Carolina watchman., 1936-03-27
Teams Win Four
Of Twelve Clashes
(From The Pioneer)

NalaWDaS S deDaIlnS Teams won
four of their twelve debates at the
South Atlantic Forensic Tourna-
ment, held at Winthrop College,
Rock Hill, S. c., March $, 6, and
Y. Prof. Lane accompanied the de-
baters and acted as one of the
judges of the tournament debates.
Each team won two of its six
debates. The affirmative debaters,
Nicely McCubbins and Luther
Hopes, met North Carolina State,
Tennessee State Teachers College,
Waynesburg (Pa.), Winthrop IS.
CO., High Point, and Western
Carolina Teachers College. They
were victorious over the strong N.
&c. State and Winthrop speakers,
Mr.. Hopes rebuttaI in the N. C.
State clash was declared by the
judge to be the most brilliant one
he ever heard. Edward Stull and
Harold Wolfinger, upholding the
negative, met six schools from six
different states. They opposed
Waynesburg, Winthrop, Piedmont
(Ga.), Western Carolina Teachers
College, Carson Newman (Tenn.
and John B. Stetson University
(Fla.) and won the last two en-
gagements. Superior presentation
and speaking were important fac
tors in their favor.
The South Atlantic Forensic
Tournament, proved to be great
success. Twenty-four colleges from
nine different states had sent about
one hundred and fifty speakers to
compete in forensic activities.
North Carolina was represented by
ten schools-N. C. State, Atlantic
Christian, Guilford, High Point,
Catawba, Lenoir Rhyme, Appala-
chan, Western Carolina, Ashevil1e
Teachers and Wake Forest. South
Carolina was represented by Win
throp, Presbyterian, Erskine and
Charleston. Tennessee likewise had
four representatives in Maryville,
Carson Newman, King and Tennes-
see State Teachers. Florida was re-
presented by John B. stetson Un-
iversity, Georgia by Piedmont Col
lege, Kentucky by Morehead State
Teachers, Virginia by Farmville
Teachers, West Virginia by
Shepherd State Teachers, and
Pennsylvania by Waynesburg COL
lege.
Although sixteen women's de-
batting teams competed and forty
two mems teams. The women en-
gagged in forty-nine debates, and
the men in one hundred and twen-
ty-five, totaling one hundred and
seventy-four in all. All debates
were on the question, Resolved,
That Congress Should Have Power
to Override by Two-thirds Ma
jority Decisions of the Supreme
Court Declaring Laws Passed by
Congress Unconstitutional" The
debates were judged by single
judges, mainly the coaches, Win
throp College faculty members AM
Rock Hill citizens. Eighty,nine
decisions were rendered in favor of
the affirmative and eighty-five in
favor of the negative. In the
mems debating, Wake Forest rang
ed first with eleven wins and one
loss, while Lenoir-Rhyne, N. C.
State, Morehead Teachers and
Shepherd Teachers tied for second
place with nine wins and three
losses each. Next came Appalach-
ian with eight wins and four losses,
and Presbyterian with seven wins
and five losses. Erskine, Pied
mont and Waynesburg broke even,
six and six; Carson Newman, Char
lesion and High Point won five
and lost seven debates; Guilford,
Maryville, King, John B. Stetson,
Tennessee Teachers, Western Caro-
lima and Catawba each suffered
eight losses to four wins. Attain
tic Christian won two, but lost ten
debates.
In the women's division Win
throp ranked first with nine wins
and three losses, the victories in
creased to ten when she won over
which with eight
wins and three losses, according to
the rules, met her in a run-off de-
bate, which Appalachian lost.