Education: Indelicate

"Resolved, That the family is an unnecessary element in the progress of civilization."

On this topic Dulcie Dixon and Eleanor Notewear, debaters of the University of California, were going to argue with Anne Harris and Eleanor Davidson of Stanford. William Wallace Campbell, California President, said: "This subject is indelicate. ... It is ... unsuitable. . . ." The debate was canceled.

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