A fair sample of fickle youth's interest in debating was shown in the turnout of two men, last Wednesday evening, to take part in the competition for places on the sophomore and junior teams in the Hioks Prizo Debate. The time was when according to the HArvard CRIMSON, "The tricks and traps of the logicians were as many as keenly appreciated as the generalship of an astute quarterback." Today even the bait of $50 in prizes cannot lure the wary undergraduate, fearful for his reputation as a man about town and socialite, out of his liar of sophistication.
Truly as one person would have it, the radio and the movies and perhaps the blondes, have driven out debating. Until another passing whim shall again seize the undergraduate and debating shall again become the fad of the cream of Brown men, nothing can be done about it. All we can do is sit back on our haunches and howell at the top of lungs the days tha used to be.
Harvard, among others, has tried to bring back this past glory through the use of one of the enemy's weapons, radio. National and international agency have been held, and are becoming more and more popular. More power to them. Brown Daily Herald
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