St. Anselm's College Wins Debate Tourney Finals Saturday Night

Bernard Champagne and Richard Brachu of St. Anselm's College won the Harvard Invitational Debate Tournament Saturday night. In the final round they defeated Dallas Mucci and Jeanette Moorhead of Eastern Nazarene.

They debated alternately the affirmative and negative of the national collegiate debate topic, "Resolved: That the non-agricultural industries of the United States should guarantee their employees an annual wage." Each finalist was undefeated through all six rounds of the tournament.

The Debate Council, as host, did not enter a team, but Robert H. King '57 upset the defending champion, Robert Smith of Dartmouth in the Impromptu Speaking Division. In the finals at the banquet Saturday impromptu finalists gave five minute off the cuff speeches on current news topics drawn at random.

In the Ivy League Debate held Friday night in conjunction with the tournament Columbia defeated the Debate Council's team on the national topic.