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THE SPEAKER OfTau Kappa Alpha
Vol. XLIV May, 1962 No. 4
M THE SPEAKER
Editorial Office: Elept. of Speech and Dratnalic Art. University of Richmond, Virnrinia THE SPEAKER is published four times a year in November. January. March and May by Tau Kappa Alpha Society at Crawfordsville, Indiana. Printed by Indiana Printini; Co.. Inc., Crawfordsville. Indiana. Eniereil as second class matter at Crawfordsville. Indiana. Sui>scriptk>n ;H.>r copy Iwenty-flve cents, per year one dollar, for life ten dollars. Volume XI,IV, Number 4, May. 11I62. EDITOR-IJerl E. Bradley, Jr.. University of Richmond; ASSOCIATE EDITOR—Theodore Cicven^er, Jr.. University of Wisconsin.
ARTICLES TABLE OF CONTENTS pace Prcaidcnt's Pu^c 3 Student Prc.sklent'fi Pa^e 4 Sccrctaiifs Pa THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TKA (Membeb of .\s.soci.vnoN of College Honoh Societies) President: Mrs. Annabel D. Hagood University of Alabama Founder: Oswald Ryan Washington, D.C. FmsT Vice Pres.: Robert Huber University of Vermont 2nd Vice Pres.: Charles Redding Purdue University 3iu) \'iCK Pres.: X'ictor Powell Wiiliash College vSec.-Treas.: Paul D. Brandes Ohio University Editor: Bert E. Bradley, Jr University of Richmond Historian; Charles Layton Muskingum College Regional Governors: I. Northeastern: Raymond S. Beard Cortland (N.Y.) State College II. Mideastern: Karl Moll Montclair State College III. Virginia: Edgar MacDonald Randolph-Macon College IV. Southern: Joe C. Wetlierby Duke University V. Ohio-Kentucky: Gordon Wiseman Ohio University VI. Midwe.'itern: Keitli S. Montgomery Purdue Universit^' VII. Western: George Adamson University of Utah Members at Large: Gifford Blyton University of Kentuckv Nicholas Cripc Butler Univensitv Wayne C. Eubank University of New Mexico Chairmen of Standing CoMMriTEES: I. Fimnce: Earl E. Bradley Southern Illinois University II. Standards: Charles Redding Purdue University III. Expansion: M. G. Christopherson University of South Carolina IV. Research: James McBatli University of Southern California V. ACHS: H. L. Ewbank, Jr Purdue University VI. National Conference: Robert Huber University of Vermont Counsel: George Lamb Pennsylvania Building, Washington, D.C. Pres. of Student Council: h vin Penfield Universitv of .\labama THE SPEAKEH PRESIDENT'S PAGE Our 1962 National Conlcrcnco at In diana State College in Terre Haute was an efficiently organized and profitable national meeting. Dr. Otis Aggertt and his tliree student directors, Don Mor- Ian, Ron Snell. and Reed Stewart, had earefullv planned e\er\' detail of the conference program, which included se\eral veiv plea.sant social events in V addition to tlie debate and discussion divisions and the individual speaking contests. Each chapter should begin making plans to attend the 19&3 TK.Al National Conference to be held at Ball State College in Muncie. Indiana, .April 11-13. Tliis annual conference is bv no means just another debate tournament. It is an opportunit\' for Tau Kappa Alpha members to become acquainted, and bv sharing ideas to make TK.A a more Mrs. .Ann'.vbel Hacood etfecti\e organization in each member .school. In setting up the debate budget for the 1962-63 academic year? lor next vear, we ine\itablv must While some chapters prefer to hold choose among tournaments. Tlie Na tional Conference should be given high elections in the fall, there is value in a spring election so that the chapter est priorit\ bv each TK.A school. can begin its activities with the open Tliere are other spring responsibili ing of school. ties for each chapter. Please use this 3. Has vou chapter compiled records as a check list to be sure vour work on its operation this year? Have vou for the vear is completed. listed the officers, the new members, 1. Have you made a careful check of and the actix ities of the year? If we candidates to insure that vour chap are to preserve the histon' and tradi ter has initiated all qualified stu tion of the