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Seven-Day Weekend

In addition to arguing that
Princeton had not sufficiently established
the need for coeducation,
Mr. Howell and Mr. Crossen
said that women would distract
the men from their studies, creating
a "seven-day weekend at the
University."

Mr. Howell forecast the loss
of tradition here if women were
admitted.

In the second debate, the two
Princeton students switched roles
and argued the negative viewpoint
while Dennis Unkovi and
Hank Chase argued the affirmative
for the University.

Mr. Unkovi called non-coeducation
a violation of the 1964
Civil Rights Act, which forbade
discrimination by sex.

Mr. Chase said, "Girls should
be allowed to wander around the
Grounds and make their asinine
comments simply and solely for
the psychological and sensual
amusement of the male population."

His comment was in the same
vein as a large portion of both
debates. The often risque humor
and verbal barbs were part of the
style regularly used by Princeton
and other debating teams. According
to Mr. Smiley, such an
approach gets away from dry debate
while it still covers the pertinent
points.