1906 Won Pasteur Medal Debate.

The Pasteur Medal debate held in the New Lecture Hall last night was won by the Sophomores by a vote of two judges to one. The Seniors supported the affirmative of the question: "Resolved, That complete secularization of education in France would be for the best interests of the country." The Senior team spoke in the following order: N. Pereles, E. W. Baker, F. W. Catlett. The rebuttal order was N. Pereles, F. W. Catlett, E. W. Baker. The Sophomores gave their main and rebuttal speeches as follows: J. W. Plaisted, A. W. Blackwood, M. Kabatchnick.

The Seniors emphasized the fundamentally incompatible character of secular and clerical education. Statistics show that the standard of the lay schools is higher than that of the religious institutions, and that attempts to reform the clerical methods are resented by the religious orders. Furthermore, the safety of the state demands homogeneity in the people which cannot be attained without homogeneity in education.

The Sophomores maintained that to continue the secularization of education would abolish the good as well as the poor religious schools. Also the measures would antagonize that part of the people who desire religious instruction for their children. Moreover the measure is an extreme one and as such would tend to excite the inflamable French temper.

The Pasteur Medal, provided by a gift of Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1898, was unanimously awarded to M. Kabatchnick '06.