Debating Society_Minute book_1938-45

: Vice-Presielent'e Gold Medal

IMPROMPTU

.>.-..............Mr. Mi"J. Egan, Vice-president's Silver Medal ................Mr. B.P. O'Byrne,

IRISH DEBATE :

...... '........ .Mr. M. J. Bgan,

Society 1 s Gold. Medal

................Mr. E.W. Healy,

Society's Silver Medal

FIRST YEAR SPEECHES :

................Mr. S.A. Murtagh,

Society's Silver Medal

\ Mr. O'Byrne proposed and Mr. 0'Sullivan seconded a vote of

thanks to the outgoing Auditor and his Committee. Messrs. Walsh, Lynch, Kelly, Grotty, and the new Auditor, Mr. Dowling, associated themselves with the vote of thanks. The Motion was carried with acclamation. Mr. Lynch preposei and Mr. Crotty seconded the following Motion :- "That this House agrees with the statement of the President ©f the Incorporated Law Society that Irish is the cause of the low standard of answering in the Final Examination in Law for Solicitors Apprentices". Mr. Lynch proposing the Motion said that after the Ihter- -mediate an Apprentice gives one year of his course to Irish, the result being that he forgets any law he has learned for the Intermediate, and has to start from the beginning again. He also pointed out that no Scholarships had been awarded for some considerable time. Mr. Crotty secpnding said that the standard of answering in the Final had deteriorated since the passing of the Act. He also pointed out that Irish was of no practical use as there were no Law books in Irish. The following also spoke : Messrs. Durnin, McC^oskey and O'Byrne FOR the Motion, and Messrs. McGettigan, Egan, Kelly and Doyle AGAINST. The Motion was carried by 20 votes to 10 votes. The House then adjourned.

SIGNED

President Incorpbrated Law^ociety of Ireland.

DATED this 28th. day of October 194©-