society, it is important dents? This cannot be delayed. If that each chapter maintain accurate we permit the qualified student to and complete records. graduate without extending TK.A memberslnp to him. a gra\ e injustice Plans made to attend the 1963 Na has been done. Chapter sponsors tional Conference? Members initiated? Officers elected? Records compiled? and officers are urged to give this Then it is time for vacation. I hope matter their immediate attention. vou have a pleasant summer. I look 2. Has vour chapter elected its officers forward to seeing vou in the fall. THE SPEAKER STUDENT PRESIDENT'S PAGE The recent National Conference was a gratifying wav to end a vear as Presi dent of the National Student Council. m- With the help of your other officers, regional members of the council, and our ad\isor Mrs. Deldee Herman, we were able to ha\ e a series of profitable meetings. Concerning the outcome of these meetings, let me first discuss the re ception for local TKA officers. .As this was the first time that such a meeting had been attempted, we were not sure how it would develop. But when one person stood to relate the various ac tivities of his local chapter, every per son there was ready to contribute to the discussion. As had been hoped, the meeting turned into a means for the communication of ideas relevant to chapter activities. The success of the llWIN Penfield meeting was seen in the number of stu dents vvlio voiced the hope that thev could get some i)ew activities begun on their campuses. The recommendations of the Student this problem, the Student Government has recommended a nominating com Council to the new officers can be found in the minutes in this pul)lica- mittee to serv e as a screening process. .As usual, nominations for office will tif)n. For that reason, I see no need to list tljcm again. Bather let me point come from the floor. But the nominat up what seemed to be the basic ing committee, composed of the old problem. This is organization and con student officers, would have selected tinuity in student government. Two previously two well (jualified candi problems might be noted here. First, dates for each office. how can we get more qualified officers? Before concluding, I would like to Second, how can we assure competence take this opportunity, to thank all of in student council participants? Before those who have helped me so much in discussing possible answers, the terins the past year. It has certainly been a need to be defined. By (jualified. we pleasurable experience. I would also mean someone who is familiar with stu like to wish Jim Maxwell, tiie new Stu dent work in TK.A. Tlie same can be dent President, and his fellow officers said for competence. In order to meet the best of luck, THE SPEAKER SECRETARY'S PAGE Paul D. Brandes Tlie Executive Secretarv-Treasurer wishes to take this opportuuitx' to intro duce to the society liis assistant, James Mogus. Mr. Mogus, a junior in tlie Col lege of Liberal .•Vrts from Louisville, Ohio, was appointed as assistant to the E.xecutive Secretarv-Treasurer in January of 1961 and has had the major responsibility for processing member ships and funds since that date. His efficiency has been largely responsilile for tlie promptness with which orders have been processed. His willingness to remain on duty during the summer months and at holiday seasons has been of immeasurable assistance to the so ciety. The Executi\'e Secretarv-Treasurer wishes to offer his appreciation to Pro fessor Otis Aggertt, to Reed .\1. Stewart, Ronald D. Snell, and Donald B. Mor- lan. of Indiana State College, for the efficiency with which thev handled tlie James Mogus procedures of the National Convention. The model initiation processed fiftv- three members from twentv-five differ ent institutions. Tlie office regrets that Technology and Southwest Missouri the Balfour (aimpanv was not able to supply four of the placjues and cer State College, xvere represented at the tournament, as well as the Tau Kappa tificates. Tliese are now on order and .Alpha schools, Brigham Young Uni- will be sent directly to the recipients as \ersity, the Unixersity of Florida, the .soon as they are receixed. Unixersity of A^ermont, Miami Uni Professor Nicholas Cripe. the spon xersity. Purdue University, and the Uni- sor of the Tail Kappa .