The meeting was attended by 300 students who spent half their time in rapt pursuit of speeches, and the other half screaming with laughter. Many had come in order to participate in what turned out to be a tight and beneficial dispute over whether the previous week's motion to give $100 towards counsel for Black Power members arrested for "illegal assembly" ought to be rescinded.

The Unlawful Assembly Act is of special concern to students since its interpretation can extend over pickets and marches. The debate centred on the principle of civil liberty. Fourteen speeches were-made 4 for, 10 against reclaiming the money.