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Show B. A. C. Dominates Utah-Idaho Debate Tournament at Logan It was "Branch Agricultural College Col-lege Day" at the annual Utah-Idaho Junior College Debate Tournament Saturday with four student speakers from the local Institution capturing three of four first places and with them unofficial sweepstake honors. Max Lunt and Forrest Parry, B. A. C. entrants, stole the tournament spotlight when they captured the men's division debate In the final round at 7 p. m. Saturday. Fighting their way through eight rounds which began as the tournament opened on the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college campus Friday morning, morn-ing, the duo emerged undefeated, winning the decision over Keith Gardiner and Reid Holbrook. strong University of Utah combination, combina-tion, In the final stanza. Matching the work of their teammates, team-mates, Winona Hunter and Carmen Car-men Carpenter of the B. A. C. came through victorious in the women's division debate which came to a close with the seventh round. Other women's team to reach the finals was a Carbon college entry, Ellza-beth Ellza-beth Roper and Mary Etta Larson. These two teams, along with Christie Wicker and Jeanne Owens of University Un-iversity of Utah, were the only wo-men wo-men debaters to survive preliminary eliminations Saturday morning. Max Lunt won for himself Individual In-dividual tournament honors when he climbed the ladder In Impromptu speaking to beat out Olen Kllpatrlck of the U. ol U. and Stanley Anderson Ander-son of the v. 8. A. C. In the final round. Kllpntrlck and Andersen placed second & third respectively. Second place In the unofficial sweepstakes race went to Carbon college when LaRue Olsen won the Judge's nod In the final round of oratory. Second place went to ElUs Boden of Albion State Normal and third to Christie Wicker of University Univer-sity of Utah. Most coveted award to be presented pre-sented the winners by Douglas Parkinson of Rexburg, Idaho, Ag-gie Ag-gie debate manager and tournament tourna-ment director, was a large 14-lnch gold trophy which was awarded Lunt and Parry In the men's division divi-sion debate. Thirty-two teams entered en-tered the division originally making it the largest of the tournament. A slightly smaller trophy was awarded award-ed Miss Carpenter and Miss Hunter In the women's division debate which originally had nine entries. Small gold cups were presented to members of both these teams. Awards in Impromptu speaking and oratory were small gold loving cups to first place winners and medals to second place entries. At the coaches' luncheon Saturday Satur-day at noon In the college cafeteria, Carbon college was selected as the site for the 1941 U-I tournament. Other entertainment offered the 74 visiting delegates by the host school during the two-day tournament tourna-ment was the tournament banquet and Kolleglate Kapers variety show Friday evening and a debaters' luncheon Saturday at noon. Aiding Parkinson In arranging for rooms, schedules and entertainment entertain-ment for the tournament were Alan Fonnesbeck of Logan, dictator of the Aggie debate club, Raymond Kimball of Kanosh, member of me stuaent council, Carmen Leigh, Grant Bethers and George Armstrong Arm-strong of Cedar City, Aggie debaters, debat-ers, and Dr. O. Homer Durham, and Professor Evan B. Murray, members of the college debate council. coun-cil. A |
