Gophers Beat Wolverines

GOPHERS BEAT WOLVERINES

Minnesota Won the Debate From Michigan

UNANIMOUS DECISION

But the Verdict was Somewhat Unsatisfactory to the Crowd

Chicago, April 4 - By a unanimous decision of the judges the University of Minnesota defeated the University of Michigan in the fourth annual final debate of the Central Debating League held this evening in Music hall, Fine arts building. The Minnesota men successfully maintained the anti-government position on the Philippine question, arguing for the affirmative of the following question:

"Resolved, That the best interests of the United States forbid that we should permanently hold and govern the Philippines."

The principal point of the Minnesota men was the moral argument. Basing their subsequent arguments on the maxim that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, they led up to the moral statement, voiced with such telling effect by Hugh J. McClearn in a plea for the honor and integrity of the nation, and an appeal not to turn a yearn for humanity into a base and sordid struggle for commercial supremacy. The other Minnesota debaters were Benjamin Drake Jr., and Willis I. Norton.

Hugo Sonnenschein, Andrew J. O'Connor and Leonard O. Meigs were the Michigan debaters. They emphasized the commercial side of the question, but covered it broadly. The north side of the hall was filled with Michigan enthusiasts and the south side with Minnesota "rooters." There was the usual discussion over the decision. Chicago men present, and some Minnesota men, agreed with Michigan men that they should have received the decision. The judges were Judge Deemer, of Iowa; Judge Howland and John W. Ela. Dr. Edmund J. James, president of Northwestern, whose team was defeated by Michigan and formerly of Chicago, whose team lost to Minnesota, presided.