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HATES The University has over 30 active de During the sabbatical leave of absence bate teams competing for varsity posi of Prof. Brooks Quiniby, Norman Temple, tions. The schedule for the month of February includes meets with Mundelein, Bates '46, has been Director of Foren- Northwestern, University of Pennsyl sics at Bates. During the first semester, the Bates vania. University of .Miami, the Indiana University Tournament, and the North debating team resumed its international western Universitv Tournament. debates with the University of New —/ Brunswick. The series was interrupted shortly after the debate on Nov. 27. 1941, COLORADO on the entrance of the United States into Speakers Congress is now engaged in the war. the most active year in the forensic his ■ / tory of the University of Colorado. Over CARLETOX a hundred students are engaged in at In addition to its usual custom of spon least one and usually more of the Con soring the cantpus oratory and extempore gress' varied activities. speaking contests, the Carleton chapter Highlight of this year's debating will of Delta Sigma Rho is planning to hold be the trip of two Colorado debaters this two interschool debate tournaments this spring to the Hawaiian Isles to debate year. On February 14, Carleton spon with representatives of the University of sored a tournament for 15 .Minnesota Hawaii. Competition is keen among the high schools: and on February 28, an in many experienced debaters for the lau experienced division college tournament rels of making the trip. Colorado will was also held. send three other speakers as far as the -/- West Coast. The debaters will depart CHICAGO .\pril 7 and will return .\pril 17. Two Student Forum debating teams re Many other intercollegiate activities turned from Florida recently after a sev have been completed or are planned. Fall en round tournament at the University quarter debating was climaxed by the of Miami. The teams amassed the great trip of seven students and the two Speak est team-total of any of the participating ers Congress advisors. Roy C. Nelson and schools. Thorrel B. Fest, to Salt Lake City dur Winning five out of seven rounds, Curt ing Christmas vacation to participate in Crawford and Ray Marks took top af the Western Speech Association tourna firmative honors. Howie Schuman and ment. Don Davis and Roger Cozens en Dave Ladd upholding the negative took tered the team debate finals in the sen third among the negative teams. ior men's division. Other Colorado speak The debating culminated in an exhibi ers were Joan Willis. Virginia Kasdorf, tion debate between the University of Larry Travis, Jim Anderson, and Ed Ken- Chicago and the University of Miami, the dig. high teams on the respective sides of the On January 17, eleven participants proposition. That evening under the from Colorado were entered in the win stars and the palms of Miami the hosts ter quarter Colorado-Wyoming Forensic gave a banquet at which the team awards League meet at Colorado Springs. Cecil were presented. Jones. Bernard Shapson, Daniel Sklar, Ray Marks, accepting the gold trophy and Jim Friedlander brought home the indicative of affirmative honors, thanked lop honors in debate for CU: and Mar- the Miami students and faculty for their jorie Bertholf, Harvey Weeks, and Phyl thoughtfully planned and thought-pro lis Silvio placed second, third, and fourth voking tourney. respectively in the extempore speaking The Miami officials were so happy over sequence. Arthur Taylor. Leslie Polk, the outcome of the affair that they pro James Cruse, and Courtland Peterson posed that it become an annual affair were the CU teams that tied for third with different schools being special place. guests. .\1I of the participating schools Twenty-six speakers participated in —Alabama, Georgia, Stetson. South Car the Rocky Mountain Speech conference olina. Florida, Miami, and Chicago sec in Denver, February 12, 13, and 14. Also onded the proposal. on the agenda for this year are the Uni In summing up the University's experi versity of Nebraska tournament at Lin ence at the tourney Wm. Birenbaum, Stu coln, February 27 and 28; the Savage dent Forum Director, said. "It is from Forensic tournament at Durant, Okla the intimate discussion of these diverse homa, March 5 and 6; the Colorado-Wy sectional approaches to the proposition oming legislative assembly at Greeley on of world government, or of any other de April 16 and 17; and several dual meets bate topic, and not from the incidental with schools of this region. trophies that the true value of such a A University oratorical contest known tournament arises." as the Klinger Contest will be held April THE GAVEL

