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\ The Agricultural and Technical College REGISTER GREENSBORO, N. C, FEBRUARY, 1927 FRESHMEN DOWN SOPHOMORES IN FIGHT OVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT On Friday evening, February 4, the Freshman and Sophomore classes engaged their wits in a battle over the many issues which should determine the justification of the death penalty in the scheme of our present judiciary procedure. The proposition was framed: Resolved, '' That Capital Punishment Should be Abolished." This statement of the proposition was affirmed by the Sophs and was denied by the Freshies, giving rise to the interesting and thoughtful battle which followed. The Sophomores contended for the judges' decision upon the grounds that capital punishment offers no chance for the prisoner to reform and that prisoners are a productive class of individuals. They called attention to the prisoner who wrote the "Prisoner's Song" and gave astounding figures of its enumeration. They painted and presented to the view of the audience and judges a picture of an innocent convict seated in the electric chair awaiting electrocution. This picture, coming at the close of their argument, produced a telling effect upon the audience, especially the more sympathetic. The Freshmen risked their chances of winning the judges' decision upon the following issues, to wit: first, the security of society demands a penalty of criminals that is sufficient to deter crime; second, that capital punishment is the only effective deferent to crime and consequently the best safeguard to society. The Freshies frowned upon life imprisonment as an effective deferent to crime. They mentioned states that had abolished capital punishment and had to resort to it again because of the increase in crime wave. They said there were men who could not be kept in prison, such as Gerald Chapman, Otto Wood and the Candy Kid. The substance of the arguments on both sides were almost equally weighty, but the interjection of oratory, especially by the last speaker for the negative, justified the risk that the Freshies had taken and won the judges' decision. 0. N. Whitfield and J. W. Broadhurst were main speakers for the affirmative, E. C. Debnam and Jesse Connor Were main speakers for the negative. W. E. Pitts offered the rebuttal for the affirmative and M. E. Patterson for the negative. An aggregation of little co-ed Freshies from our sister institution, Bennett, were present and added spice to the occasion by timely yells to their kind. Our Freshies responded nicely. The chapel was divided into two sections, on one side the Sophomores and their supporters and on the other side the Freshmen and their supporters. It is well wished that this clash of wits in an inter-class debate will be the beginning of a new tradition and find its place in the long list of annual classics here. FISK UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT A. AND T. Is Accompanied by Fisk Jubilee Quartet Dr. Thomas E. Jones, President of Fiske University, visited A. and T. Saturday, February 12, 1927, and delivered an address to an audience of some five hundred people. Dr. Jones was introduced by Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, principal of Palmer Institute, who, in her usual eloquence, prepared the audience for an address different from anything it has ever heard from the tongue of a white man whom, it seems, God has placed as an instrumentality to save Fisk University. As briefly as important facts would permit, Dr. Jones reviewed the financial plight of Fisk University. More than once his sincerity and candor so embodied in his aim brought tears to this strong man's eyes as he pledged his life to the preserving of an institution which has meant so much in the life of our race. Approximately twelve hundred dollars were raised in cash and subscriptions following this appeal. Dr. Jones was accompanied by the Fisk Jubilee Quartet, which is well known for its excellent and attractive presentation of Negro spirituals, and the program was enlivened by several vocal selections, which were enjoyed by those attending the meeting. REQUEST ADDITIONAL $50,000 President F. D. Bluford, of the A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, appeared in Raleigh January 20, before the joint committee on appropriations for maintenance and permanent improvements of state institutions, in request for an additional $50,000 increase for maintenance and improvements of the College. The earnestness of Dr. Bluford's appeal indicated great affect on the members of the joint committee and no interruption was made.
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Full text | \ The Agricultural and Technical College REGISTER GREENSBORO, N. C, FEBRUARY, 1927 FRESHMEN DOWN SOPHOMORES IN FIGHT OVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT On Friday evening, February 4, the Freshman and Sophomore classes engaged their wits in a battle over the many issues which should determine the justification of the death penalty in the scheme of our present judiciary procedure. The proposition was framed: Resolved, '' That Capital Punishment Should be Abolished." This statement of the proposition was affirmed by the Sophs and was denied by the Freshies, giving rise to the interesting and thoughtful battle which followed. The Sophomores contended for the judges' decision upon the grounds that capital punishment offers no chance for the prisoner to reform and that prisoners are a productive class of individuals. They called attention to the prisoner who wrote the "Prisoner's Song" and gave astounding figures of its enumeration. They painted and presented to the view of the audience and judges a picture of an innocent convict seated in the electric chair awaiting electrocution. This picture, coming at the close of their argument, produced a telling effect upon the audience, especially the more sympathetic. The Freshmen risked their chances of winning the judges' decision upon the following issues, to wit: first, the security of society demands a penalty of criminals that is sufficient to deter crime; second, that capital punishment is the only effective deferent to crime and consequently the best safeguard to society. The Freshies frowned upon life imprisonment as an effective deferent to crime. They mentioned states that had abolished capital punishment and had to resort to it again because of the increase in crime wave. They said there were men who could not be kept in prison, such as Gerald Chapman, Otto Wood and the Candy Kid. The substance of the arguments on both sides were almost equally weighty, but the interjection of oratory, especially by the last speaker for the negative, justified the risk that the Freshies had taken and won the judges' decision. 0. N. Whitfield and J. W. Broadhurst were main speakers for the affirmative, E. C. Debnam and Jesse Connor Were main speakers for the negative. W. E. Pitts offered the rebuttal for the affirmative and M. E. Patterson for the negative. An aggregation of little co-ed Freshies from our sister institution, Bennett, were present and added spice to the occasion by timely yells to their kind. Our Freshies responded nicely. The chapel was divided into two sections, on one side the Sophomores and their supporters and on the other side the Freshmen and their supporters. It is well wished that this clash of wits in an inter-class debate will be the beginning of a new tradition and find its place in the long list of annual classics here. FISK UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT A. AND T. Is Accompanied by Fisk Jubilee Quartet Dr. Thomas E. Jones, President of Fiske University, visited A. and T. Saturday, February 12, 1927, and delivered an address to an audience of some five hundred people. Dr. Jones was introduced by Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, principal of Palmer Institute, who, in her usual eloquence, prepared the audience for an address different from anything it has ever heard from the tongue of a white man whom, it seems, God has placed as an instrumentality to save Fisk University. As briefly as important facts would permit, Dr. Jones reviewed the financial plight of Fisk University. More than once his sincerity and candor so embodied in his aim brought tears to this strong man's eyes as he pledged his life to the preserving of an institution which has meant so much in the life of our race. Approximately twelve hundred dollars were raised in cash and subscriptions following this appeal. Dr. Jones was accompanied by the Fisk Jubilee Quartet, which is well known for its excellent and attractive presentation of Negro spirituals, and the program was enlivened by several vocal selections, which were enjoyed by those attending the meeting. REQUEST ADDITIONAL $50,000 President F. D. Bluford, of the A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, appeared in Raleigh January 20, before the joint committee on appropriations for maintenance and permanent improvements of state institutions, in request for an additional $50,000 increase for maintenance and improvements of the College. The earnestness of Dr. Bluford's appeal indicated great affect on the members of the joint committee and no interruption was made. |