Debate at St. John's Lutheran Church Victory for Affirmative
The Brotherhood of St. John's Lutheran Church had a live session last night with an unusually good attendance of members and visitors. After a spirited song service led by the chorister, W.W. Anderson, the devotionals were conducted by E.V. East. It was decided to call the February meeting "Rural Night" and make a special effort to secure the presence of men from the country. A quartet composed of W.W. Anderson, F.L. Banker, Bert Pierce and F.E. Buergin, sang two selections.
The principal feature of the program was a debate on the question, "Resolved, That the picture show is more detrimental to the boy than the open saloon was." The affirmative side was advocated by C.J. Jones, E.A. Podewils and E.W. St. John, while Fred Kaiser, O. K. Pursel and E.V. East argued for the negative. The judges were W.H. McCrory, E.L. Banker and W.W. Anderson.
The affirmative was given the unanimous decision of the judges.
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