Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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ANTIOCH PARLIAMENT HE Parliament was organized in the fall of 1928 VE ifl' cussion and who particularly wished to increase 5'i'U their knowledge of parliamentary law and pu l speaking. Mr. William Leiserson acted as faculty sponsor for by a group of students who were interested in dis- Mg., .Eg-1 . 3 . . . L ' Q ' ' b ic the year. The club was organized as a regular parliamentary body, having its oiiicers and committees patterned after those of Congress. Milton Bradstreet, Edward Friedrich, and Howard Fineshriber held the office of the Speaker during the year. The subjects of the meetings they conducted were presented in the form of Bills, with the cases for and against being given by scheduled speakers. These were followed by general discussion, while the total opinion of the body was expressed by a vote on the question. Such topics as Compulsory Assemblyg the politi- cal issues of Hoover and Smithg Installment Selling fits bene- fits and evilsjg and Advertising Qand its benefits and evilsj were considered. 133

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Helen Charlotte Beed, San Diego, California Mildred Richardson Bickford, Adams, New York Iohn Winston Birdsall, Detroit, Michigan Franklin Kenworthy Bliss, Warren, Massachusetts Ruth Connor Bodwell, New Haven, Conneetirut Edward Elsworth Boohcr, Dayton, Ohio Mary Eleanor Bowland, Genoa, Ohio Iohn Newton Boyd, Bloomfield, New Ierrey Barbara Brandon, Indianapolis, Indiana Florence Hazel Bratley, Council Blufs, Iowa 132

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Priscilla Brown, Newton Centre, Massachusetts Robert Baensch Brown, Manitowoc, Wisconsin IvanAAugustus Burkhart, Perrysburg, Ohio Henry Charles Burley, Yonkers, New York William Treat Burns, Wilmette, Illinois Louis F. Caldwell, South Charleston, Ohio Douglas Hurst Colhoun, Glenolden, Pennsylvania Coit George Campbell, Omaha, Nebraska Harry Clifford Carroll, Ir., Bowling Green, Missouri Freeman Champney, Cleveland, Ohio 134