SIXTH GRADE
ENJOH DEBATE
Miss Collins' sixth grade enjoyed
the following debate Wednesday
morning, March 7. The grade appre
ciates the time given by the Judges,
Mrs. R. A- Bullock, Mrs. L. C. Clarke
and Mrs. J. D. Bradsher, who gave
a two to one vote in favor of the
affirmative. The affirmative speak
ers were Billy West and Barden
WInstead; thg negative, Rachel
Long and Mary Sievers Woody. The
question for debate. Resolved: I
would rather be a Greek than a
Roman.
By Rachel Long
Madam Chairman, honorable
Judges, worthy opponents, and class
mates, the query for discussion this
morning is: "Resolved, that I had
rather be a Greek than a Roman."
It is my purpose to uphold the neg
ative side of the question.
1. Rome had a very favorable lo
cation. She was situated on the
Tiber river, up which the small sea
going ships of the time could row.
It was twelve miles from the sea
shore and therefore safe from pi
rates, who were the pests of the
coast towns. At this spot on the j
Tiber, moreover, was the only ford
able place where the Estruscan
traders from the north could cross
into Roman territory to sell their
Agoods. Rome was built on hills I
^Jwhich overlooked the level plains
around her. She could aether-ene
mies approaching and could have
time to prepare against them. Her
men, besides, were hearty and brave,
and loved their city with intense
patriotism. In the fertile plains
north of her was Etruria. a nation
of skillful artists and builaers and
sailors, eager to grow into a greater
state with wider lands.
2. Rome became mistress of Italy.
She raised her arms against first
one Latin city and then another,
and compelled them all to bow to
Rome. As she worked southward in
her conquest. Rome met the rich
cities of Magna Braecla. They felt
that they could not allow this new
barbarian power to grow great. They
took the side of Rome's enemies,
and even invited a warrior prince of
Greece over into Italy to help them.
After five years of patient fighting
his army was worn out in that hos
tile land, and the prince fled back
to Greece. Soon ail of southern Italy
was in the hands of Rome, and by
266 B. C. she was mistress of all the
land from the Arno River to the
southern tip of the country?a great
territory 500 miles long. What sort
of people were these victorious Ro
mans, these masters of Italy? Prom
the first the Roman army had been
the great pride and strength of the
people. These citizen-soldiers were
welded into close brotherhood. To -1
gether these warrior citizens trained I
and exercised Just outsde of Rome!
on the field- of Mars. By such organ- '
ization and practice, a strong pa- J
tribtic, closely knit army had grown I
up in Rome and had made her
supreme in Italy. No wonder that J
these Romans were owners of a great
state. They saw their city stlil
growing larger and richer. In every
war of their history they had won
sooner or later. They felt themselves
brave and honest. They looked back
with Tespect upon their ancestors;
and had looked forward with hope I
3. Rome had pride.
* Rome had good roads and still'
has some of the best in the world
They were buift with pain. The roads
were almost as many as the rail-!
roads of today, crossing and meeting I
in the same way, covering the whole I
empire as with a spider's web. The
center of that web was Rome, so
that the saying grew up, "all roads!
lead to Rome."
5. Rome was a trading center.
Commerce was another thing that
held the empire together, and East
and West and North and South the
ways of one had caught. Another
thing was done to stimulate com
merce. In that day all cities had
market places where buying and
selling were carried on. As a re
sult, there was much world-wide
trading in the empire.
6. Rome learned the Christian
religion. No longer did she worship
Idols and statutes but the real and
only true Ood. Once an Emperor,
Cons tan tine the Great, became a
Christian. Rome also had mission
aries. Paul, the great missionary,
taught and made people to believe
In Christ.
7. The Romans loved art, music,
painting and architecture. The
beautiful cathedral of St. Peters Is
the largest In the world, and was
built by Mlchaelangelo, one of
Rome's greatest archltests.
8. The Romans loved literature.
Hie romantic movement In litera
ture had a marked Influence on the
writings.
9. Rome became a world power.
She conquered the world.
