Debates held at WHS and recorded in "Janus" . Where no "Janus" edition is quoted left or where there is a GREY cell, this means I could find no information. |
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YEAR |
TOPIC | FOR | AGAINST | RESULT |
1974 |
"Boarding-school education is beneficial and should be extended." | Ben Onwukwe | LOST | |
| "This House believes that the Monarchy is outdated." | Rolfe Kentish & Charles Cowap | LOST | ||
| "Modern forms of entertainment are decadent." | 'Wilde' Geller & 'Lesley' Franklin | John Bryan & Robert Mitchell | NARROWLY LOST | |
1973 |
This House believes that Scrooge was right." | John Cox & John Mitchell | Robert Munson & Guy Taylor | LOST 24-38 (9 abst.) |
| "Appearance is the man." | Jonathan Dynevor & Peter Franklin | Sean Collins & Christopher Elliot | WON | |
| "Religious faith hurts more than it heals." | Michael Pierce & Rolfe Kentish | John Morris & Adrian Pinnington | WON | |
| "This House believes that mad dogs and Englishmen should be put down." | Michael Walling & John Robinson | Simon Geller & Robert '9.95' Bryan | LOST | |
| "This House believes that politics should not interfere with sport." | David Hudson & John Shannon | John Martin & Richard Ayres | NARROWLY LOST | |
1969 |
"This House believes that TV and popular culture are leading towards decadence." | Michael Richards & Nick Collins | Michael Pierce & Terry O'Halloran | TIED 10-10 (8 abst.) |
| "This House believes that the proper business of the student is to study." | LOST 8-15 (4 abst.) | |||
| "This House believes that words are more important than numbers." | ||||
| "This House believes that life is a serious business." | Stephen Hodgson & Murray Prendergast | Stephen L. Parperis & C. Ferris | WON 8-7 (18 abst.) | |
| "This House believes that it is high time that dramatic art moved away from the kitchen-sink and the angy-young-man image." | Jock Cromarty & Chris Morris | Anthony Mitton & Stephen Boyce | LOST 12-19 (3 abst.) | |
1967 |
"The spinelessness & decadence of Modern British Youth forecasts Britain's downfall as a major power." | |||
1966 |
"Universal Suffrage is ridiculous." | Paul Finch | Anthony Pye | NOT VOTED ON |
| "Television is a menace to society." | Gabriel Barty & Terry Cleverly | Graham Hoad & Hugh Hawkins | LOST 10-23 (4 abst.) | |
| "Death is a poor substitute for life." | Mark Wing-Davey & Ian McEwan | Gabriel Barty & Victor Boddy | WON 26-10 )4 abst.) | |
| "Advertising is immoral." | Norman Inness & Hans Soltys | Roy Clouter & Peter Daish | ||
| "This House believes that the Catholic standpoint on birth-control is unrealistic." | Victor Boddy & Eric Dury | Hugh Hawkins & Graham Hoad | WON 22-20 (2 abst.) | |
Summer 1965 |
"The public schools do not justify their existence." | Keith Young and Ian Daye | Gabriel Barta & Mark Wing-Davey | HEAVILY LOST |
| "A woman's place is in the home." | John Hamilton & Victor Boddy | 2 girls from "Bransom's" | TIED | |
| "This House deplores euthanasia." | Jeremy Sullivan & Hugh Hawkins | Patrick Sullivan & Robinson | WON 14-10 (14 abst.) | |
| "Every young person has the right to make his own mistakes." | Derek Thornbery & Chris Webb | Jock Cromarty & Terry Stancliffe | WON | |
| "Socialism is outdated" | Geraint Howell & Alan Bartlett | Paul Finch & Young | WON | |
| "Modern youth is more decadent than ever." | David Laughton & Barry Clark | Larry Howes & Eric Dury | HEAVILY LOST | |
Winter 1963 |
"This House thinks that the Elelven-Plus examination should be abolished." | LOST | ||
Summer 1963 |
"Modern Education is not revolutionary enough." | |||
Summer 1962 |
"This House deplores superstition." | Roger Goldring & Stephen Moon | James Dickson & David Prendergast | |
| "Commercial advertising should be censored." | Keith Rowe & Rhodri Howell | Gerald A. Donaldson & Jim Frost | WON | |
| "This House would like to rebuild Offa's Dyke & Hadrian's Wall." | Lawrence Young & Richard Mackenzie | Graham Rowles & John (Tim) Crosby | WON 8-6 (16 abst.) | |
| "This House believes that punishment should fit the crime." | Peter Hudson & Terry Brant | Paul Gait & Gerald Donaldson | LOST | |
| "This House considers that immigration into Britain should be stopped." | Denis Alexander & Jim Frost | John Miles & John Mackie | NARROWLY LOST | |
| "This House considers that Britain should not join the Common Market." | David T. S. Poolman & Brian Cooper | Gerald A. Donaldson & Jim Frost | LOST 18-22 | |
Autumn 1961 |
"This House considers that Tory rule is best for Britain." | LOST 8-12 (4 abst.) | ||
| "Individual liberties should always be subject to the needs of the state." | LOST 4-9 (13 abst.) | |||
| "This House deplores Capital Punishment for murder." | Nigel Fletcher | WON 25-13 | ||
Spring 1958 |
"A boy without a sister is to be pitied." | ? Mott | Robin Russell | WON 20-18 (8 abst.) |
| "There is no future for the Royal Air Force." | Michael Chapman & Colin Gordon | John Dracass & Tom Carter | LOST 9-22 (5 abst) | |
| "Television is a menace to civilisation." | Roger Jefferson & Mark Grenyer | James Dickson & David Hyrons | LOST 3-17 (7 abst.) | |