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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1935. Volume 6. Number 10.

[introduction]

On Saturday last "Smad" mingled with a large and tolerant audience gathered in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall to hear eight speeches by competitors in the 29th annual contest for Lord Plunket's [unclear: dedal]. Just as our well-concealed impatience began to manifest itself, the speakers field swiftly and silently into the front row, and the three judges, Mr. H. F. O'Leary, K.C., Rabbi S. Katz, and Mr. G. W. von Zedlitz, settled into their easy chairs, Although for a tense moment it appeared that Von was going to miss the chairman's opening remarks. All these gentlemen have had some experience in judging speech contests, and from such a concatenation of earning, piety and wit we expected an entertaining judgment, at the east. They did not fail us.

The chairman, Mr. C. M. P. Brown, ran through the contents of the programme, explained the qualifications of the judges, and summoned the competitors in turn to the platform.