Judges Watch Harvard-Yale Debate on TV

For the first time in the long history of Harvard-Yale debating, the judges for the match will not be present in the debate hall. They will watch it from television sets in a different room.

The two schools, which meet Monday in the initial television debate for both teams, will appear on WGBH-TV at 8 p.m. The topic is: "Resolved, That the alumni should possess the power to alter any major policy of a privately endowed college or university."

The varsity, taking the negative, will be represented by Robert H. King '57, James L. Kincaid '58, and Robert M. O'Neil '56. Yale will be represented by Alex Smith, Neal Blue, and James Miller.

The match will also be the first official Ivy League debate for the two teams since Yale just entered the eight-school league this fall.

While the debate is going on in the WGBH studio, the three judges will be in an adjacent room, watching it like other New England viewers. The judges will be: Harold C. Martin, director of General Education Ahf; Walter G. Muelder, dean of the Boston University School of Theology; and Edward W. Weeks, editor of "The Atlantic."

During the debate another Harvard trio will defend the affirmative of the same topic at New Haven. They are John B. Hermanson '58, Taylor J. Smith '56, and William C. Boyden '57.