Pupils Will Debate Ludlow War Curb

Pupils Will Debate Ludlow War Curb Eighth Graders at St. Joseph's School Plan Discussion Next Friday Eighth grade students at St. Joseph's School, East Camden, will hold a debate on the Ludlow Bill next Friday at 1.30 p. m. Chosen for a two-fold purpose, subject matter for the debate will serve to correlate present class work in Civics and English. But an even more vital accomplishment of the debate will be the furthering of efforts of Sister M. Xavier, principal of the school and teacher of the class, to instill self-reliance and self-expression in the children. The Ludlow Bill, the subject of the debate, is bottled up in committee in Congress at the present time. It proposes to change the Constitution so that a national referendum would be taken before our country could go to war, except in case of invasion. The subject was chosen by the class, as were the participants. Although the debate was originally planned as an ordinary class activity, Sister Xavier has decided to ask upper classes in the school to attend because of the timeliness of the issue to be debated. The resolution will read: "Resolved, that the Ludlow Bill should be passed." Helen Shaffer will be negative leader and Francis Hansan, affirmative leader. Angela Bennet will be chairman and Evelyn Coyne, Nelson Wood and Lillian Muldoon will act as judges. The affirmative assistants include Hugh Robinson, Edward McClafferty and Joseph Buscerello. Negative assistants are Mary Allen, Margaret Kallfely and Lillian Engle. In the belief that children can make the most of their abilities when they learn how to express themselves freely and to develop a reliance in drawing correct conclusions, Sister Xavier encourages class programs developed by the children, themselves. Such a program is held during class meeting each Friday. The type and subject of the program and those taking part are chosen by the children, guided by their teacher. "It is for this reason that I am mainly interested in the rebuttal arguments to be given during the debate," explained Sister Xavier. "The children have had time to prepare the material for their speeches, but in the rebuttal they will have to rely upon their own judgment and their powers to express themselves extemporaneously." Debate Leaders HELEN SHAFFER FRANCIS HANSAN