^Ipha chapter xersitx' of Richmond. Among the guest at Butler and currently president of the judges from Tau Kappa Alpha schools .American Forensic Association, delix- xvere Professor Albert Hingston from ered a \erv successful speech at the Pacific Unixersitx', Professor Cripe of awards banijuet of the Sixteenth An Butler. Prof. Joseph M'etherfiv of Duke, nual National Debate Tournament at Prof. Dxviglit Freshley of Ahinderbilt West Point. Two of our newer cliap- Unixersity. and your Executixe Secre ters. Tlie Massachusetts Institute of tary-Treasurer. THE SPEAKEK SPEAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1961 Newtoti M. Nlinow. cliairnian of the Federal Conininnicatioiis Commission, has been named Tan Kappa Alpha's ■*.Speaker-of-the-Year." Dr. Wavne C. Eubank made the an- nonneement at the National Confer ence of TKA in Teire Haute, Indiana. From 1949 through 195S, Taii Kappa .Alpha chose top speakers in as manv as fi\ e broad areas of human endeavor, tk, including religion, labor, business and commerce, national affairs, and educa tion, scientific, and cultural actix-ities. In 1959 the National Council of TKA passed a resolution retaining the fixe areas but limiting the number of Speak- er-of-the-Year awards to one chosen from the most promising of the five fields. Born in Milwaukee in 1926, Mr. Minow studied at Northxvestern Uni- xersity, xvhere he holds B.S. and LL.B. degrees, and has serx'ed with the U.S. .Army Signal Corps. Newton M. .Minow He has been law clerk to former Su preme Court Justice Vinson. an ad- of Broadcasters .May 9. and in which ministratix e assistant to Illinois Cox- he issued the following challenge: ernor Adlai Stexenson, and a member of a Chicago laxv firm xvitli Mr. Steven "I inxite you to sit down in front son. President Kennedy appointed him of your telex ision set xvhen your station goes on the air and stay there without chairman of the FCC shortly after his inauguration in 1961. a book, magazine, newspaper, profit and loss sheet or rating book to dis .Mr. Minow, best known for his re tract you—and keep your eyes glued cent "TV Wasteland" speech, was cho to that set until the station signs off. sen by the society as the Speaker-of- I can assure yon that von will observe the-Year in the area of "educational, a vast wasteland." scientific, and cultural actixities." dis Mr. Minoxv concluded with a charge tinguished for effective, intelligent, and of responsibility to the broadcasters; responsible speaking on significant pub lic questions during 1961. "I urge you to put the people's air- xvax es to the serx iee of the people and Mr. Minow's merits as a speaker are the cause of freedom. You must help e.xemplified in his "xvasteland" speech, prepare a generation for great deci which xvas delivered before the annual sions. You must help a great nation conxention of the National .Association fulfill its future." r HE SPEAKER DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Each >'eur Tau Kappa Alpha through its Distinguislucl Aluimii Award at tempts to recognize former inemhers who l)y tlieir careers liave continued to l>ring honors to themsel\es and thus distinction to the schools from which tiiev graduated. To be so recognized, the recipient must first be nominated by his Tau Kappa Alpha chapter and then be selected by the awards committee. Tliis vear the awards go to two former college debaters who ha\ e trulv dis tinguished themseh es in their chosen fields. Nicholas M. Chipk. Chairman Distinguished Alumni Committee JUDGE ELIJAH BARRETT PRETTYMAN "Behind iiis warm smile and relaxed personality, there is the drising force of a man dedicated to improving tlie administration of justice