Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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IUNIOR DEBATING SOCIETY President: Edgar Masters Vice-President: Peter Hartmann Secretary: Tim Wilson Adviser: Mr. Cole The junior Debating Society's 1950 sea- son featured many good debates and an in- terested high membership. The year star- ted off with a debate on socialized medicine and ended with a hilarious regional debate discussing the merits of New England as IUNIOR DEBATING SOCIETY ,..,x, . Q. 'M i I3 , S -rs... f- a 4.15444 ry . . ' , 'ww -,ww .,,,.,.,. ...EV - q ,ima .. opposed to the rest of the United States. Among other topics debated were, re- solved, that all men are born free and equal, that team sports are superior to individual sports, and that mercy killings should be legalized. There was also a grab-bag de- bate in which a few debaters expressed their opinions on breakfast in bed. Sixty preps attended the annual Society party held at the end of the fall term in the Perry Room. At the end of the tall term a proposal was put forward to hold debates in the spring term. First Row: D. Cook, H, Dyer, Rhine, Hartmann, Masters, C. Crowley, W. Wilson, T. H, Allen, Sharnos. Second Row: Brewster, C. B. Everitt, Penn, C. H. Brown, H. Moody, Ball, McTighe, R. Irving Third Row: Tillich, Martin, Epinette, l. W. Brown, l. C. Sweet, Melvin, Herrmann, Raditsa. Fourth Row: De Luca, jackman, Bickford, Camber, Breasted, H. Carter, Mr. Cole. I lll5l

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ACADEMY DEBATING TEAM First Row: Mengden, Schultz, Schouvaloff, Dean, Temple, Second Row: Mr, Bragdon, Hatch, Poole, 1, Wilson, Mr, P. E. A. SENATE President: Andrew P. Schouvaloff Vice-President: Henry S. Francis, lr. Secretary: Kenneth j. Reckford Adviser: H. H, Thomas This year the Senate provided its usual barrage of words intermixed with a small amount of good sense. ln the fall, an anti- lynching bill supported by moderates and radicals was defeated by a last ditch stand of the reactionaries. The repeal of the oleomargarine tax marked a high point in Senate idealism. Soon thereafter, advo- cates of a foreign policy of expediency rammed through financial aid to Tito and a resolution to recognize Communist China. A coalition of enlightened liberals and con- servatives forced approval of housing segregation in the South, but the liberals deserted the wild-eyed radicals to pass an F.E.P.C. bill. As usual, politics was important in Sen- ate activity. After combining with Repub- licans to win the election of the fall term, the Whigs deserted their erstwhile friends and coalesced with the American Liberals to form a powerful Conservative Party. Another new party, the National Popular Dibble, Nicoson Wilson. Front, was formed by a group of left-wing idealists. fThus a moderately successful year was ended.l ACADEMY DEBATING TEAM Captain: S, Bobo Dean Advisers: Mr. Bragdon, lVlr. Wilson Although there were only two veterans from last year's squad debating for Exeter this year, the Academy Debating Team had a good season. ln its first debate it de- feated St. Paul's, arguing the affirmative of, Resolved that World Federal Govern- ment is a practical solution to the problems of war and peace in the immediate future . Subsequently it won over Roxbury Latin, debating, Resolved that fear of punish- ment has a greater affect upon human con- duct than hope of reward . The first de- feats took place at Laconia, where, in a debating tournament concerning the changes in the Electoral College, both Exeter teams lost. The Princeton Debate being cancelled this year, the season ended with a discussion of the Framingham Re- formatory and a debate with Andover on the topic, Resolved that modern man is obsolete . lll41

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DISCUSSION THE HERODOTAN SOCIETY President: Burton P. McHugh Secretary: S. Bobo Dean Treasurer: Kenneth j. Reckford Adviser: Mr. Schuller At its first meeting the Herodotan Society heard an interesting discussion on post-war Europe by Mr. Earl Barrett, lVlr. Edmond Meras, and Mr. Howard johnson. At the next meeting the society discussed its rea- sons for existence, if any. Considerable doubt was expressed as to whether the society was justifying itself, either in its avowed purpose as a political discussion group or as a service to the school. At this meeting the society undertook a project urged by Mr. Schuller of corresponding with foreign students. The society heard lVlr. Perkins of the Rockingham County Republican Club dis- cuss the future course of the Republican Party, a discussion which ended as a free- HERODOTAN SOCIETY for-all between Mr. Schuller and some of the more conservative members of the group. Dr. Hugh Scott discussed the pro- posed government health insurance plan, which he attacked as unworkable and op- posed to American traditions. He recog- nized, however, the need for better medical care for Americans in backward areas and said that the medical profession had helped to bring the present situation upon them- selves. Interesting talks were also given by Mr. Rathbone of the New Hampshire judiciary system, by Mr. Douglas Heck and lVlr. joseph Creene of the State Department, and by Professor Arthur Schlesinger, jr., who spoke on modern liberalism. The society sponsored the annual Time Current Events Test, in which participation seems to decrease as the years go by. The Herodotan Society hopes that in the future it will be able to fulfill more effec- tively its purpose of providing informal poli- tical and historical discussions for those Exonians who are especially interested in these subjects. First Row: A. I. Miller, Nicoson, V. Dibble, Reckford, McHugh, S. B, Dean, A, Dyer, Benedict, R. D. Simmons. Second Row: Mr. Schuller, johnstone, Goddard, Schouvaloff, Finn, Francis. jimi