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The Demosthenian Literary Society is a debating society at The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in February 1803 by the first graduating class of the University's Franklin College. It is named after the Greek orator Demosthenes. The Society meets weekly Thursday nights at 7:00 during the Fall and Spring semesters at Demosthenian Hall on the historic North Campus of The University of Georgia.〔(Demosthenian Literary Society official website )〕 ==History== Augustin Clayton, James Jackson, and Williams Rutherford are recognized as the founding fathers of Demosthenian. Clayton became the first student to receive his diploma from Franklin College and went on to become a judge of wide respect and a U.S. Representative from Georgia, with Georgia's Clayton County being named in his honor. Rutherford and Jackson went on to become professors at Franklin College. After 167 years of male-only membership, the first female members of the Society were inducted on March 4, 1970.〔''The Red and Black'' "Move over, men" March 5, 1970〕 President Sherrill Watkins presided over the initiation of Kathy Conrad, a freshman from Atlanta, and Bebe Herring, a junior from Athens. By the late 1970s, female members were heavily active in the Society and held numerous offices—even President. In 2008, the Society put forward its first all female Inter-Society Debate team. The four women swept the debate on warrantless wiretapping and FISA reform, winning the votes of all three judges and the alternate. Today, the Society has slightly more female than male members.〔 Citing issues of student disenfranchisement within the UGA and U.S. political systems, the Society voted in 2012 to secede from the United States of America as the micronation "Demosthenia."〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Demosthenian Literary Society )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Demosthenian Literary Society )〕 This resolution was acknowledged as a move to raise the Society's profile and to encourage lively debate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Red & Black )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Demosthenian Literary Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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