with the dis patch of what one friend has called a practical scholar." This is what the Waslhntfion Star had to say about Judge Elijah Barrett Prettvman at the time of Ihs retire ment as Chief Judge of the United States Court of .appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in October of 1960. Judge Prettyman was born in Lex ington, \'irginia, the son of Re\'ercnd Forrest Johnson Prettvman and Mrs. Prettvman on .August 23, 1891. He grad uated from Randolph-Macon College in 1910 with a Bachelor of .Arts Degree, and in 1911 recei\ ed his Master of Arts Degree. He graduated from George town Uni\ersitv in 1915 with a Bach E. B.^rbett Pbettymax elor of Laws Degree. The IIonoraiA' Degree of Doctor of Laws was con ferred upon Judge Prettx'inan in 1946 bv Georgetown Uni\ ersitx' and another Richmond College and Randolph-Ma b\- Randolph-Macon in 1961. con met with Oswald Rvan in Rich mond on the e\ening of December IS. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and a 1911. .An outstanding college debater, winner of the Sutherlin Medal in 1910, orator, and student, Elijah Barrett Randolph-Macon's highest forensic hon Prettx inan went on to become an out or, he was one of the founding mem standing iawver, teacher, and Judge. bers of the \'irginia Chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha when a delegation from .Admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1915. THE S P E A K E l\ his practice oJ law in Hopewell, \'ir- of this Circuit, he lias done more ginia, was internipted l)y World War than anv other person to correct de I and he scrxed in the United States lects in the administration of Justice. Army from 1917 until 1919, being mus -An editorial appearing in the Octo tered out as a Captain in Infanti'v. ber 19, 1960, Washin'J^ton Star com Following thirteen vears of practice mented that Judge Prettvman "became witli a Washington law firm. Prettv- xvell known not onlv for the claritv of inan serxed for one vear as General his legal opinions in complex cases, but Counsel to the Bureau of Internal Rex - for his fre{|uent appearances at the cap- enue and txvo vears as Corporation itol in behalf of legislation to improxe Counsel for the District of Coiunii)ia. the judicial maciiineiv here and in the He xvas a memljer of the firm of Hewes, country at large." Prettvman, and Await of Washington Tau Kappa vAlpha is indeed proud to and Hartford. Connecticut from 1936 until he xvas appointed to the Court honor as one of her distinguished alum of Appeals by President Truman in ni, Judge Elijah Barrett Prettyman, 1945. He xvas made Chief Justice of Randolph-Macon College, Class of 1910. that Court in 1957. He was a member of the facultv of tlie Georgetown Uni- xcrsitv Laxv School and Professor of Taxation there for nearlv fifteen vears. DR. MILLER A. F. RITCHIE Judge Prettx man has been President of the Wasln'ngton Board of Trade and President Miller .A. F. Ritchie of Pa of the District of Columbia Bar .As cific Unixcrsitx' grew up in the midst sociation. He has been a member of of speech-making, his father being a the Board of Trustees at Randolph- minister and his older brother being a Macon since 1933, and of the American champion college debater and orator. Unixersitx- since 1940. But he miserablv failed in upholding familv tradition in his first trv at col An outstanding jurist in administra legiate forensics. tion law. Prettyman delixered the Henry L. Doherty Foundation lectures Tliat was in 1928 at Roanoke College at the Unixersity of Virginia Laxv in Salem, Virginia. He xvas a freshman, School in 1958. He is author of Ar trying out for the debate team. Under ticles on Taxation and Administratwc the baleful ex es of tliree facultv judges, Practice of Law. he xvent lilank about half-xvav through his xvell-meniorized speech and fled in Reporting editoriallv The Washing shame from the platform. Nearly thirtv- ton Post stated: four years later Dr. Ritchie is knoxvn In Chief Judge E. Barrett Prettv from coast