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Show Ute Debaters Bring Home Ten First Place Trophies Debate Ranks Ute debaters, under the direction of Coach George Adamson, traveled from coast to coast during the year. Copping ten place trophies in debating and individual speech activities, the squad's victories were climaxed as Kent Linebaugh, Frank Johnson, Carol Jackson, and Nancy Larsen captured first place honors at the National Tau Kappa Alpha Tournament at Lexington, Kentucky. Fall quarter began with Dean Ellis and Sarah Seibel taking first place honors at the BYU Invitational Tournament. Closely following this triumph, Gerald Piatt and Dick Boss racked up first place ratings at the Rocky Mountain Tournament at Utah State University. As one of sixteen specially selected squads, University of Utah debaters attended the Purdue Invitational in Indiana. Debaters Laurel Thatcher and Marcia Smith gained first place honors at the University of Utah Junior College Tournament, The Rocky Mountain Speech Conference in Denver, and the Regional Tau Kappa Alpha Tournament in Montana. Walking away with first place trophies at the Utah State University Invitational were Ben Kawakame and Jeffrey Shreeve. Representing Utah on the East Coast, Dick Boss and Gerald Piatt attended the West Point Eliminations in New York, while Dean Ellis and Dick Boss captured first place ratings at the Tournament of Peers at Occidental College in Los Angeles. .Nationally ft |