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) he Baily Bulletin Vol. VII College’ Station, Texas, Wednesday, April 16, 1924. No. 163 DEBATERS WIN FROM OKLAHOMA A. & I. Dr. Summey Entertains Debaters Coaches and Officials at Dinner Preceding’ Debate. The A. & M. College of Texas De- bating team, composed of G. D. Hol- land of Bryan and S. L. Fitzhugh of Waco, defeated the Oklahoma A. & M. team composed of George Benson and John Murray on Monday night in a lively tilt on the proposition that the United States should join the League cf Nations. The decision was rendered by Professor Ellwood Griscom, Jr., of the Department cf Public Speaking at the University of Texas. The chairman of the even- ing was Dr. F. A. Buechel, who was assisted by Cadet Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Baker as timekeeper. Though the attendance was disappointing, there was a general feeling in the audience that debating had made a gocd start at the A. & M. College and that interest in forensic work would susbtantially increase as a result of this debate. The debate was promoted by the A. & M. College Debating Society, 2 small but active organization which is now headed by S. A. Debnam of Lamesa. The other officers are A. Bayless ¢f Hillsboro, Vice president, and L. E. Hagan of Lancaster, Sec- retary-Treasurer. The Debating So- ciety and the debate team have been coached this year by Dr. George Surn- mey, Jr., head of the Department of English, formerly debate coach at the North Carolina State College of Ag- riculture and Engineering. After the debate the merits cf the debate, including matter, order of speakers, division of subject matter. and delivery were discussed in a pri- vate conference which was attended only by the critic-judge, the dehate teams, the coaches, the president of the Debating Society and the chair man of the evening. In honor of the visitors and of ihe A. & M. debate team, Dr. Summey , entertained the following at dinne in the private dining room of Sbisa Hall before the debate; Prifesso: Harry H. Anderson, debate coach; George Benson and John Murray, de baters, Oklahoma Agricultural an (Continuad on Col. 3, poge 4) Colonel Todd Outlines Concept of Peace; Force is Necessity for Human Progress Presenting data from history, sci-| not good per se. It is fear of the ence and the words of contemporar-|law which keeps at least a part if ies to disprove the arguments of pa-| not the larger part of mankind good. cifist theorists that civilization was a| Again we must consider tha® every preventative of war, of economists |living thing exists by virtue of force that war is uneconomical, of physio-|or energy exercised in some form. logists that war is physical suicide} Scientists also tell us that these forces and of moralists that morality is suf-|are in constant states of conflict with ficient and omnipotent Colonel C. C.|each other, than when these conflicts Todd presented to the Social Science | cease, inertia, decay and eventually Seminar at its last meeting a concepc| destruction follow. If the human race of peace based on law and force. |should ever reach that state of ¢ “That action which, in my judgmen |lization, morality and self satisfac- is most likely to produce the great- | tion that all ambition, energy and for- est degree of tranquility between na | ce should be removed then we know tions are courts of international ar |that all progress would cease. [I be- bitration,” he said. lieve this was amply proven during By a review of history he show the Dark Ages of which the histo. that those nations which have reach- | ian tells us: ed the greatest progr in HR ‘The peace of Rome was a thing tion are those who han RIE of the remote past, a dream cf the greatest amount of HOLT sat jold days that were gone forever. national life, those ndellbd t | It ° was Hin udshiph of fight or die ar? the greatest proportion EE aL (Gite, rally péople preferred to national life in war, od ys the | fight. EA i IRD 4 nation generally regarded as having | ‘During that dd. Sone torch of practiced military oppression, and|learning and art which had illumi- which compelled military service from | nated the world of the Egyptian Greek its citizens was the most peaceful | and Roman was burning very low. of nations during the period preced- Without the knights and their good ing the World War. Between 1800 | friends, the Monks, civilization would and 1900 there were 53.5 years o. have been extinguished entirely war in England, 35 years (f war |the human race would have been in France, 13.5 years of war in Aus- |forced to begin once more where the caveman left off. tria, and 13 years in Germany. “May we not conclude from the “Thus we have exemplified as was above quotations that many of us in| before and has been since that all our great desire to see war abolished! true peace and progress depends upon from the face of the earth overlook so-called moral influence being linked the disagreeable facts with reference |up with, and based upon, the forces to the steps necessary to bring about|of the world; that it is foolish for a stabilized condition of peace and|moralists to tell us that morality secure at least a minimum amoun | should be developed at the expense of armed conflict?” Colonel Todd ask-| of all force. ed. | Considering the argument that war Answering th declaration of the | is economically unprofitable and for pacifist that morality is a highe |this reascn can never be waged again principle than brute force Colonel | Colonel Todd answered that “the fact Tcdd said it was a basic principle | that Germany failed in her attempt that morality is not a condition which'to expand her economic life by wag- just happens but is the growth of | ing war was the strongest possible time and subject to many conflicting | viroof that nations must always be forces. “Powerful forces are re-! prepared to curb and control the quired to establish these princirles | forces of any people, economic or and yet more force is needed to main | otherwise, whenever they seek to pros- tain them”, he said. “I believe it|per at the expense of cthers. KEcono- will be admitted by all that man i (Con*inued on Col. 1, Page 4)
