He was captain of the debating team at Whittier College in California
[DOC] [TLE] School House to White House | National Archives [PAR] FDR attended the Groton School, where he did well in class and participated in ... 
as a child, and he participated in a two-person debate team that won the county 
title ... up in Yorba Linda, California, and attended schools in Whittier, California.