JOYNT SCROLL DEBATE
WIN FQR AUCKLAND
SECOND PLACE TO VICTORIA
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, August 6.
The Auckland University College debaters won the Joynt Scroll from the holders, Otago University, in the annual debating contest tonight. Victoria College was second, Otago University third, and Canterbury College fourth.
Miss E. M. Johnston, 'Auckland, was judged the best speaker, with \Mr. J. S. D. More, Otago, second, and Mr A T. S. McGhie, Victoria,. third
The subject of the debate was "That collective security offers the best prospect for world peace." The contest took the form of two-debates. Victoria, taking the affirmative, opposed Canterbury in the first debate, and Auckland, taking the affirmative, opDosed Otago in the second debate.
. The judges were Professor L. G. Pocock, the Rev. A. C. Watson, and Mr. R. C. Abernethy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 33, 7 August 1936, Page 4
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