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Greater Boston's untold thousands of debating fans were foiled yesterday when they sat down to listen to a Harvard M. I. T. debate broadcast over WAAB and got transcribed music instead.
Both teams had prepared negative briefs. The announcer failed to discover the situation until he had introduced Thomas O' Toole '42 as the first speaker for the affirmative. When O'Toole gesticulated frantically and refused to go on the air, the announcer said, "Would any of you gentlemen care to take the affirmative?"
There was a long pause, as listeners twirled their dials and wondered if their radios had gone dead. Then the strains of a Strauss waltz ended the silence.
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