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Lowell Polemics Plan Controversy for Fun

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The Lowell House Polemic Society, named "for a mermaid tavern" according to its founder Carl J. Green '61, was organized last week to fill a need for "Ford dinners without the dinner."

Although the Society will ponder current and controversial topics, Green said that discussions would be for the sake of controversy itself rather than any hope of resolving issues. "What the club will be depends on who comes," he added, but already tutors and graduate students connected with the House have shown interest, "so the outcome looks propitious."

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