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This is a press release discussing an upcoming debate between the Emerson College debate team and the Nofolk Prison debate team on the topic of whether or notprisons should be abolished. It also discusses the history of the Norfolk Prison debate…

This is an image from the 1963 Emersonian yearbook of four candid photographs depicting various male and female members of the Emerson College debate team throughout the academic year.

This is a headshot of Emerson College student and debate team participant Elizabeth Kidney, '60 from the 1960 Emersonian yearbook.

This is a headshot of Emerson College student and debate team participant Elizabeth Kidney, '59 from the 1959 Emersonian yearbook.

This is a headshot of alumna, debate team participant, and faculty member Lynne Lalock, '60 from the 1962 Emersonian yearbook

This is an editorial from the Marc 25, 1960 edition of Gazetta del Massachusetts discussing the participation of female students from Emerson College in a debate at the Norfolk Prison Colony. The article states that it was inappropriate for the…

This is an article from Vol. 42, No. 15 of The Colony newsletter. It focuses on the fact that on October 11, 1958 the Norfolk Prison debate team defeated two female students from Emerson College in a debate on the resolution "That intolerance is more…

Two members of the Norfolk Debate team and a Prison Gaurd

A press release announcing Emerson's Forensics Council winning the American Internation Debate Tournament