10. As sober, practical men, with
none of the Imagination or ideals
of the Greeks, the Romans developed
| a race talent for law organization,
and self-government. Though love,
| pity, and benevolence found little
place in the Roman's heart, he was
strong in the more heroic virtues,
dignified, brave, and energetic; he
revered the forefathers, and obeyed
the laws: and above all he was
a man of his word.
U. .* We got laws from Emperor
Justinian. We got our calendar
calendar from Pope Gregory. Today
in nearly every country of the world
we use the form of the calendar
given by Pope Gregory. We took
Romes' ideas and have improved
them so that some of the greatest
ideas of today were started by the
Romans.
By Mary Sievers Woody
Miss Collins, Honorable Judges,
Worthy Opponents and Fellow Stu
dents.
Our subject for debate today is.
Resolved: Why I had rather be a
Greek than a Roman.
I wish to assure my opponents that
in discussing the negative side of
the query I shall "be only too glad
to give credit where credit is due. I
am glad to concede that the Gre
cians achieved outstanding greatness
in their architecture and art and in
tfielr literature;. I do claim and
wish to maintain though that their
achievements in these distinct lines
of endeavor were no mope outstand
ing and enduring lhan that of the
Romans.
The literary achievements of the
great scholars of the Roman Em
pire have been preserved and hand
ed down to us throughout theseI
years and the learned men of today
look upon their works as master
pieces for all times.
The city of Rome, capital of the
great Roman Empire, was built on
seven hills and was a most beauti
ful city, and it is conceded that it
contained some of the greatest works
of rat, and the most beautiful mod
els of architecture known to men
even to this day. Our great archi
tects today try in vain to repro
duce some of the charm and beauty
of the gr eat public buildings or this
wonderful city.
While the Romans wece outsand
ing in art, architecture, and litera
ture as X have Just outlined to you,'
their greatest achievements by far!
were in their military accomplish
ments and ability to weld into one1
strong government their conquered;
subjects. The great Roman Empire
while at its helghth extended its)
dominion over practically every
known land at that time, and the
great mass of humanity over which
it held sway was made up of people
of various nationalities, habits, and
customs. In fact it was said of
Roman as it is of humanity and I
am wondering if the great states-!
men of this great empire did not
make a far better job of gov
erning their people than we are to
make today.
| By a great network of highways,
many of which are in use today in
England. France, Germany, and
Italy, and by the most wonderful
system. of- equitable and Just laws
these people were bound together!
under one #eat centralized govern
ment which held itself together for
many centuries. These great high
ways leading in every direction out
j from the imperial city of Rome af
forded the people in every nook
, and corner of the great Empire ave
, nues for travel, commerce, and
, trade and had a great influence in
| cementing these peoples together.
When we today think of law and
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order we think of Rome. The Ro
mans had the minds of lawyers. It
was a Roman habit to respect and
obey law. The Romans studied their,
laws as no people before them had
ever done. Great lawyers gave lec
tures upon them and wrote books
about them. All this made Roman
law very fixed and cleaned, and al- (
though the empire fell, yet these
books have remained down to the (
present day. Today much of the,
law of Italy, Spain, Prance, Ger
many, England and even the United
States has been brought down
through the middle ages from far
off Rome.
I could just keep on reciting the
virtues and accomplishments of this
great people but I must hasten to a
close. I would not dare though close
my argument on this subject and
fail to mention their greatest gift
-to-the world, Christianity. Its origin
was humble, with one poor man and
a few of his poor friends over In .a
little corner W Asia that was owned
"by the Romans. As you know that
country was Palestine and that man
was Jesus. Who among us I ask
would not be proud to claim citi
zenship among people of such rich
inheritances? I thank you.
By BHly West
Mis, Collins, Class Mates, Hon
orable Judges, and Worthy Oppo
nents:
I am glad to represent the affir
mative side of the query: Resolved
that I would rather be a Greek
than a Roman. .
