1900-1901 Whitman Speech and Debate Team
Debating
was done in the student run literary societies.
Students
went to different faculty members for coaching.
Whitman News
A. Rev.
Stephen B.L. Penrose was the college president.
B. The Pioneer became a weekly publication and
carried advertisements for the Cohen Bros.
C. Electricity
for lighting was added to the Ladies Hall and the Conservatory of Music.
D. Students
began calling for more self-government.
Speech in the English Department News
1900-1901
ENGLISH
LITERATURE AND RHETORIC
Same
as 1899-1900
1900-1901
ENGLISH.
Same
as 1899-1900
World News
A. McKinley
was elected president.
B. Prohibition
became a subtle nation-wide movement.
C. Congress
signed the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of
D. “The
Boxer Rebellion, the goal of which was the removal of foreign influence from
E. “The
US Navy accepted its first submarine, designed by John Holland.”
F. “Max
Planck, the German physicist, published his quantum theory.”
G. “In
the
H. “In
the
I. “Fauvist
movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse.”
J. “Sigmund
Freud published his book ‘The Interpretation of Dreams.’”
K. “Ferdinand
von Zeppelin constructed the first dirigible. It had a speed of
14 miles per hour.”
·
The Athenaeum and Phrenakosmian
Literary Societies, meeting weekly, furnish opportunity to the young men for
pleasant and profitable practice in the important work of debate and oratory.
·
The Libethrean
Literary Society has been organized by the young women of the College for the
development of literary culture and social life. It meets on Saturday evening
of each week at the Ladies Hall.
·
The University of Idaho, the Washington
Agricultural College and School of Sciences, and Whitman College continued
their two annual debates are held each year under the Yale-Harvard debating
rules.
·
To develop power and taste in oratory still
further there has been inaugurated a College Oratorical Association. This
association is a charter member of the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association
of the States of Washington and
·
The
I.
Debate at Whitman
A. Two
rival debate societies on campus, the Athenaeum and Phrenakosmian
Societies, were completely autonomous of each other. Each society had
governmental structures and met weekly to debate current topics and discuss aspects of debate.
B. The
first intersociety debate was on “Resolved: That the Frye-Payne Ship Subsidy
Bill now before the U.S. Congress should be passed.” The competition determined
which debaters should be on the intercollegiate team, which often meant
combining the top debaters from each society.
C. Calls
were made for one professor to be dedicated to debate rather than students
getting a variety of support, advice, and coaching from many professors over
the course of the year.
D. Intercollegiate
debate
1. The
Whitman team of James Rigsby, Elmer Brown, and George
Marquis traveled to Pullman to debate the negative of “Resolved: That the
Philippine Islands should be made an integral part of the United States.”
Whitman won unanimously.
2. The
Whitman team of Palmer, Proctor, and Brattain traveled to the
3. Arthur
Hauerbach won the intercollegiate oratorical contest
with a speech entitled “The Twilight of the Revolution.”