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9th National Debate Tournament

United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

April 21 – 23, 1955

 

Resolved: That the United States should extend diplomatic recognition to the communist government of China.

Winner: University of Alabama – Dennis Holt & Elis Storey
Runner Up: Wilkes University – Harold Flannery & James Neveras

Top Speaker: Hubert Bell – University of Kansas
Runner Up: Bill Maynard – Missouri State University

Elim Seeds

  1. Alabama: Dennis Holt & Elis Storey (6-2, 18)
  2. Kansas: Hubert Bell & John Fields (6-2, 17)
  3. Augustana IL: Erickson & Stuart Lefstein (6-2, 17)
  4. Illinois State: Clauson & Roger Huffon (6-2, 16)
  5. Northwestern: Jerry Borden & Max Nathan (6-2, 15)
  6. Vermont: English & Herzel Spiro (6-2, 14)
  7. Wilkes: Harold Flannery & James Neveras (6-2, 14)
  8. Houston: Donald Alford & Bernie Burrus (6-2, 14)
  9. Nebraska Wesleyan: Rex Sample & Melvin Schwenk (5-3, 15)
  10. Missouri State: Maynard & Jones (5-3, 15)
  11. Wisconsin – Eau Claire: Charles Bush & Zimmerman (5-3, 13)
  12. Harvard: Anderson & Robert O’Neil (5-3, 13)
  13. Notre Dame: Doherty & Riley (5-3, 13)
  14. Wake Forest: Joe Hough & Carwile LeRoy (5-3, 12)
  15. Pennsylvania State: Meckler & Sinclair (5-3, 12)
  16. Dartmouth: Greenberg & Thomas Waddell (4-4, 13)

Speaker Awards

  1. 1. Hubert Bell – University of Kansas
  2. 2. Bill Maynard – Missouri State University
  3. 3. Herzel Spiro – University of Vermont
  4. 4. Max Nathan – Northwestern University
  5. 5. Thomas Waddell – Dartmouth College
  6. 6. John Fields – University of Kansas
  7. 7. Reginald Stanton – Saint Peter’s University
  8. 7. Harold Flannery – Wilkes University
  9. 9. Roger Huffon – Illinois State University
  10. 9. Carwile LeRoy – Wake Forest University
  11. 11. Stuart Lefstein – Augustana College (IL)
  12. 12. John Gough – Saint Joseph’s University
  13. 13. Elis Storey – University of Alabama
  14. 13. Jimmy Jones – University of Central Oklahoma
  15. 13. Rex Sample – Nebraska Wesleyan University
  16. 16. Ky Ewing – Baylor University
  17. 17. Bernie Burrus – University of Houston
  18. 18. Dennis Holt – University of Alabama
  19. 18. Andy Brown – San Diego State University
  20. 20. Robert O’Neil – Harvard University
  21. 20. Charles Bush – University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Trivia

A tabulation error placed Notre Dame (Allen Riley & Charles Doherty) at 5-3 instead of 4-4 and 14th Seed and excluded Baylor (Howell & Ewing). 

  • 1955 Tournament Files