As the 2011-2012 academic year commences at Bates, the Brooks Quimby Debate Council begins its annual search for a new novice class.
About Us
The Brooks Quimby Debate Council is the debating society at Bates College, founded just after the College in 1855. Among many firsts, we participated in the first intercollegiate debate in 1896 and the first international collegiate debate in 1908. Today, as one of the world's premier debating societies, we compete domestically against other teams in the American Parliamentary Debate Association, and participate in a number of international debating events, such as the World Universities Debating Championships.