to coast as an elo(pient and man of the U. S. Supreme Court (jf intcllectuallx' .stimulating speaker. He -Appeals for the District of Columbia. credits the encouragement of Professor Nature combined a large measure of Julius F. Prufer, Tau Kappa Alpha Ad- zeal and go-poxver along xvith the xisor for manv college generations at philosoj)hic detachment of a judge. Roanoke, as the secret of much of his In the txvo years that Judge Prettv success in subserptentlv making the de man has presided oxer the Court of bate team, gaining membership in -Appeals and the Judicial Conference TKA, and becoming president of the THE SPEAKER Virginia diapter. A natixc of ChurclivilU', Virginia, where he was born on July 24. 1909. President Ritcliie recei\'ecl his .\.B. De gree from Roanoke College in 1928. his M..A. from William and Mary Col lege in 1942. and ha.s done advanced study at Columbia University, Florida State University, and New York Uni versity. lie holds four honorary doc torates. Dr. Ritchie is a member of the Com mission on the Arts. Association of .American Colleges; the Commission of \ Church-State-College Relationships of the Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities; and the Oregon Council on Crime and DeliiKjuency. He is a Trustee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and is a Director and Vice Chairman of the Oregon Col leges Foundation. Millku a. F. Ritchie In addition to Tau Kappa .Alpiia, he is a member of Alpha Pin Omega; Omicron Delta Kappa; Kappa Delta Pi; and Blue Key. remained for six years before coming .After experience in public school to Pacific University in 1959. teaching and supervising. Dr. Ritchie For liis work in the fields of Educa entere Left to r/g/jt-Robert Roberts and Pat Hardin of the University of Alabama. TWO-MAN DEBATE Charles Helcesen. Western .Michigan University, Director First Place: University of .Alabama Second Place: Vanderbilt University Semi-finalist: Xav ier Univ ersitv Semi-finalist: University of Vermont 1" T fl E S P E A K E R REPORT OF THE 1962 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TAU KAPPA ALPHA Otis J. Acgehtt, Director Indiana State College "On the Banks of the Wabash" in Terre Haute, Indiana, .J X I xj IH THE SPEAKER WHENCE COMETH DEBATE ETHICS? Cahy L. Prtehson" Ever since Plato firmly established the moral bases of rhetoric, the etliical nature of communication situations has been deemed important. In our day ethical evaluations were frequently made of television's Great Debates in the 1960 presidential campaign, as witnessed by the adverse criticisms about wliat was said and how it was presented in the debate situation. In our realm of competitive academic debating there have also been numerous statements about etliics in the discipline?. Objectionable practices do occur, and the debater mav have no personal awareness of ethical implications of those practices. Problems may exist because the debater has not learned moral and ethical values, partic ularly as these v alues are associated with the peculiar nature of academic debate. One important source of a debater's training is the argumentation and debate textbook. However, few textbooks contain specific sections dealing with ethical conduct. Indeed, many popular and useful texts pay only token homage to debate ethics. McLaughlin properly reports that comments in textbooks usually "urge the debater scrupulously to avoid any deliberate, unintentional, or inad vertent violation of implicit and explicit criteria of morality in contest debating."' One or two objectionable practices are generally cited along with these admoni tions to be honest and fair.