Dalton/Horace Mann Team Wins Vassar Parliamentary Debate Tourney
Competing against 46 teams across varsity and novice divisions, Dalton's Hart Rapaport '18, in collaboration with Horace Mann student George Lowenseon, won the Vassar College (Parliamentary Debate) Invitational in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 4, 2018.
After the top two teams completed their prelims with 5-0 records, Hart and his teammate affirmed the resolution, "This house believes that the government of Brazil should contact uncontacted Amazonian tribes.” They won their division with a close score of 3-2. The next East Coast parliamentary circuit tournament, run by the New York Parliamentary Debate League, will be held on December 16 at New York City’s Thomas Edison High School.