Union Philosophical Society Wins Intersociety Debate

In the 16th annual intersociety debate between the Union Philosophical Society (UPS) and the Belles Lettres Society, UPS came out victorious. Each team was well represented and had cheerleaders who prepared special chants for the debate. Attorney Duncan M. Graham, who had been a member of the Belles Lettres Society, acted as the presiding officer. Rev. G. M. Diffenderfer, Professor J. Irvin White, and A.G. Miller, Esq., were the judges. The subject of debate was: "Subject, Resolved, That the United States Government Should Own and Operate the Interstate Railways." The Belles Lettres Society argued for government control of interstate railways while UPS took the opposing side.