5, and an extempore contest sponsored more to the nation than does Missouri." by the Colorado chapter of Delta Sigma University of Colorado debaters will ar Rho is planned for April 19. rive the second week of April to debate The Public Information and Discussion on the national question, plus one debate division of the Congress has sent a pro on "Resolved: That the Federal Govern gram containing a list of available speak ment should provide for the economic se ers and subjects to organizations in every curity of all citizens." part of the state. Speakers have spent Hawaii Union, campus forensic organ the fall quarter preparing over thirty ization. is sponsoring a mock state con subjects. Requests for programs are be stitutional convention for the "49th ing handled by Bill Eaton, student chair State" during March and April. The en man of the program. tire student body will have a part in this Three forensic clinics for high school convention, which will in so far as pos students have been conducted by Speak sible follow the exact procedure the Ter ers Congress members this year. These ritory of Hawaii will use when statehood clinics are held in conjunction with the becomes a reality. The Territorial State Colorado State Debating League. Speak hood Commission has offered its services ers Congress members will serve as and support for the project. An extensive judges at the Colorado State Debating series of campus forums has been ar League festival to be held the 19th and ranged to bring information to the stu 20th of March on the Boulder campus. dent body on the problems to be dealt In April the University will be host to the with in the convention. District National Foren.sic League tourn The last two forensic events before the ament. forensic banquet and Delta Sigma Rho The Public Forums division has pre initiations will be a campus-wide humor- sented two forums on the campus so far us speaking contest and the annual cam this year, and plaus to hold one a month pus Berndt Extemporaneous contest. for the remainder of the season. The -/- questions discussed at the forums by IOWA campus leaders have been "academic- Iowa's intercollegiate forensic activi freedom" and "institution of an honor ties for January consisted of the Western system" at the University of Colorado. Conference League women, home-and- The local chapter plans to elect new home series with the University of Wis members during the winter quarter. consin and Minnesota. On January 20. —■! Maureen McGivern and Virginia Rosen H.AMn.TO\ berg represented Iowa on the negative of "For the first time in over five years, the Federal World Government proposi the Hamilton College Debate Society has tion against two women from the Univer entered into big-time competition. Dur sity of Wisconsin before an audience In ing the year 1946-47, the varsity debaters the senate chamber of Iowa's Old Cap held forensic clashes with such colleges itol. The audience ballot indicated a as R.P.I.. Colgate, Syracuse, West Point. shift toward the negative. On January Temple, Princeton. Haverford, Columbia. 22. Eleanor Kistle and Georgianna Ed Vassar, Wells, Urislnus. Williams, and wards traveled to Minneapolis, where many others. they defended the affirmative of the "The year's activities were highlight World Government question against the ed by four week-end debate trips. In University of .Minnesota. The audience December, Hamilton sent four teams to vote following the debate was for the af the annual tournament at the University firmative. of Vermont. During February, Hamilton Iowa's February intercollegiate pro toured colleges in Pennsylvania. New gram includes two Western Conference Jersey, and New York. The end of the home-and-home debates for the men. On semester concluded our trips with a trip February 19, Evan Hultman and Sher- to New England. win Markman are upholding the affirm "At various times during the year, sin ative of World Federation in a cross-ex gle debates were held on a home-and- amination debate with the University of home basis. Michigan at Ann Arbor. February 26. "Debating activities ended in May with Walter Johnson and John Oostendorp. a banquet and election of officers." on the negative of the national high / school question on Compulsory Arbitra HAWAn tion of Labor Disputes, meet a team from Major forensic events at the University the University of Illinois. of Hawaii during the second semester The February program at Iowa is con will be a series of debates with visiting cluded with the second Intercollegiate debaters from the University of Missouri Conference on Post-War Problems for and the University of Colorado. The the academic year 1947-1948. On Feb team from Missouri will spend the last ruary 27-2S, fifteen universities and col week of March in the Islands, debating leges are participating in four rounds of Hawaiians on Federal World Government debate and discussion, contests in ex and "Resolved: That Hawaii contributes tempore and after-dinner speaking, orig- 56 THE GAVEL inal oratory, and a parliamentary session. Second Affirmative speech—8 minutes / Second Negative cross-examines second IOWA