My first reason Is that the Greeks 1
have contributed more things of j
real value to the world than the
Romans. First, the Greeks were
levers of poetry and good literature. I
The Uliad and Odyssey, written by
the Greek poet Homer, are still con
sidered among the very best of
poetry. The drama also originated
in Greece. Sophocles was.the great
est of the ancient dramatists. So
crates. the Greek philosopher, is
still considered "as one of the great
est men that ever lived. Three hun
dred years before Ctuist he taught!
that we must love our neighbors
and do good to those who mistreat
ed us The Greeks also excelled in
education. In their schools they
taught Geometry and Measurements
just like" we use In our colleges to
dav. which shows that the things
they taught have been used through
the years. But one of the best
and finest things that the contri-'
buted to mankind was beautiful art.
statuary and architecture. The en
cyclopedia says that in slmplicitj
and beauty of design the Greeks ex-1
cell all other people, ancient or mod-1
ern in architecture. Athens had so
many beautifufbuildings that it was
considered the most beautiful city I
in the world. One of Its finest
buildings was the Parthenon on the
j Acropolis hill. Even in ruins its
beauty Is very impressive. My op
ponents will say that the Colliseum.
at Rome was the finest, but my j
friends I want to tell you that the
Colliseum was copied after the
Greek theatres. The Greeks used
their building, to give plays and
programs to educate the people,
while the Romans used theirs to en
tertain the rich, even at the price
of a poor man', life.
The stadiums which we have at
our colleges now are copied after
the Greek theatre^ The Romans
WCTe just poor farmers and carpen
ters until the Greek, brought them
their education and training, for the
encyclopedia says that the R?m*"
poets imitated the Greek poets and
that Roman sculptors imitated th
Greek sculptors. That may be a
| right, but I would rather be an
i originator than a copy-at. Hadn t
|>0The highest aim of the'Romans
i was to be brave and victorious in
Was to OK uinic ?? ?
battle to conquer other countrle, so
that they could be rich, but the
Greeks were taught to be hpneet
true to respect older people, to love
the beuatlful and to have strong
clean bodies. One of the finest stor- j
ies we have Is about the friendship
of two Greek men, Damen and
Pythias. ,
Prom our study of history we learn,
than the Oreeks werem uch more
kind'and gentle tha"h the Romans.
I when Paul went into Greece they
I accepted him and allowed him to
start many churches, but what did
the Romans do? They put him in
prison and killed him, Just like they
did Peter and James and thousands
of other Christians. More than that,'
it was Roman rulers and Roman
soldiers who crucified our Saviour, |
Jesus Christ. I would not want to
be a Roman for that reason if for
no other. Nero, a wicked" Roman
ruler, played his fiddle and laugh
ed while Christians were being burn
ed at the stake.
The Bible says, "What shall it
profit a man if he gains the whole
world and loses his own soul?" So
even if the Romans did conquer the
whole world they themselves were
lost.
The Roman Empire has passed
away, but Greek learning remains,
which shows that "the pen is might
ier than the sword."
So Honorable Judges and friends,
I am sure_that you will agree with
me that it is much better to be a
Greek than a Roman.
By Barden Winstead
Miss Collins, Class Mates, Honor
able Judges, and Worthy Opponents.
I'm glad to represent the affirma
tive side of the query,, Resolved that
I had rather be a Greek than a
Roman.
Of course Greeks are better than
Romans. In the first place Greeks
stand for the highest 'type of civi
lization. In literature, art, astron
omy, philosophy and mathematics
they led the W87.
Demosthenes was the father of
oratory. Every one has heard the
story of how he stammered In his
youth, and went down to the sea
shore, and practiced speaking with
pebbles In his mouth until he over
came his deficiency.
Socrates was the father of the
question method of teaching. His
school of philosophy was a pattern
for the wise men for centuries.
The Greciai. style of architecture
has been copied from early Gre
cian times until now. The beautiful
columns of the Parthenon are seen
today lr) thousands of American
public buildings and more preten
tious homes. Grecian statues are
worth thousands of dollars and de
corate all big mjseums.
My opponents may say, you talk
of nothing but art;' why don't you
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athletic games. Their amphitheatres
have been mod'ls for our big sta
diums. Take, for instance, the Olym
pic Games. The big crowds that
thronged these annual events had
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war is something we don't want. It's
true the Romans were good fighter?.
That was the trouble with the Ro
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as a result what good things they
had were lost In the ruins of war.
Greek learning atayed but the
Roman Empire fell. You know why.
You can't kill or destroy what one
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