- Some textbooks of course, do provide more explicit in,struction on ethical matters in debate. Ewbank and Auer, Foster, Chenoweth, and the Tau Kappa Alpha sponsored Ar^mucntation and Debate provide more extensive coverage of ethics in formal debate." Two significant findings are revealed by an e.xamination of ethical consider- ation.s in argumentation and debate texts. First, although nearly evei'y author of a debate text advised debaters to follow strictly a code of fair play, very few of these authors included items which might compose a code. This view on the part of writers suggests that they felt such a "code" already existed in the minds of students of debating. Secondly, many of the specific items which were men tioned. and regarded ])y some writers as unethical practices, were listed by others as merely constituting the conventions of debating. Such a disagieement on the practices constituting unethical conduct contained some interesting impli- 'Mr. Pi'tLTsoii {B.S., UnisiTsity of Utah. I960: M.A. Oliio Uiii\tT.sitv, 1961) prc.si-nttv laikls it .National Dt-fcnsr Fc-llowsltip in tin- Dcpiirtinent of Spooch, Oltio Univorsitv. 'T. ]. McLaus^hliii, "Ethics in Contest Deliatiiig." .Sprcc/i Activilics. VIII {No. L, 19.52), 9. - Cmirtncy and Capp in their Practu-nl Dchatiiifi, (New York, 1949), mention brieffv the importance of accurate and complete ipiotations, then eounsel the delraler: ". , . simple hon esty and efliciencv denuind tluit certain rules he fitlhm'cd." {p. 403). In a more recent text. {.\/o(/cTn Debate: New York. 1960), Kriigev atfimrs the existence of unethical practices in de- liatc, Imt specifics onlv that "gottd debating—that ba.scd on solid preparation and sound reason ing—is eompatihle with success and ih it unethiciil practices or strategems are ulliinatelv self- th.'feating." {pp. 361-362). 'Mlcnrv Lci- Ewbank and ). Jetfrev .\iier. Discussion and Dclxitc: Tools of a Dcinocracy (New Y()rk, 1946), pp. 486-467. William Trufant Foster, Aroiimentfition and Debatino {Boston, 1945), pp. 234-235, 271-277. Eugene C. Clieiiowetb, Discussion and Debate (Dubiuiiu', Iowa, 1951), pp. 289, 323, 267- 274, ■ David PottiT, ed., Arf^iimcntation and Debate {New York, 1954), chapters I. IV. \1. XV, r II I-: S P E A K K K II TWO-MAN DEBATE it m Left to ri^ht—Robert Roberts and Pat Hardin of the University of Alabama. TWO-MAN DEBATE Ch.^rles Helgesen. Western Michigan University, Director First Place: Uni\ersity of Alabama Second Place: Vanderbilt Uni\ersitv Semi-finalist: Xacier Unixersity Semi-finalist: University of Wrmont 12 THE SPEAKEU OUTSTANDING TWO-MAN DEBATERS X c Leff /o rifrlit-Rohi-rt Roberts, Elaine Vanclenboiit, Mike McGee, Mar\' Jo \'olpert. Gilbert Tornabene. Marilyn Van Graber, and Joe Svvabb. Raoul Alcala—United States Militarv Academy Mike McGee—Butler University Robert Roberts—University of Alabama Joe Swabb—Muskingum College Gilbert Tornabene—University of Vermont Elaine Vandenbout—Western Michigan Uni\ ersitv Marilyn \'an Graber—Uni\ ersitv of Vermont Maiy Jo Volpert—Western Michigan Uni\ersitv THE SPEAK E R 13 FOUR-MAN DEBATE ijMr Left to n'g/if—William Likoskv. William Germain, Elaine Zak, and Michael Cronin of the Universitv of Vermont. FOUR-MAN DEBATE Keith Montcomehy. Purdue Uni\er.sity. Director First Place: University of Vermont Second Place: Uni\ ersity of Kentucky Third Place: Wabash College Fourth Place: University' of Southern California 14 T H P E A K E H OUTSTANDING FOUR-MAN DEBATERS ^3. J Seated, Jefl to Jim Bond, Bettyc Clionte, William Germain. Sfamlin^, left to ri^ht-lrwin Pcnfielcl, Warren Scoville, Deno Curris. Jim Bond—Waijasli College BetU'e Choate—University of Kentucky Deno CniTis—Universitv of Kentucky John De\'ault—University of Florida William Germain—Uni\ersit\' of Veimont Charles Nagy—Western Michigan University Iryin Penfield—Uni\ ersity of Alabama Warren Seo\ ille—Uni\ ersitv of Kentucky THE SPEAKER 15 DISCUSSION AWARD WINNERS Left to rioht—joc Gladden. John Jones. Bruce Anderson. Arclier Smith. Don Con nors. Larrv Barker, Ciillv Clark, and Piiil Eminertt. DISCUSSION D.avid Shepahp. Ball State Teachers College, Director Plaque Winners: Leonard Clark, Wahash College Phillip Eminertt. Ohio Unix ersitv Joe Gladden. Emorv Unixersitv John Jones, Purdue Uni\ ersitv Certificate AVlnners: Bruce Anderson, Purdue Unixersity Larrv Barker. Ohio Uni\ ersit\" Donald Conners, Muskingum College Nancv Grosick. Denison Unixersity James Maxxvell, Randolph-Macon College Jack Rhodes. State University of South Dakota .Archer D. Smith III, Emorv Unixersitv 10 THE SPEAKER EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AWARD WINNERS V Left to Deno Curn's, Robert Roljerts, Leonard Clark, Pat Hardin. and Gerald Cozier. