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Morehouse College InInternational DebateOn November 21. in Sab* Mall Chapel of Morehouse College, an international debate was held between Morehouse College and Oxford University teams.On the Morehouse team there were two members of the senior class. Daniel George Sampson of Sumter, South Carolina, and Marshall Cabin ess of Gastonia. North Carolina, who upheld the affirmative side of the question: “Resolved, That the British Empire Is an Obstacle to World Peace. The Anglo-Irish team defended the negative.The invading team was made up ofWilliam A. Beers, of the Irish National Union of Students, and W illiam Thomas Williams, of the National Student I nion of England and Wales. Beers, who was educated at Dublin University, holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. He is the Honorary* Secretary of0 Wthe Union Debating Society, a member of the Students' Union Council, and of the Congress Secretary Irish Students' Association. Williams, who was educated atAberdore. the Universitv of Wales, and• # ^the University of London, obtained hiswdegree in Arts. Philosophy, and Hebrew in 1937. He is now pursuing a degree in theology at the University of Wales.Both of the Morehouse men are experienced debaters, and both are prominent in extra-curricular activities. Mr. Cabi-ness. the president of the 1938 student body, is a member of the Y. M. C. A., the University Players, and tin* Delta Phiw •Delta. National Journalistic Society. Sampson, in addition to being editor-in-chief of tlu* M. Book, is also a member of the Y. M. C. A. and the Delta Phi Delta fraternity.The Morehouse team was selected bv a debating committee headed by Nathaniel P. Tillman, who is also chairman of tin* Pentagonal Debating League and Assistant Supervisor of Projects in charge of Public Forums for Negroes in Georgia.
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Atlanta Campus Mirror
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Dec 15, 1938
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