1909 Pacific University Debate Team Champions

Title

1909 Pacific University Debate Team Champions

Description

A photograph of a group of Pacific University students from the debate team. This photograph appeared in the March 2nd, 1909 edition of the Pacific University student newspaper, The Index. According to the The Index, the three men attended a tryout for the debate team held on January 8th, 1909. The group competed in a triangular debate against Willamette University and Whitman College on February 26th, 1909. They took the affirmative position on the question regarding the Des Moines plan. This team, as well as the other Pacific University team debating for the negative position, won the championship against. The members identified are William Gwynn '10, Ralph Abraham '11 and Leslie Hope '12. This photograph appears in a scrapbook compiled by Frances B. Clapp, a 1909 Pacific University graduate.

Date

1909

Is Part Of

Frances B. Clapp Scrapbook (MS.11)

Language

English

Identifier

PUA_MS11_143

Subject

Student activities

Students--Oregon

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon, United States

Bibliographic Citation

1909 Pacific University Debate Team Champions , Frances B. Clapp Scrapbook (1909), 110, Pacific University Archives, Forest Grove, Oregon.

Source

Pacific University Archives

Type

Still Image