Dreher High School students win national debate--outtakes

1961–01–02

Dreher High School students Susan Copenhaver and Jean Hoefer comment on winning the National Forensic League Debate. They describe their problems on preparing for the debate, their reaction to winning, and their future plans. Jean Hoefer would go on to become Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal. Chief Justice Toal is a lawyer who served in South Carolina’s House of Representatives before serving as the first woman on the Supreme Court of South Carolina. She spent 27 years on the South Carolina Supreme Court, 15 as Chief Justice, before retiring in 2015.