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING James Golden. Muskinguni College, Director Plaque Winners: Leonard Clark, Wabasli College Jerrv Cozier, Uni\ersitv of" Denver Deno Ciirris, Unl\ers!tv of Kentucky Cehtific.\te Winners: Pat Hardin, Uni\ er.sity of Alabama Charles Mar.son. Unixersitv of Southern California Robert Roberts, Uni\ ersitv of Alabama 11 1£ S 1' E A K K II 17 PERSUASIVE SPEAKING AWARD WINNERS i r- Left lo Ray McGearv. Elizabeth Maxwell. Marih'ii Yomig. and Gloria Dotsoii. PERSUASIVE SPEAKING Orvili.e John.son, Earlham College, Director Pl.-vque Winners: Elizabetli Maxwell, University of Alabama Raymond McGearv, Miiskingum College Da\id Schmid, Xa\ ier University CertificatI'; Wi.nnebs: Gloria Dotson, Memphis State University Loren Walla. University of Arkansas Marilyn Yoimg. Florida State Uni\er.sit\' 1« _ T M E SP E A K_E R WHENCE COMETH DEBATE ETHICS? Gauy L. Pkterson® E\er since Plato firmly ostablisliecl the moral bases of rhetoric, the ethical nature of communication situations has been deemed important. In our dav ethical evaluations were frequently made of te]e\ision's Great Deljates in the 1960 presidential campaign, as witnessed l)y tlie adverse criticisms about wliat was said and liow it was presented in the delsate situation. In our realm of competitive academic debating there lune also been numerous statements about ethics in the di.sciplinp. Objectionable practices do occur, and the debater ma\- have no personal awareness of ethical implications of those practices. Problems may exist because the debater has not learned moral and ethical \alues, partic ularly as these \ alues are associated with the peculiar nature of academic debate. One important source of a debaters training is the argumentation and debate textbook. Howe\er, few textbooks contain specific sections dealing with ethical conduct. Indeed, many popular and useful texts pay only token homage to debate ethics. McLaughlin properly reports that comments in textbooks usuallv "urge the debater scrupulously to a\oid any deliberate, unintentional, or inad vertent violation of implicit and explicit criteria of morality in contest debating."' One or two objectionable practices are generally cited along with these admoni tions to be honest and fair.- Some textbooks of course, do provide more ex'plicit instruction on ethical matters in debate. Ewbank and Auer, Foster. Chenoweth. and the Tau Kappa Alpha sponsored Ar^umcntaiion and De])(itc provide more extensive coverage of ethics in formal debate.' Two significant findings are revealed by an examination of ethical consider ations in argumentation and debate texts. First, although nearly e\ en' author of a debate text ad\ised debaters to follow strictlv a code of fair play, very few of these authors included items which might compose a code. This view on the part of writers suggests that tliey felt such a "code" already existed in the minds of students of debating. Secondly, many of the specific items which were men tioned. and regarded by some writers as unethical practices, were listed bv others as merely constituting the conventions of debating. Such a disagreement on the practices constituting unethical conduct contained some interesting impli- '.\lr. IVtiTson (B.S., Uiiivi-rsity of Utali. 1960; M.A. Ohio Uni\crsity, 1961 ) pmscnllv holds ii National Dt'fonso Fcllowsliip in the Dopartnu'iit of Spi'ech. Ohio Univcrsitv. 