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•Coach Whitehead"There has been greater interest shown in debate work this year than for some time,especially among the men," says Coach A. E. Whitehead. Perh aps t his added interest hasbeen due to the use of the tournament system introduced last year, which gives morestudents an opportunity to debate. Extemporaneous speaking as the essence of debate hasalso been stressed. A new forensic attraction this year was t he state-wide tour by KarlH obson and William Wetheral l, who appeared before service organizations such as R otaryand Kiwanis Clubs where they discussed the cu rrent topics of the day in open forum .Karl Hobson, William Wetherall, John Farquhar, Cecil GreathouseThe Women's .Annual Debate Tournamentwas held at P ullman, D ecember 9·Winning two matches and losing two, oneof which was broadcast, Mildred Petersonand Ethlyn 0' Ieal represented Idaho inthe forensic meet with Whitman Collegeand Washington State College. T he questiondebated was, R esolved: "That H i tierhas been a benefi t to Germanv." The Idahoteam argued both affi rmative and negativesides of the question.The other Idaho squad was composed ofR uth P uckett and Elizabeth Stickney, whoparticipated in intercollegiate debate forthe fi rst time. T his couple won one debateand lost t hree.•••••• *The Men's Annual Debate T ournamentwas held at Walla Walla, December r6.Idaho, represented by Karl H obson, William Wetherall, J ohn F arquhar, and EarlCarlson, tied fo r fi rst place with W hitmanCollege in the contest with W ashi ngtonState College and Whitman College. T hequestion debated was, R esolved: "That thepowers of t he president should be substantiallyincreased as a settled policy."The tournament style of debate wasused, both sides of the q uestion beingargued by each team. H obson and Wetherallwon two out of four debates, whi leFarquhar and Carlson won t hree out offour.••