STATE Affirmative—5 min. The Iowa State Chapter of Delta Sig Second Negative speech—8 minutes ma Rho has been playing an active part First Affirmative cross-examines Sec in forensic activities on the Ames campus ond Negative—5 min. this term. Members are prominent in Negative summary—4 minutes the Iowa State Debaters Club, and the Affirmative summary—4 minutes chapter is sponsoring a contest in orig -/- inal oratory for the Spring. NORTHWESTERN President of the local group is Lee Resuming forensic activity the day af Windbeim, with Jacqueline Everett as ter the opening of the winter quarter, six secretary. Dinners are held every sec teams met the Lake Forest College squad ond week to which actives invite prom here on January 6 in practice debates. inent alumni members of Delta Sigma Two teams from the women's squad Rho. won eleven of twelve debates to place Discussion and debate, centering in first in the experienced division of the Iowa State Debaters, are once more in annual invitational tournament at Illi full swing on the campus under the di nois Normal University January 9-10. rection of Professor Ralph A. Micken. Marilyn Serr, '49. chapter vice president, Mr. Robert Underhill is assisting with participated in six victories. Joyce Dix, the big job of keeping two weekly half '4 8, the president, was unable to make hours of Radio Discussion going over the trip. Nancy Gossage, '50, Vicki Gus- WOI, traveling over Iowa on Community tafson, '50, and Dorothy Swanson, '49, Current Topic Discussions, conducting completed the foursome. weekly Coffee Forums in the Union, and Four first-year men met two teams debating at Drake, Kansas, Cornell, Coe, from Western Michigan here in decision- Simpson. Nebraska and Iowa. less debates January 10. For such a program, Debaters have a On January 13, Charles Sohner, '50 membership of between fifty and sixty. and Art Davis, '50 debated a Lake For Topics discussed in community visits are est team before the annual dinner meet Universal Military Training, the Marshall ing of the Highland Park Chamber of Plan, Revision of UN, Inflation Control, Commerce. This is an annual event on Missouri Valley Authority, and the Par our forensics calendar. tition of Palestine. On the Coffee Fo Northwestern's Columbia School of the rum the subjects have been a little more Air series continued on January 16 with restricted—Liberal Arts vs Technology, a four-man panel on Juvenile Delinquen Should Big Name Bands be Brought to cy. The network show originated in the Campus, Teacher Rating Scales, and WBBM. others. One new feature has been added to -/- the debate schedule. This is the Chi MICHIG.W cago Area Debate Series, which began on Before 1600 people, the University of January 30 and has continued each suc Michigan debaters opened their forensic ceeding Friday night. The Series of de season with Oxford University. Michi bates will continue through February and gan then played host to six colleges In March, culminating in a Chicago Area a tournament which featured eighteen Debate Tournament. Participating schools debates before speech classes. Other are: DePaul University, Loyola Univer campus debates included engagements sity, Mundelein College, University of with Michigan State College, Ohio State Chicago, St. Xavier College, University of University, University of Iowa. Purdue Illinois (Navy Pier Branch), and North University, University of Illinois, George western University. Representing North town University, and McMaster Univer western in the Series are 16 members of sity. the Freshman Debate Squad, directed by The demand for exhibition debates James McBath, '4 7, a graduate assistant and discussions before high school as in Speech. semblies, community gatherings, and bus Twelve colleges and universities were iness organizations has been unusually represented in a four-round invitational heavy. Thus far, the group has partici tournament here February 14: George pated in thirty such performances. town, Marquette, Chicago, Illinois (Navy The style of debate which has been Pier), Wisconsin, Knox, North Central, used for ail these occasions and which Mundelein, Mt. Mary, Lake Forest, has proved successful in maintaining Wheaton, and Lyons Junior College. Fif audience interest is as follows: ty-eight debates were scheduled. Twenty First Affirmative speech—8 minutes of our teams participated in twenty-two First Negative cross-examines First debates. Affirmative—5 min. The following items comprise the re First Negative speech—8 minutes mainder of our calendar: March 4, Cani- Second Affirmative cross-examines sius here; March 5-6, tournament at First Negative—5 min. Terre Haue; March 19-20, tournament THE GAVEL

