The origins of the speech and debate program at City College lie in the Bancroft Literary Association, which was established in 1876.[32] In 1878, a second competing society, the Carrollton Literary Society, was established.[32] That society was later renamed the Carrollton-Wight Literary Society, after its first faculty adviser, Professor Charles Wight. The two societies competed through the 1960s but became dormant in the late 1970s.[33]

In 1997, under the leadership of Donald Koch, the two societies were resurrected as the Baltimore City College speech and debate team.[34] The speech team has retained the name of the Bancroft Society and the debate team has retained the name of the Carrollton-Wight Society. The team currently competes in the Baltimore Catholic Forensic League,[35] the Baltimore Urban Debate League,[36] and the National Forensic League.[37] The team has had success at the national level, advancing at the Harvard University Invitational Tournament, the National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament, and the National Forensic League National Speech Tournament. Mock trial was not a traditional part of the literary societies, but it has been incorporated into the speech and debate program.[34] In 2006, City College defeated the 2005 State Champion Squad from Richard Montgomery High School to advance to the semifinals of state championship,[38] but was later defeated by local rival the Park School of Baltimore, which advanced to the final trial. In September 2010, under the direction of Patrick Daniels (Director of Speech and Debate), BCC debate has established itself as one of the dominant programs on the East Coast by earning a Tournament of Champions invitation in Lincoln-Douglas Debate for Gareth Imparato as well as a full qualification for the Policy Debate team of Dikshant Malla and David Neustadt.




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