1917 - The Peruvian

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G lenn Kell ey is q uiet, unob t rus ive and not IT II l' ld e nt h 111 ,,·he1 1 IH· nn n· g-t·r-. ,.. tirr c d for th e fig ht it \\·ou ld t a ke a b u:t.z s a\\' in motion to stop hi ' o n -. la ii J.!: ht. I l c thit1k s an d th en thin b som e m o r e. W hat he s ays is to t h c po11H and Ia· g-nw r all \ floors hi,.. opponent w ith blows too fo rmidabl e to he resis ted. S teph en Due risch 1s a m o d e rn Stephe n A. Dol lg-1 a ,.,. Both ha n· 11111d1 d e h a t i n g!;tock in th eir blood , bo th arc think e rs, both are of a s i:t.e . '" both arc- \\"i tt ~· . both are w ise." Both whittl e an a rg um ent to a po in t and t hn1 knoc k th e poi11t off. I I is o r at or y is patte rn ed afte r th at o f D o uglas and his blo\\"s arT j tht a s tt·lli11 g. Talbot Hunt is j ust the opposite of D e11risch as to s ii".l' a11d " ·h('n h (' s ho\\" s hi s s treng th in a rg ume n t a nd q uick H"it and e ' -e r r ead y s tory t hat i,., p at. , ,. t. an· gn·atly r emi nd ed o f th a t em ine nt Ame rican \\·h o ,,·a s al\\·a ys rT nli rld('d o f a s tory . H ur1t is

II is h r a i 11 s. hi s aptwa ran e e , his ana lytic pow e rs ought to put fear int o th e rank s of t h e e 11 c m y. Frederic k K u hlm a n h as an excell e nt voice, ;tn athl e ti c ma1111 e r , a11d a11 app e aran c e \\'hich a r c in his favo r. H e is a m ode rn Antae u s and \\" e al\\·ays li11d him g-ctting up w hen we thi n k ,,.e h ave him fl oo r ed. H is mind is al\\"a ys r c ad y to see th e inco n s is t ency of th e o th e r 's a rg um ents and ,,·oe be t o him ,,·ho van es t'\Tr so I ittk fr o n1 tht·

a vo racious read er an d es pec ia ll y enj oys 1-:ng l is h s 11 b j ects.

point at issue. R ay Robertson a man of ex cellent vo ic e , fo r ce , and ability has been pi c k e d fr o ru th e stud ent bod y to t a ke th e place o f J o hn A ll sman , " ·ho had to le an· sc hoo l on accou nt of the sickn ess o f his fa t he r. :\Ir. R o be rtso n ha s pron·d hiru scli a good man in a lmost every pl ace o f impo rta nce a mo n g th e s tud e n t e fforts. 1-1 ,. has a fine s tag (' p resence, is not a f r aid of an yone, a nd has abilit y t o ama ss fac t s a nd ligures in a fo r c eful w ay. Ve rn e Chat elain h as been a d ebate r fo r a numbe r of yea rs and has ah\· a~·s b ee n ab le t o d o mig hty \\·ell. H e is a tirel ess \\·orkc r , has a kee n a n a l y ti c mind , and is a l\\·ays r ead y fo r an em e r gency. He h as goo d prese n ce, a firH' \·oice and is no t easily emba r rassed . He has a l\\·ays h ad th e ab ilit y of s ho\\·i ng an arg;um e n t in its g r·e atcst fo rce an d his confid e nce in h is s ubj ec t has n e , ·c r bee n able- t o lwget confidenc e in h is enem y. Richa rd ::\Ieissner is a d eb at e r of much ex pe ri e n ce . H l' 1s c lass pn·s id e nt a11d has a n u n usua ll y fi ne o ppo rtuni ty to s h o,,· hi s ca l ibe r. His , ·oice is bi g and st r or 1g, he t hin ks fas t and ,,·ith ou t effo r t. H is expe ri e nce in publi c s pea kin g has gi n· n him an easy platform g r ace , \\·hich ,,·i ll be in his favor . H e is a f,,· a ys bu s~· and is a g ood \\·orke r. W e expect m uch from h im in the co min g; c ontes t . \ Ve ha ve been ve r y fo rtunate thi s yea r i n h av in g Re vere nd Pl' t l'l' C ope of th e C hr·istian ch u rch to assist us in th e prepa r a t io n of t h e de b a t e rs for t h ei r c ontest . Re\T r e nd C ope is a coll ege d ebat e r of m u ch expe ri e n ce, h avi n g d e ba te d s ix times during hi s h is co ll ege ca ree r a n d \\·as a h\·ays on the \\·innin g t ea m. \ V e s h a ll n en· r forge t his se r vices sin ce h e has sac r ifi ced so man y o th e r t hin gs that h e might he! p 'R a hs fo r Cope.

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