ii is parents at Columbus, O.,
Monday afternoon, where jt vvas hoped
he might recover more rapidly.