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

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I 1 , P Qebaling COACH XV M. IA M ES f 1 R. JAMES, a former Kent graduate and debator, coached the debating teams for the past year and Kent's success is due in large measure to his efforts. At the beginning of the debating season he published a challenge in the Law Student directed to the law schools of the United States offering to debate on any subject. The acceptors of this challenge constituted the opposition for the season. 89 ' 219547

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! t 1 IDANiiiififlllI'T , 3 E The program of the current year has been highly diversified and although to enumerate each and every topic discussed would require more space that is permitted in the Transcript, it is sufficient to say, that the members have definitely settled among themselves such questions as the Eighteenth Amend- ment, The Imperial Policy of the United States, State Ownership of Public Utilities, Compulsory Military Training, The Desirability of Women on juries and many other questions of signal importance. The regular debates have been interspersed with lectures on correct debating rules, both from the stand- point of 'strategy and argumentation, instructions concerning the accepted methods of judging debates, and numerous special reports. Aside from the formal and more serious side of the Society's meetings there has been much good fellowship and many friendly clashes. During the past year, Wilson and Pretzel have furnished several wordy combats on political issues which have added much zest to the meetings and Mr. Grish has also contributed on occasion with some interesting extempor speeches on various topics. Eli D. Langer of the varsity debate team has been an active member and his eloquence has often swayed the members of the organization. One of the society's most intersting events was a practice debate staged between Messrs. Baldwin, Grish and VVilson, representing the Society and the Varsity Debating Team composed of Langert Fishbine and Toplin on the Centralization question, which was subsequently debated over the radio by the Varsity Team against Iowa State University. In anticipation of the loss to the Society of some of its present officers, due to their graduation in June, the following officers have been elected for the coming year: Chancellor ....... ..... M R. WILSON Vice-Chancellor .... .... lv IR. BALDWIN Recorder ........ ...... ly IR. KRAFT Bailiif ..... ....................... li IR. HARTWELL Prof. Campbell: How about dower in partnership property? Haskell: Why dower remains. Prof. : W'hat? Hask: That is, it remains because the wife never had it anyway, so it remains as it was. Query from the gentleman at the desk during an exam: An, Owen's Quizzer has been lost. Is there one here? Voice from the rear: There's one on a chair in the front row, the others are all in use. S8 WW P X im lu fl A

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Q c 2 IPANSHIERWT - ELI D. LANGERT CARLYLE GUIBOR HAROLD T. HUBER Varsity Debating Teams t HE Chicago-Kent College of Law debating teams have been busily en- gaged in a number of intercollegiate debates during the past season. Shortly after the commencement of the first semester, the try-outs were held in the respective classes to determine the winners of the Burke Memorial debating prizes. The freshmen responded to the call for debaters with a great vigor and had thirty students in competition with each other to determine the three best debaters i11 that class. From these contestants the following students were selected and awarded first, second and third prizes, respectively: Irving Toplin, Frank Block and M. C. Crew. In the Junior class the interest manifested was not as great as in the Freshman class, but even so, keen competition prevailed between those who did take part. Carlyle Guibor, Harold Fishbein and Morris Wfasher were awarded first, second and third prizes, respectively. The Senior class contest was the last to be held and brought out a large number of asiprants for forensic honors. This try-out resolved itself into a three-cornered iight between three veteran debatersg namely, F. Allan Minne, Harold T. Huber and Eli D. Langert, and first, second and third prizes were awarded to them in the order in which their names appear. After the foregoing students had been selected, an interclass debate was staged between the Freshman and Junior classes. The Juniors proved too strong for the Freshman and defeated them on the question: RESOLVED, that the United States government should recognize the Soviet govermnent of Russia. By winning from the Freshmen, the Junior Steam carried the right to meet the Senior class team to determine the class championship of the college. The Juniors debated the Seniors on the subject: RESOLVED, that the states should approve the proposed Federal Child Labor amendment. Both teams were about equally matched and greatly delighted their audience with their verbal quips, which, though not exactly argumentative at times, nevertheless proved interesting, 90 1926