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...ridiculous, and the word Senator carry unpleasant associations original meaning, literally, was "the assembly of old men". Of course what this implies is that wisdom and experience are usually the possessions of old men, and that they are therefore capable of making decisions and judging impartially. The Anglo-Saxon Witanagemot was founded on this principle, and was, by name, at least, the assembly of the wise...
Owing to an error in the report made to the CRIMSON yesterday on the result of the competition between the Law School Clubs, the Witanagemot Club of the Law School was given the credit of defeating the Lowell club for the Ames Prize, when the actual result was to the contrary. The Lowell club, whose argument was upheld by A. C. Reis 3L and C. E. Snow 3L, was awarded the decision by the judges of the competition. The case argued was "The Danbury Hatter's Case as affected by the Clayton Act," and the attorneys for the Witanagemot club...
This year's elimination contest between the third-year clubs was begun by the George Grayt, Kent, Lowell, Thayer, and Witanagemot clubs on October...
...Witanagemot law club won the Ames Prize by receiving the decision over the Lowell club in the final round of the third-year competition in Langdell Hall last evening. L. M. Reiser 3L and U. E. Wild 3L presented the argument for the winning club which was the defendant in the case argued, while the losing team was composed of A. C. Reis 3L and C. E. Snow 3L. The case presented was, "The Danbury Hatter's Case as affected by the Clayton Act." A large crowd was in attendance to hear the very able arguments offered by both sides...
This contest marks the culmination of a series of elimination rounds among the seven third-year clubs which survived the second-year competition in 1915-16. As the winner of the Ames Prize, the Witanagemot club receives $200 and the Lowell club as runner-up gets the second prize...