DEBATERS WIN OVER QUAKERS

Taking the affirmative in the question: "Resolved, That the federal government should undertake the supervision and support of public education," a team consisting of Ellis Kaplan '46 and Don Willner '47, from the Harvard Debating Council, last night met and defeated an experienced two-man delegation from the University of Pennsylvania. The vote of the judges was two to one in favor of the Crimson team.

Attacking the question from the point of view that the present state-controlled educational facilities are largely inadequate, Messrs. Willner and Kaplan effectively drove home their argument that federal control would equalize and improve the standard of educational facilities throughout the nation.

The failure of the Quaker debaters to gain the decision was due largely to their failure to indicate consciousness of the inadequacy of existing facilities.

The Penn debaters, George O'Connor and William Ten-Cate, both juniors, were entertained before and after the contest by the members of the Harvard Debating Council. The judges were Dr. Wm. Sutcliffe, instructor in English, Mr. George D. Strayer, Director of the Boston School Survey, and Mr. James E. Allen, Jr., Administrative Secretary to the Faculty of Education.