Beginning with the bottom left, going clockwise, the members are listed as B. M. Whaley, H. C. Humphreys, W. H. Hodges, G. G. Somerville, and O. M. Wilkerson. The member in the center is A. S. Dayton.
Seated first row, left to right: Pat Hamilton, Pat Samargo, Betty Fisher and Bill Wertman (not all identified). Standing: Lew Brewer, John Straub, Brenda Logue, Joe Luchok, Jim Watson, Virginia Jackson, Richard Hayhurst, Gail Grimm, John Hall. Absent: Sally Hammes, Jerry Sablette.
Debate Society Officers and Coaches, West Virginia University
Date:
1968
Description:
First row, left to right: John Stramb, President; Jim Wattson, Vice-President; Virginia Jackson, Co-Social Chairman; Bill Wertman, Treasurer; Pat Hamilton, Historian; Chuck Miller, Co-Social Chairman. Second row: Mr. Peter Borsay, Debate Coach; Lewis Illar and Jack Brown, Assistant Coaches. Absent: Sally Hammes, secretary.
First row, left to right: Kay Mills, Brenda Nichols, Nancy Davenport. Second row: Art Meade, Mike Jarrel, Larry Rowe, Bill Powell and Dave Williams. Absent: Miles Bell, Cathy Chenaweth, Russ Clounges, Susan Holt, Veronica Jacoby, and Barbara Tsoracaris.
World's First Trans-Atlantic Debate, West Virginia University
Date:
1968/03
Description:
'The British and American Colonists have been at it again -- arguing and making history. West Virginia University Director of Debate William Barnett (center) and student debaters John Straub (left) and Lewis G. Brewer are shown above bidding farewell to their Bristol (England) University opponents at the conclusion of the world's first trans-Atlantic telephone debate. The hour-long experimental debate, an idea which originated with Barnett, was held Tuesday (March 12) afternoon and, although the contest wasn't judged, the issue stirred considerable enthusiasm and trans-Atlantic laughter. The idea for the debate may have been conceived by the West Virginians but the Bristol students get full credit for "Resolved: That Christopher Columbus and Ford Motor Company Should Have Stayed at Home."
