VOL. XLVIII AUSTIN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER, 1963 NO. 3 E. O. Martin, George Thigpen Elected To Council Offices Regional Sites, Directors Two Items Approved Listed in Spring Meet Book For April Ballot high school must be the same one The Official Spring Meet list is Kilgore: Kilgore College Conference AAA, Region IV, Supt. E. O. Martin of Bowie Gold- now being mailed to all member Dean Randolph C. Watson, Director Districts 13-16 Burg was elected chairman of the they will attend the following year. schools. Each school administrator Conference A, Region III, Dis­ San Marcos: Southwest Texas University Interscholastic League Extra Game Rule should consult this list, to ascer­ tricts 17-22 State College Legislative Council at their meeting tain his conference, regional and Conference B, Region IV, Dis­ All schools will vote on a proposal Dr. Pat H. Norwood, Director Sunday, Nov. 3, in Austin. NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS Eight new members met with the UIL Legislative Sunday, Nov. 3. The new district assignment. tricts 41-56 Conference B, Region V, Districts that the district executive commit­ a few district assignments Supt. George Thigpen of El members are, left to right, FRONT ROW Supt. I. R. Huchingson, Iraan Sheffield; Principal Roy Johnson, Only Houston: University of Houston 57-70 tees be authorized to permit basket­ have been changed this year. All Walter F. Williams, Jr., Director Victoria: Victoria College Campo was elected to the newly- Fort Worth Eastern Hills; Supt. Kent Appleby, Clifton: BACK ROW Supt. Marley Siddens, Columbus; ball games postponed by weather unorganized districts should meet Conference AAAA, Region III, J. D. Moore, Director created office of vice-chairman. Principal Bill Lafferty, San Antonio Jefferson; Supt. Lionel Duncan, Cayuga; Supt. C. H. Evans, Agua public disaster, not in- and plan their spring meet activi­ Districts 10-14 Conference A, Region IV, Dis­ The council approved two items conditions or Dulce and Supt. Foster Cook, Hamlin. ties at once. The last day for such cluring illness, to be played as an Conference AAA, Region III, tricts 23-32 for submission to referendum vote organization is Feb. 2, but early Districts 8-12 Kingsville: Texas College of Arts exception to the two matched games of the schools. AAAA schools will planning gives contestants and Brenham: Blinn College and Industries per week rule. coaches a "running start" on their W. C. Schwartz, Director Dr. Eldon Brinley, Director ballot in April on the proposal that The council rejected a proposal study and practice. Conference AA, Region III, Dis­ Conference AA, Region IV, Dis­ all ninth graders be eligible for Extemp, Persuasive Speech that AAA schools vote again by While competition for junior and tricts 17-25 tricts 71-80. spring training in AAAA, subject elementary school districts is ter­ referendum on whether to hold San Antonio: San Antonio College Big Spring: Howard County Junior to the following restrictions: such minated with the district contest, Billy Reagan, Director College spring training in football. participation must be on the site Topics Prepared By Students these are also urged to meet and Northeast Schools Dr. William A. Hunt, Director plan their activities as soon as pos­ Conference AAAA, Region IV, Conference B, Region VI, Dis­ with and at the same time as the Solo Contest Extended The following sample topics of Students from the United States the Soviet Union Work Together to sible. Districts 15-18 tricts 26-32 high school squad practices and said Continuation of the state music for Extemporaneous (Informative) to Cuba. Reach the Moon? solo contest for two more years and 4. Whom Should the Republicans Regional Assignments addition of small ensemble and com­ Speaking and Persuasive Speaking 8. The State of the Alliance for Progress. Nominate in 1964? Odessa: Odessa College position contests to this event were were prepared by Guy Bizzell and 9. Problems Before the United 5. Should the Proposed Civil Dr. Luis M. Morton, Jr., Director Director Cites Pitfalls approved unanimously. During the members of his speech class at Mc- Nations. Rights Legislation Be Passed? Conference AAAA, Region I, two-year extension the music sub­ Callum High School, Austin. 10. Tito's Visit in the Americas. 6. What Should Be Done in Ala­ Districts 1-3 committee is to study the event and 11. Problems of Automation. bama? Conference AAA, Region I, Dis­ prepare recommendations concern­ Extemporaneous Speaking 12. The Smoking Study: "Ciga­ 7. Should the United States tricts 1-3 In Speech, Debate Work ing it. They rejected a proposal that 1. Possible Reasons for Russia's rettes and the Public Interest."