IIT Chicago Kent College of Law - Transcript Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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I THE. 2 2 TPANSCRHDT , 7 4 Page 124 y . The Burke Debating Society The idea of having a permanent debating society at Chicago-Kent College of Law was Hrst conceived by two members of the Class of '18, In response to their call for a meeting, about two dozen students assembled in the freshman classroom one evening in the early months of the year 1916. Before that meeting adjourned the Burke Debating Society, which was named in honor of the Dean of our college, had been organized and launched as an institution of our school. ' Q In November, 1916, a constitution was adopted, which provided that any student in the college, who was interested in mastering the art of public speaking, was eligible to become a member of the society. It also provided for the election of ofhcers twice a year. Under this constitution the society succeeded and turned out some very polished speakers who, although their success was not due entirely to the organization, received great benefits from participating in the open forum discussions held at some of the meetings, and from the scholarly debates held at many of the meetings, both between members of the society and with other schools and clubs. Following the close of the World War, this society, like many others in the college, became inactive, but was revived in 1922 by a few enlightened students who could see the advantages which could be derived from being members of the Burke Debating Society. The field being fertile, it attracted a large number of the members of the freshman and junior classes and be- came even more successful than in former years, and the present members trust that it will never again cease to be a part of life at Chicago-Kent, so that in the future we may be permitted to attend debates and lively discusf sions on topics of the day. i ' The first meeting of this school year was held on November 21, 1924, and it was decided that the regular meetings should be held on each successive Thursday. The acting Chancellor appointed a program' committee to ar- range for a program for the following meeting for the purpose of enlarging our membership before there was an election of new officers. This scheme proved successful and upon our third meeting an election was held at which E. D. Langert was elected Chancellor, Glen McGrew, .Vice-Chancellor, H. E. Sasso, Recorder, H. S. Stark, Bursar, and I. L. Block, Bailiff. p - The members are more than pleased with the interest these officers have in the perpetuation of the organization in never failing in their duties, and in this vote of thanks we also wish to include Chairman joseph Grish of the program committee, who, though he holds no other office, is one of the most active members. Mr. Grish has worked unceasingly for the society and its success is due in a large measure to his tireless efforts. The present members realize, and hope that others in the future will also realize, that there is no school activity apart from the regular curriculum which is quite so beneficial to the average student as debating. As in all phases of the legal profession, practice and experience are necessary to render a student able to give a coherent exposition of the facts necessary to sustain a question, whether in a debate or speech. V H. E. SASSO. Q. I 1925?

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THE. - -9 5 E ' First Annual Homecoming . p r Past and present sons of Chicago-Kent College of Law to the number of over eight hundred met on the evening of March 4th, 1925, at the Broadway Armory to celebrate their first annual homecoming, and a real homecoming it was. p The ball was tilted as a starter at about 8:30 with a few speeches deliv- ered by our own friends and alumni, men who have long since left the con-- fines of Chicago4Kent, and who have for years engaged in the successful pur- suit of their profession. The speeches were enjoyed by all, particularly because they were not too long nor too short, for the speakers knew from experience when to rest their case. i The talks were followed by cheers led by D. H. Murray, R. B. Short and Edwin Felt of the program committee, and considering the fact that most of the cheers were brand new to the student body and absolutely new to the alumni, they were very well given. . X . Following these preliminaries came a basketball game in which Chicago- Kent, unfortunately, was beaten. After the basketball game a strenuous tug-of-war was staged between the juniors and the freshmen, resulting in a victory for the juniors because of the weight of their learning as compared with thelighter heads of the freshmen. The tug-of-war was followed by three wrestling matches against Armour Tech. Kent won two out of three of these matches, and congratulations should be extended to the wrestlers for exhibiting such courage and skill, even ,in apparent defeat. , Last and not least was the fraternity obstacle race. For the followers of the ties of the Greek letters, this was the best of all. It was a jolly sight to see the brothers scramble through the obstacles, hurdling walls and hopping in and' out of barrels, etc. A silver loving cup was awarded to Phi Delta Phi, the winning fraternity. ' l The alumni register contained names ranging from '90 to ,24, and the general feeling was that the homecoming was a distinct success-a plan to be followed each year in the future. All in all the affair constituted a very creditable undertaking on the part of the student council and the athletic board, to whom congratulations are due. DONALD R. MURRAY. Eg l i 1925 7, ,R Page 125