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At a meeting of the Debating Council last night Dwight Westley Chapman Jr. '27 of Wilmette, III., was elected president of the Council for the coming year. He was recently awarded the Coolidge Medal as the leading University debater.
Now, if a guilty man chooses to exercise his constitutional right to employ legal counsel, would a lawyer, in his professional capacity, be justified in refusing his services? Rather, in granting them, might he not be serving the cause of justice equally with the attorney for the prosecution, since justice...
Although it is very unusual for Freshmen to represent the University in debating competition, two members of the class of 1927 are included in the personnel of this year's squad. D. L. Dickson '27, who has had but one year's experience in debating, will go to New Haven...
But the Oxford debater is the product of the Oxford Union, rather than of few weeks of intensive training; and it may be doubted if without such an organization the American can attain the case and fluency of this British opponent. Recognition of this by the Harvard Debating Union has...
Speaker Gillett, in replying, said: "Since the Speaker ceased to be Chairman of the Committee on Rules, I think there has been a steady tendency that he should be more and more a judicial officer, and I think that I shall be carrying out the wishes of those who elected...