Word: zurier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Debating the negative of the topic: "Resolved, That Communists should not be permitted to teach in American colleges and universities," Melvin L. Zurier '50 and A. Werner Pleus '51 won a unanimous decision over Columbia...
...Zurier and Pleus argued that undesirables should be prosecuted for their individual misdeeds, not just condemned for belonging to a particular party...
...Columbia, Melvin L. Zurier '50 and A. Werner Pleus '51 will argue the negative: "Resolved. That Communists should not be permitted to teach in American colleges and universities...
After the vote Council President Melvin L. Zurier '50 said "Tonight's vote is proof that the Debate Council is strong enough to stand up under the unfortunate and unjustified charges leveled against the present administration...
Finally the letter charged that the executive committee met and decided on a slate of officers for next year, and that this act was unconstitutional. Zurier said that the present officers did so as private members, as was their right, and that they neither could nor would force their decisions on the Council...