ON WORLD TOUR
TEAM OF ; NEGRO DEBATERS; (Per Press Association—Copyright). WELLINGTON, June 16. On a world tour,, a negro debating team will "visit New Zealand at the end of this month, arriving in Auckland on June 27. They are being brought to this country by the. New Zealand University Students’ Association, which, has never previously undertaken such an ambitious project. The team consists of two negro students, manager! by Professor Alexander, Professor of Economics and Government, and debating coach at Le. Moyne College, one of the leading negro colleges in the United States. It is believed that the tour will reveal the intellectual power of the American negro to thousands .of people in a very real way.
The team will spend only three weeks in. New Zealand, and the New Zealand University Students’ Association has arranged for them to see as much of the country as possible. Professor Alexander will give a series of talks through the national ..broadcasting stations. A . ... . ■ , .
The world tour of the team Australia, the Far Easf, Europe JUtd the. United Kingdom,
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1938, Page 5
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