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1930 University of Florida Debating Council

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FSCW hosted an exhibition debate between the University of Florida and Washington & Lee in 1930.

(Photo: George A. Smathers Libraries)

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1931 University of Florida Debating Council

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FSCW hosted an exhibition debate between the University of Florida and Penn State University in 1931.

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1936 - 1937 FSCW Debate Committee

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1936 - 1937 FSCW N.S.F.A. Committee

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1937 - 1938 FSCW Debate Committee

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1937 - 1938 FSCW N.S.F.A. Committee

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1938 Florida State Debate Team Burnette & Wynn

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1938 Burnette & Wynn Defeat Emory

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1938 - 1939 FSCW Debate Committee

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1938 - 1939 N.S.F.A. Committee

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1939 Delta Epsilon Alpha "Strawberry Leaf" Charter

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(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

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Coach Alethea Smith

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First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

Pictured here as a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1922)

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Coach Alethea Smith

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First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)

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Coach Alethea Smith

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First Florida State Debate Coach, 1928 - 1933

(Photo: University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1925)

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Coach Elizabeth Thompson

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Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1935)

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Coach Elizabeth Thompson

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Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1936)

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Coach Elizabeth Thompson

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Florida State Debate Coach, Sponsor N.S.F.A. Debate Team at the Florida State College for Women, 1935 - 1937.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

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Coach Louise Richardson

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Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

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Coach Louise Richardson

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Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

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Coach Louise Richardson

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Head Librarian and Chair of Library Sciences helped coach the debate team from 1938 - 1940.

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

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Coach Sadie Young

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 -1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

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Coach Sadie Young

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

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Coach Sadie Young

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

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Coach Sadie Young

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1937 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

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Coach Margaret Wyly

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1938)

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Coach Margaret Wyly

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1939)

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Coach Margaret Wyly

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1940)

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Coach Margaret Wyly

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Florida State Debate Coach, 1938 - 1944

(Photo: Florida State University Libraries, 1941)

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