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Clark McGinn Roderick Chamberlain (far left) and Tony Poole (second from right) aboard the Queen Mary commencing their SSE (formerly BASS) scholarship in 1963 ‘I wouldn’t have discovered a cross-section of America!’ Debaters learn pretty early on how dangerous clichés can be, so the simple statement – ‘going on the ESU debating tour of the US changed my life’ - would be expected to be debating hyperbole were it not utterly true. In 1981, I was studying at Glasgow (or at least attending as many classes as could be fitted in between debates) and had just convened the first World Student Debating Championship, so when the invitation came to apply for the tour, it seemed like a great way to continue a year’s debating. It was much, much more than that. The ability to research, construct, articulate and defend a case is a crucial human skill, but much of student debating is a day in a chamber with like-minded people. When we went on the tour my debate partner, Mark Bishop, and I not only spoke in 20 states over eleven weeks, but for the first time we experienced directly a true cross-section of American cultures and so came to understand how complex the USA is – and how deep and diverse its political and cultural relationship is with the UK. The defining factor of the tour is its length and breadth – often debating in cities in America that most Americans haven’t visited. That range gave me insights and friendships which have been of value to me over my career and throughout my personal life. Just like my fellow alumni stretching back to 1928 - and I hope it will be for those who will share this in the future through the ESU’s crucial mission. ‘I would not be planning the 50th anniversary of my friendship!’ If it wasn’t for the ESU I would not be planning the 50th anniversary of my friendship with Tony Pooley, in September 2013. We met aboard the ‘Queen Mary’ in September 1963, he en route from Charterhouse to Hotchkiss, I from Radley to Harvard (now Harvard- Westlake). Return dates in those days were random, so it was chance that we came back together on the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ – and chance again that we discovered we were both going up to Trinity College, Cambridge on return. Through the ensuing decades of marriage, parenthood, various expatriations and latterly grandparenthood, not only have we remained the closest of friends, but our wives and children have too. For several years we all spent Christmas together, shamelessly arranging this in midsummer to stave off Royal Command Performance invitations from families! More recently, we have both served as trustees of a major Hampshire-based disability charity, Enham: no coincidence again, since I brought Tony on to the board to share his marketing and branding expertise. In early November, I stepped down as Chairman after six years, the leaving dinner of which Tony attended. Who knows We may need to commandeer ESU Dartmouth House for the Golden Anniversary party... Rod Chamberlain – SSE (formerly BASS) 1963 – 4 and ESU Governor Clark McGinn - US Debate Tour in 1981, John Smith Memorial Mace (formerly The Observer Mace) 1982, Chairman of the ESU Debating Society from 1987 – 1993 and part of the Speech & Debate Committee and the Selection Team for the ESU US Debating Tour DIALOGUE 42
BRANCHES – Inside The UK branches of the ESU provide a stimulating range of events and programmes often inspiring ESU DH to turn local endeavours into national ones. East_44 Midlands_47 North East_48 North West_49 South East_49 London_51 Wales_52 South_52 South West_53 Regional Diary_55 DIALOGUE 43
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