Debaters Sweep Brooklyn Contest

Varsity debaters defeated 56 other schools in the annual inter-college debate tournament held Saturday and Sunday at Brooklyn College. The two teams entered by the Debate Council took undisputed first place with a 10-0 record.

Besides winning the top team award, the debaters placed second and third in both negative and affirmative individual ratings. Richard P. Anderson '56 was second in the affirmative class followed by Joseph E. Frank '56. David P. Bryden '57 and D. Frank Hayden '57 ranked second and third respectively in the negative classification.

The two teams each debated are schools. Among the schools that the Council met were Brooklyn, Connecticut State Teachers College, Rutgers, and Union George Washington College placed second in the tournament, with Vermont finishing third.