Deogracias Puyat captained the 1922 winning debate team at the Manila High School while he was a senior. He went on to become the president of the UP Debating Club, a position he kept for two years. At UP he won the Kalaw gold medal in oratory in 1924 and the Quezon silver medal in oratory in 1925. He was also on the winning debating team against the University of Sto. Tomas in 1928. A native of Pampanga, Puyat was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1929.

A gold medalist in his senior year at the De La Salle, Pedro M. Camus continued his winning streak while at UP. He received the Palma medal in debating in 1925 and the Quezon silver medal in oratory in 1926. He represented the college of law at the UP Student Council in 1927, and chaired the national civic movement in 1929. Originally from Manila, Camus was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1929.

As a high-school junior at Silliman Institute (now Silliman University), Jacinto C. Borja was captain of the debating team. The following year he won the McIntyre oratorical contest. At the University of the Philippines, he served as editor of the Philippine Collegian in 1927-1928, and distinguished himself by winning the Palma medal in debating as well as the Quezon medal in oratory. With a strong background in writing and public speaking, he began practicing as a lawyer in 1930. Much later, in 1965, he served briefly as ambassador to Japan. He was also elected governor of his home province, Bohol.

Known as an eloquent speaker and gifted writer, Teodoro T. Evangelista was captain of the team that defeated the visiting team from the University of Oregon in 1927. Prior to that, after winning the individual medal in the annual debate of the Ateneo de Manila in 1924, he graduated with his liberal arts degree. From Bulacan, he served as editor of the Ateneo Monthly, a magazine well-known in high and prep schools of the United States, as well as in the Philippines.