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25th National Debate Tournament

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

April 16 – 19, 1971

 

Resolved: That the federal government should adopt a program of compulsory wage and price controls.

Winner: University of California, Los Angeles – Don Hornstein & Barrett McInerney
Runner Up: Oberlin College – Scott Lassar & Joe Misner

Top Speaker: Joe Loveland – University of North Carolina
Runner Up: Joe Angland – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Host: W. Scott Nobles – Macalester College
Director: John C. Lehman – Emporia State University

Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: James Unger – Georgetown University

Elim Seeds

  1. Georgia: Pam Martinson & Tom Martinson (8-0, 18)
  2. Canisius: Terry McKnight & David Wagner (7-1, 18)
  3. Southern California: Ron Palmieri & Dennis Winston (6-2, 17)
  4. Wyoming: William Baum & H. James Robinson (6-2, 16)
  5. George Washington: Mary Alice McKeen & John Warner (6-2, 16)
  6. Emory: Thomas Gallo & Nicholas Lotito (6-2, 14)
  7. Kansas: Dan Beck & Robert Prentice (5-3, 17)
  8. North Carolina: Joe Loveland & Joe McGuire (5-3, 16)
  9. CSU Fullerton: John Dolan & Patricia Peoples (5-3, 14)
  10. Missouri: Kelly Dude & Joe Cambiano (5-3, 14)
  11. Oberlin: Scott Lassar & Joe Misner (5-3, 14)
  12. California, Los Angeles: Don Hornstein & Barrett McInerney (5-3, 13)
  13. Michigan: Bill Davey & Neil Wolf (5-3, 13)
  14. Loyola Marymount: Bill Larson & John Rose (5-3, 13)
  15. Loyola Marymount: Brian Bennett & Brian Pierik (5-3, 13)
  16. Saint Anselm’s: Alexander Matulewicz & George Olsen (5-3, 13)

Speaker Awards

  1. Joe Loveland – University of North Carolina
  2. Joe Angland – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  3. Ron Palmieri – University of Southern California
  4. Terry McKnight – Canisius University
  5. Tom Martinson – University of Georgia
  6. Geoff Goodman – University of Southern California
  7. Joe McGuire – University of North Carolina
  8. Barrett McInerney – University of California, Los Angeles
  9. Mike Fernandez – University of California, Santa Barbara
  10. John Dolan – California State University, Fullerton

Trivia

The tournament was expanded to 52 teams to accomodate a pre-district qualifying process which had the winners of Ten Designated Tournaments and six or more teams (depending on duplicate winners) voted on to equal a pre-distrct at-large pool of sixteen. The system lasted for two years.

“A” and “B” designations were replaced by an allegedly less discriminating “X” and “O” for schools with multiple teams. This only lasted for one year.

  • 1971 Tournament Files