Santa Clara University (Calif.);Debates; Student organizations
Interior of Debating Hall. The Philalethic Debating Society, formed in 1856, was the first collegiate debating society modeled after the national legislature in Washington.
The 130-bed senior dormitory was located on the first floor of the Ship. The term "senior" refers to the collegiate students who lived there as opposed to the high school students who slept elsewhere.
