. Argo . among the colleges of the organization by holding an annual contest. In this ithas succeeded well and at present a friendly rivalry exists that has awakened agreater interest in oratory, and at the same time stirred up more genuine col-lege spirit than ever before was apparent. Westminster can well be proud of her record for she has won no lessthan four medals and received second place twice. West Virginia has wonthree medals; Allegheny two, and Geneva one. Westminster has also beenhonored by once having elected as president of the Association one of her under-graduates, J. A. Chamber
. Argo . among the colleges of the organization by holding an annual contest. In this ithas succeeded well and at present a friendly rivalry exists that has awakened agreater interest in oratory, and at the same time stirred up more genuine col-lege spirit than ever before was apparent. Westminster can well be proud of her record for she has won no lessthan four medals and received second place twice. West Virginia has wonthree medals; Allegheny two, and Geneva one. Westminster has also beenhonored by once having elected as president of the Association one of her under-graduates, J. A. Chambers 00. J. M. McCalmont, 03 also served as secretaryfor one year. Our orators and the rank received by each have been as follows: H. B. Hezlip First. R. E. Taggart Seventh. J. M. Ferguson Third. J. W. Scott Fourth. PI. R. Miller First. W. E. Brooks Second. W. B. McCrory Second. A. G. Weidler Third. I I. T. < ietty First. F. J. Warnock First. L. G. B., 05. 19031904. 48. F. J. WARNOCK Intercollegiate Debate mHE third annual debate between Geneva College and Westminster Col-lege was held at Beaver Falls on March 2, 1905. The question forllHiliil debate was, Resolved, That the railroads of the U. S. should beowned and operated by the Federal Government. The Geneva de-baters were S. G. Finney and R. M. Young, who took the affirmative side of thequestion, and the Westminster representatives were William J. Everhart, 06,and J. Frank Schrader. 07, who supported the negative side. Geneva supporters were very confident of winning, while we felt a littledubious as to the outcome. But when, the Genevaites had spun their beauti-ful theories and built their wonderful air castles of Utopian centralization ofpower in the Federal Government, Everhart dealt his ponderous blows, shiver-ing their fabric to splinters, we settled back in our chairs with a sigh of relief;and then, when Schrader brought forward his well chosen arguments with suchsmooth delivery, o
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