* Adopt the Administration's Pro­ Lubbock: Texas Technological a state meet contest in music be Signing the Test-Ban Treaty. Why 13. Shifts in the Cold War. posals for Financing Medical Care College By DR. J. REX WIER Free Debate Material Secondly, the comparison is dis­ instituted. Some Senators Opposed the Treaty 14. The Nature of the Dominican for the Aged? Dr. Holmes A. Webb, Director Director of Speech Activities Each debater will obtain a large honest, because it compares cost of The council rejected proposals Why Others Favored It. Coup. 8. Should Legislation Be Passed Conference A A, Region I, Dis­ Students who plan to enter the collection of free material dealing medical education in the U.S. under that the persuasive speech contest 2. Current Difficulties in Trade 15. Why Negroes Find Voting to Discourage Smoking? tricts 1-8 poetry interpretation and prose with the debate question. These ma­ one system with the income of a rules be changed to allow the en­ Between the United States and Our Difficult in Mississippi. 9. More U.S.-Soviet Trade? Conference A, Region I, Districts reading contests should begin to terials are propaganda and will not doctor in a European country under trants to compose speeches prior to Allies in the Common Market. 16. Why DeGaulle Opposes the 10. Should the United States sell 1-8 read widely in the several cate­ be objective nor unbiased. Debate a different medical system. the contest and for extemporaneous 3. The State of Unemployment Test-Ban Treaty. more Surplus Wheat to Russia Conference B, Region I, Districts gories. They should select a number briefs, cases, and even speeches may speech topics to be persuasive or Valid Comparisons in the United States. and/or China? 1-12 of possible selections from each be provided the student. The de­ informative. They also rejected a 4. Conflicts Between the U.S.S.R. Persuasive Speaking 11. Why or Why Not a Polaris Stephenville: Tarleton State category. The student should not bater should not necessarily discard To be honest, the comparison plan to allow mixed debate teams to and the Nationalist Republic of 1. Would a Tax Cut Be Wise? Fleet for NATO? College permit anyone to select poems or all such propaganda. He should should include the average income enter the boys' debate contests in China. 2. What Should the United States 12. Should There Be a Federal W. P. Showalter, Director prose selections for him. critically examine and evaluate the of a doctor in the U. S. and the AAAA, AAA and AA. 5. The Handling of Problems of Do About Its Involvement in South Law (or Constitutional Amend­ Conference B, Region II, Dis­ It is suggested that the student material. If facts are cited, they average cost of a medical education Racial Unrest in Alabama. Viet Nam? ment) to Outlaw State Restrictions tricts 13-27 should try a number of selections should be checked against inde­ in the European country. One could Music Judge Rule 6. The Nature of the Proposed 3. Should the United States and on Voting? Fort Worth: Texas Christian during the year in contests or be­ pendent sources. The debater should just as well conclude that the doctor The council passed a ruling that Civil Rights Legislation. 13. What Should be Done About University fore audiences. He should then be not blindly accept conclusions drawn in the U. S. receives a 50 per cent no person shall judge the same 7. Principles Involved in the Visit * Title from Consumer Reports. Foreign Aid? . Amos Melton, Director better prepared to choose selections from these facts. The materials are return on the cost of his education event in music in consecutive years Conference AAAA, Region II, he can do best with at the League given without cost to the debater so each year, whereas, the European in a given region, and that no per­ Districts 4-9 district meet. If only one selection that a particular viewpoint may be doctor receives a return of 5,000 per son be eligible to serve as judge who Conference AAA, Region II, is used by the student, it often be­ put across. cent of the cost of his free educa­ has served as an instructor in a Districts 4-7 comes mechanical and uninteresting tion each year. region in the past five years. Drama Clubs Provide Key Denton: North Texas State by district meet time. Statistical Errors All of these conclusions are A conference AAAA proposal University The greatest misrepresentation neither relevant nor germane to that football shoes be issued one Ira DeFoor, Director Time Maximum will usually be found in the presen­ the high school debate question. week prior to present fall practice To Class Play Problems Conference AA, Region II, Dis­ Students should also remember tation and conclusions drawn from Finally, does a doctor pay $40,000 starting date and that coaches be tricts 9-16 that they are allowed a maximum statistical data. Statistics are not for his medical education? How permitted to supervise physical con­ By ROY M.