at Wisconsio; March 18. Duquesne here: and 19. with Wittenberg on Feb. 11. and March 30. Denver here; April 2-3. West participation in the Mount Mercy Tourn ern Conference tournaments for meii and ament < Pittsburgh) on Feb. 21. Also, women at Purdue. women's debates with Ohio Wesleyan on / Jan. 15. with Wittenberg on Feb. 11. OBEHI.IX with Drew on Feb. 19, with the Universi Public discussion and debate activities ty of Michigan on Feb. 26, and partcipa- at Oberlin are now in the second year of tion in the following tournaments: Pur postwar revival with an active group of due Novice, Feb. 7; Buckeye. Feb. 14; 3 5 students. Professor J. Jeffery Auer and Washington and Jefferson, Feb. 27. Is director of forensics: associated with Plans are being completed for the Ohio him in forensic work are Professor Rob State University Conference on Public ert G. Gunderson, and Mr. J. Thomas Affairs, to be held on March 4, 5, and 6. Dutro, Jr., graduate assistant. Over 30 colleges and universities from In the intercollegiate phase Oberlin has 11 states are expected to participate in taken part in 52 debates during the first the discussions and debates on "What semester, most of them in tournaments. Should be Our Policy Toward Russia?" In the annual novice tournament of the (There will be a complete account of this Northeast Debate Conference four teams Conference in the Mav issue of THE won first place with only two losses in GAVEL.) sixteen debates. Oberlin teams tied for -/- second place in the College of Wooster OHIO WESLEYAN Invitational Direct Clash Tournament, "There have been many unusual as and for fourth place in the annual state pects connected with debating this year. tournament for women. The squads have been operating with the On January 17th the annual Legisla impetus they developed last year in the tive Assembly of the Northeast Ohio De effort to recover from the wartime slump. bate Conference was held on the Ober The size and spirit of the squads have lin campus with more than 100 student been excellent. The increased member delegates from eleven colleges. Commit ship has been kept busy with an active tees were established to consider prob program. lems of U. S. foreign policy in Europe, "On October 28. some of our debaters in the Far East, and on international or took part in debates held at Ohio State. ganization. Following a full morning of The guests of honor were some debaters committee meetings the afternoon was from Oxford University, England. The devoted to parliamentary debate of reso proposition. "That the danger of war can lutions in each of these areas. best be averted by an all-purpose Anglo- Climax of the first semester forensic American Alliance." was debated by the program was a split team debate with rules of debate used in the Oxford Union. the men from Oxford University on the "Our women debaters have attended question of nationalizing basic industries. two tournaments. The first was a Direct J. Thomas Dutro. Jr., president of the Clash tournament held at Wooster on No Oberlin Forensic Union, teamed with Mr. vember 15. The Ohio Women's Debate Kenneth D. Harris, of Oxford, on the af was held December 5 and 0 at Capital firmative; on the negative were Robert University. The proposition was. "Re M. Kingdon, of Oberlin, and Sir Edward solved. That a Federal World Govern C. G. Boyle, of Oxford. The Hon. An ment should be established." Jean Le- thony N. W. Benn. president of the Ox mal and Ann Boggs represented the af ford Union Society, presided over the firmative, and Joyce Boyher and Mary debate, which was held before the largest Beyers represented the negative. Misses campus debate audience in the past dec Boggs and Lemal repeated their perform ade. ance of last year by coming through the In addition to its intercollegiate activ tournament undefeated. Ohio Wesleyan ities, the Oberlin Forensic Union has car placed third among twelve colleges. Last ried on an active public discussion pro year, four schools, including Wesleyan, gram, providing service clubs, high tied for first place. This year, since the schools, womens' clubs, farm and church results were so close, all four schools groups in north central Ohio with discus were awarded plaques. sions of half a dozen current public ques "The men's debate season is sched tions. uled to begin later than the women's. -/- Using the timely question, "Resolved, OHIO ST.VTE UNIVERSITY That the foreign policy of the present ad The 1948 winter quarter intercollegi ministration be condemned," they will ate debate program at Ohio State Univer take part in a series of triangle and dual sity has included the following events: debates. Men's debates with Ohio Wesleyan on "A new departure in speech activities Jan. 15, with the University of Wiscon this year at Wesleyan is the Speech Fo sin on Jan. 15 at Madison, with the Uni rum, a club organized to promote inter versity of Minnesota on Jan. 30, with est and participation of students in de Pennsylvania State College on Feb. 18 bate and public discussion. It allows a 58 THE GAVEL real opportunity for student expression by Prof. K. E. Montgomery placed first on current issues." in the Men's Extempore contest