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SPEECH TEAM:
PROVEN WINNERS!!
"Presidential Powers in Foreign Affairs-Should
they be Limited," was the national collegiate topic for
USD's debate team, as our forensic team began an
other year under Coach Richard Lott.
Brian Thompson, captain of our young but talented
team, was chief debater last year but does not have
a partner this year. Sophomores Rick Walton and
Jim Staunton are the second debate team and have
taken home many awards for our team. The novice
debaters have only competed once and did not fair
too well, as they are inexperienced at this time.
Individual events, which include persuasive, extem
poraneous, impromptu, and expository, seems to be
the team's strongest area. While in a tournament
at Pepperdine, Steve Maddox, Paul Sammon, and Joe
Dovanon took a first, second, and fourth respectively.
Tom Ronco took a first in extemporaneous speaking
and Dan Webster captured a first in expository. Tom
Westfall placed second in impromptu.
Our speech team competes infrom eight to sixteen
events a year, which make for a long season. They
face tough opponents such as USC, UCLA, Berkley,
and others.
Integration, in the way of participation of the girls,
has been light as of late but Coach Lott hopes to see
more females competing on the team. He feels if
the school is to be united, it must start with the spe
ech team.
USD's forensic team is one of the areas best and
next year points to bigger and better things. The ad
dition of a Speech major at the school will bring more
students that are good in speaking in competition.
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