Baltimore City College - Green Bag Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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echo to JULIAN GOLDBERG President the sense’ Bancroft Literary Association The ideal of the Bancroft Literary Association can best be expressed by its slogan, “Speech is Power.” Meeting once a week with their adviser, Prof. Joseph E. Green of the Department of English, the Bancroft’s members enjoyed a series of informal de- bates and extemporaneous speeches. ‘The oldest org- anization in City College as well as in the Southern States, the Bancroft sponsored schoolwide declamation contests along with its wide range of activities. The association’s main project each year is its an- nual debate with the Carrollton-Wight Literary Society. Arguing the negative side of the topic, “Resolved, ce hat the American Press is Free’, Carey Moore, Julian Gold- berg, and Harold Gullan capably held down the positions on the Bancroft team. After many anxious moments, the well-prepared contest ended in a tie decision.

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Carrclltaen- Wight Literary Seciely Founded in 1878 by Prof. Charles Wight, the Carrollton-Wight Literary Society has been developing public speakers and debaters for seventy years. In an effort to revitalize interest in public speaking, the organization undertook a number of new pro- jects. Schoolwide declamation contests were held, quizzes were conducted, and pamphlets dealing with the value of public speaking and the society’s history CHARLES MoyLan were distributed. President “Their sound, an For the first time at a school assembly, the Car- rollton-Wight debated with Douglass High. Although defeated by a slim two-to-one margin, the debate was a great success. Benson Offit, Charles Moylan, and Bernard Paris represented the society in this debate. Offit, Paris, and Robert McDivitt comprised the team which tied the Bancroft later in the year.

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t exbet T, yer» Galley ih ard qwat |S: 0 eye ce yar Gull og : Geo yraro Nola ¥: prey gnso™ axtiso™y oiand eee = FANE park? Ofht, t DAY Qjchard enso™ 1h, gndiNS parle ,. Cc mA Standing: Anthony Day, Roland Eppley, Richard ndets's Ss Parker, Eugene Silberman, Leslie Chin. Seated: Ben- son Offit, Hugo Deaton, Edwin Harrison, Harold Gullan, Thomas Swanson, Harry Wilson, Stanley Katz, Charles Moylan. Organized in its present form in 1937, the Student Advisory Council is a representative body of the students, whose primary function 1s to carry out student projects and to make necessary suggestions to the faculty. Members of the SAC journeyed to Poly- technic prior to the annual City-Poly foot- ball game and drew up a peace pact with the Techmen. A farewell assembly to Dr. Philip H. Edwards, retired principal, was also spon- sored by the council. This year’s officers were Harold Gullan, president; Thomas Swanson chairman of the Executive Board; Harry Wilson, vice-president; and Benson Offit, secretary. Profs. Oscar Helm and David Kaufman, both members of the Department of Vocational and Educational Guidance, advised the group. A RO