sponsored -h by the Intercollegiate Forensic Associa OKLAHOMA tion of Oregon and second in the Wo Oklahoma sent five debaters on Dec. 5 men's Division of the same contest. A and 6 to the East Central Forensic first place award was won in Women's Tournament at Ada, Oklahoma. Okla Extempore in the San Jose tournament, homa won first place in the Senior Men's as were two second place awards in Wo Division and in the Mixed Division, and men's Oratory and Discussion. The San second place in the Junior Men's Division. Jose winners were directed by Robert D. Arlen Specter and Roswell Clark repre Clark. First place was won at the Lin- sented Oklahoma in the first group, Bet field invitational tournament in Senior Men's Discussion. Oregon also placed ty Massman and Marian Johnson in the second group, and Gerald Hornung and first in the State Peace Oratorical, and Bill Bowles in the third. Several Okla the entry won second place in the nation homa entrants also won first places in al contest. The final award of the year the individual events. was first place in Extempore at the Pa In the Oklahoma University Invitation cific Forensic League tournament held at al Tournament, held on Jan. 30 and 31, the University of Arizona. Oregon's PFL entrants were coached by Prof. Walfred Oklahoma withdrew after qualifying three teams for the elimination rounds, A. Dahlherg. believing that the host should make way In the first three months of the 1947- for the guests. 4S season, 30 students have participated On Feb. 6 and 7. Oklahoma sent three in 40 debates and have taken part in 24 teams to the Baylor Forensic Tourna sytttposium engagements, addressing over ment at Waco. Texas. Harry McMillan 2000 people in symposium audiences. and Bill McGeehee won second place, los Oregon winners in the Western Associa ing in the finals to Seminole Junior Col tion of Speech Northern Division tourna ment at Whitman College collected first lege in the Junior Men's Division. place awards in Lower Division Women's The new Director of Forensics is E. A. Kretsinger; Dr. William M. Sattler con Impromptu and After-Dinner Speaking, tinues as Chapter Sponsor. and in Senior Men's Extempore. A third / place was won in Lower Division Wo men's Oratory. Lower Divisions entrants OREGON The rapid post-war expansion of the were coached by Prof. John Baird. Oregon also made a clean sweep of the University of Oregon Department of Speech and Drama is producing a com State intercollegiate extempore contests, mensurate growth in the department's with contestants coached by Prof. Mont forensic activities. The 13 year old Sym gomery winning first place in both the posium program is now being comple Men's and Women's divisions. Second mented by full-scale participation in de place was awarded to Oregon in the State bate; and the traditional emphasis on After-Dinner Speaking contest. individual participation in extemp. ora Plans for the remainder of the 1947- tory, impromptu, and discussion is being 4 8 season include: a series of discussions continued. The department is now head to be presented throughout the state, a ed by Dr. Roy C. McCall; the forensic di weekly radio symposium to be broadcast vision is directed by E. Ray Nichols. Jr. during the winter quarter, participation During the 1946-47 season Oregon in the Linfield College tournament, the symposium speakers addressed over 12,- Pacific Forensic League meeting at the 000 people in 130 different audiences in University of Nevada, and the State discussions on the problems of Govern Peace Oratory and I.F.A.O. oratory con ment Control of Labor, State Taxation tests. and Public Service Facilities, and the -/- United Nations. Thirty-four undergrad PENN .ST.^TE uate students were actis'e participants "To date, the Penn State Women have in this unique speech program, which had but one major trip during which they provides unparalleled training in realistic encountered four men's teams in cross- speech situations and which fulfills a part examination style debate at Pennsylvania, of the service duty of a state university St. Joseph's, Temple, and Fordham. Al toward the civic groups, service organiz though we have debates scheduled up to ations, and high schools of the state. May 1, the bulk of our debating will take Oregon debate activity in 194 6-47 was place early in the second semester, from limited to practice debates with Oregon the middle of February through the mid State College and one exhibition debate dle of March, during which period we an with the University of California. The ticipate over sixty debates in which ten latter event was a successful experiment of our women's teams, using the squad in three-man debating conducted before system, will participate." an audience of 200 people. -/- In the intercollegiate competition in in TEXAS dividual events, Oregon speakers coached Texas has an unusually active debate THE GAVEL 59 squad during the current season, 32 