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...adverse decision of the Connecticut judiciary board in regard to the Chapman appeal for a new trial foreshadows the defeat of one of the most prolonged and stubborn defenses which has ever featured a criminal trial. Since the newly-discovered evidence on which the appeal was based had been held in reserve as their strongest point by the defense attorneys, its rejection means that Chapman's greatest hope has been lashed. Three stays of execution had been granted because of the mere technicality which grew out of Chapman's being a federal prisoner, and it was a curious...
...presented in a more keen and pleasing manner, the art will have been greatly refined. Many steps forward have been taken within the last few years by recognizing the important role of wit in debating. Therein lies the true worth of this less solemn tendency. Dwight W. Chapman, President, Harvard Debating Council...
...Coolidge prize of $100 for that member of the Harvard team who has shown the greatest ability in preparation for the debate will be awarded tonight. Last year the prize was won by D. W. Chapman '27, who is now President of the Debsting Council...
...first speaker for the affirmative, D. W. Chapman '27, scored Mr. Mencken's writing as useless and his critical invective as ineffective in reaching the marks it is aimed at. Chapman said that Mencken attacks the obviously commonplace, the Babbitts, the Dayton ministers, Rotarians and others who do not hear him because they do not buy the Mercury. Chapman likewise attacked the criticism of Mencken's school as consisting largely of exaggeration. He also pointed out his fallacious one-sided interest in life--he sees only the perverted, ignorant side. Chapman's conclusion was that it might be better...
...Chapman '27 was awarded the Coolidge prize of $100 for the most skill and initiative in the preparation of a debate. Yale vanquished both Harvard and Princeton last year and the University speakers triumphed over the Tiger debaters...