Debating Council Bows to Canisius

Patrick Cotter and William Rey, of Canisius College, handed the Debate Council its third straight defeat in last night's debate at the Lowell House Junior Common Room.

Cotter and Rey argued the affirmative of the topic: "Resolved, That the federal government shall adopt a policy of equilizing educational opportunities in tax-supported schools by means of annual grants." K. Bruce Friedman '50 and Richard S. Stewart '51 took the negative for Harvard.

The judges declared that Canisius had presented a strong case in favor of establishing a National Education Board to administer a federal aid program for education. This board would seek to remedy the highly inadequate educational conditions prevalent in many states. The board would consist of the 48 state commissioners of education and would be presided over by the Federal Commissioner of Education.

Friedman, the judges said, was the most convincing individual speaker.