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Debate Team
Enters Contest

The Virginia Varsity Debaters are
preparing to enter the District
Eliminations next week, in their quest for
the National Debate Tournament
Championship.

This year's varsity unit of Greg Bittner
and Jim Poe have compiled the best
Virginia record in five years by qualifying for
the elimination in six of their last eight
tournaments.

The team recently completed a respectable
showing in the Pre-District competition held at
the Naval Academy, in Annapolis, losing in the
quarterfinals to top-seeded Southern California.
Mr. Poe was voted sixth place in a field of 116.

The District Eliminations will he held in
Morgantown, W.Va. and will feature teams
from Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of
Columbia. The top three teams will be invited
to the National Tournament held in
Minneapolis in April.