men ments in favor of nationalization of basic debaters participating In practice debates industry are overwhelming. Other in and intercollegiate contests. Prior to tercollegiate debates have included a Feb. 17, Texas participated in 99 inter round-robin series of debates February 6 collegiate debates: three were non-deci at St. Louis University in which Wash sion, and of the remainder Texas won 63, ington, represented by six teams, met lost 32, and tied one. teams from St. Louis, Westminster, and On Dec. 5, Herbert Taylor and William William Jewell. The same topic, Feder Darden, recently initiated into Delta Sig al World Government, was debated that ma Rho, debated Oxford University be evening with Missouri University with fore an audience of more than 1000 per Don Waldemer and Bob Karsh of Wash sons. ington upholding the affirmative. In ad Other debates included a series of six dition to these intercollegiate debates, a engagements with the University of Flor number of programs have been present ida and a series of six encounters with ed before various civic groups and high Texas A and M., held in Austin. On Feb. schools in the St. Louis area. The sub 6 and 7, Texas sent seven teams to the jects debated have included the Nation Baylor University Tournament and met alization of Basic Industry, Federal with considerable success. Sam Smith World Government, Russian Foreign Pol and Kleber Miller won six debates before icy, Compulsory Arbitration, the Marshall being eliminated in the serai-finals: Mer Plan, and Woman's Place is in the Home. edith Long and Ronnie Dugger won five / before losing in the quarter-finals; Her WHITMAN bert Taylor and Thomas Taylor won five "Whitman College sent Bonnie Marolf, and lost one before losing a second time Carmen Gleiser, Bob Nelson, and George in the quarter-finals. Shields to the recent Inland Empire De Plans for February and March were bate Meet. This was a Freshman-Sopho equally extensive. On Feb. 23, four Tex more meet and was held at the University as teams met Louisiana State University of Idaho in Moscow. It proved an inter at Baton Rouge and later entered the esting experience to the younger debaters Glendy Burke Forensic Centennial at Tu- although Gonzaga University took sweep lane, in New Orleans. Visits were also stake honors. made to Baylor, Southern Methodist Uni "The next activity for Whitman debat versity, and Texas Tech: and two teams ers was participation in the Eighteenth were sent to the Missouri Valley Meet Annual Intercollegiate Tournament at during the last week in March. Baylor Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. and the University of Missouri also visit We are sending fifteen contestants to ed Austin during March. take part in all divisions including de On April 16 and 17, Texas will serve as bate, extempore, oratory, interpretative host to a large tournament in Austin, in reading, after-dinner speaking, and im which contests will be held in debate, ex promptu. The tournament took place tempore speaking, oratory, and after-din February 26, 27, and 28." ner speaking. There will be Junior and Senior Divisions and Men's and Women's YALE Divisions in debate, with similar groups in the other events. The Texas chapter During the fall of 1947, the Yale chap extends an invitation to all Delta Sigma ter elected to membership Donald H. Riv- Rho chapters to attend this tournament. kin, member of the University debate Inquiries should be addressed to Prof. team, class orator of the class of 1948, and a recently elected Rhodes Scholar Thomas A. Rousse, Director of Forensics, or Mr. Edgar G. Shelton, Jr., Men's De from Iowa. The Yale varsity debate team has de bate Coach and Chapter Sponsor. The deadline on entries will be April 12. feated Columbia and Dartmouth in home- / and-home contests, and split with Har vard in a similar arrangement. World WASHINGTON Federation, the Taft-Hartley Labor Law, This year Washington University de and Truman for President have been the bate activities are expanding. The squad favorite topics. coached by Mr. E. E. Markert is made up With the teams divided up, Yale lost of twenty-four active members. Weekly to the predominantly Oxford University meetings are modeled after the parlia team on the subject of an Anglo-Ameri mentary style, and through these meet can Alliance when the English debaters ings members of the squad are develop visited New Haven in October. ing proficiency in all phases of debate. The freshman team recently split with The highlight of the season was the the Taft School In a home-and-home ser Oxford debate on November 10th, in ies on World Federation, both negative which John Montrey and Don Waldemer teams winning. A Yale team visited Bos of Washington met Anthony Benn and ton the week-end of February 13-15 to Kenneth Harris of the English school. participate in the annual Boston Univer- The topic was: Resolved, That the argu sityy Debate Tournament.