St. John's University debate team

Caption: "Representatives of St. John's University's champion debate team which took first place in the national debate tournament sponsored by the National Federation of Catholic College Students April 18 at Xavior University, Cincinnati: ... Left to right are Dr. Edwin N. Rowley, St. John's coach; Ronald Marwitz, NFCCS chairman of debating; James Hall, St. John's debater who holds the trophy symbolic of championship; Very Rev. James F. Maguire, President of Xavier; John O'Connor, Holy Cross College student who tolds the second place trophy won by his school, and Henry Murphy, Holy Cross coach. Miss Anne Mulgrew [not pictured], St. John's only co-ed debater, was named national debate champion in the tournament;" two men are wearing clerical attire; portion of large college seal on wall in background.