'T. J. McLaughlin, "Ethics in Contc-st Debating," Speech ActicUic.s, VIII (No. L, 19.52), 9. -Courtney and Capp in their Fmctiail Delwtiua, (New York, 1949), mention briefly tin- importance of accurate and complete (juotations, then counsel tbc debater: ". . . simple hon esty and efficiency demand that certain ruh's be followed." (p, 403), In a more recent text. {Minlerti Dehute; New York, 1960), Krugcr alfirms llic existence of unethical practices in de bate, but specifies only tluit "good The Hiitioiiiil officv of liio high school .Niitioiuil Forensic League rcpiirted, as did the .Aniorican Forensic Assttciation. .All four college lioiior societies were represented, and three r<'gi tent in their analyses. Coaclies should know ot such matters . . . it is unnecessarv for the state to handle them." Some interesting innoxations were reported l>y state organizations—usuallv by tliose groups with well-defined and explicit ethical standards. In Kansas debate clinics include sections for rules and good .sportsmanship in debating, Indiana awards a sportsmanship trophv at the state finals, cox ering coaches' and speakers' conduct for the entire year." Michigan distributes ethical instructions to coaclies. debaters, and judges. Oklahoma stresses tlie elimination of poor teaching xx'hich alloxxs malpractices.' These departures from the traditional handling of debate indicate an effort to regulate debate conduct and to correct xx'hat thex' feel are shortcomings in their respective areas. Tlie fact that organizations haxe not adopted codes of conduct shoukl not and cannot be construed as meaning thex' are not interested in ethical public speaking. Tau Kappa Alpha has long been dedicated to tiie cultivation of "intel ligent, responsible and effectixe speech in a free society." Other forensic groups have similar aims. But another (juestion arises at this point. Cannot forensic organizations contribute more activelv in the realm of debate conduct? In main- instances at present thev serxe merelv as a sponsor for additional forensic actixities or axvards. Codes of conduct, or at least some tvpe of ethical standards, are common to most business and professional organi'/ations. Manx' speech educators xvonder if such measures are needed in the debate tradition. Results of investigation un dertaken for this study indicate that present sources of instruction do not ade- (juately prepare debaters in the fundamentals of ethics—or exen rules—for the debate situation. Standardized codes of conduct xvould appear to be helpful in establishing some semblance of uniformity in a discipline xvhich is highly structured and fonnalized-and yet has no explicit rules for the contest. Tliose xvho say there is no need for improxement would seem to be more conserx ative and idealistic than their positions as educators suggest. Those xvho maintain that an implicit code of ethics exists may xvish to list ten or twelxe (juestionable practices on a sheet of jiaper and ask their debate squads to judge whether or not each of the practices is ethical and alloxvable in debate. All forensic directors ought to examine their oxvn actixities and philosophy to see if they are adecpiately instructing their students in the proper philosophy of debate. There are undoubtedly greater moral problems than the need for controlling abuses in academic debate. Ethics of communication, hoxvexer, ari' at the grass roots of moral questions, and housecleaning can well start here. Evidence lias clearly indicated some weaknesses in the debate system xvhich ought to be cor rected. Tlxis stiidy maintains that due to inade(juate instruction from text books, forensic organizations, and debate coaches, the practicing debater lacks a well-dex eloped ethical philosophy to guide his conduct. We have assumed too much in the past. Our sense of responsihilitv should alert us to the need for elminating that mistake in the future. ""Etliifs i)f Spi'ivli iuh»pt«'(l hv Indiuriit lligli ScIkkiI Furensie A.ss(ifiation in 1959. " Officiu] Hiiiulhitok of llw Okhihi>i)i(i //t'g/i School Speech fwooiit', rev. cel. 19.59, pp. 2S. 37. 38. THE SPEAKER 21 MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL TAU KAPPA ALPHA STUDENT COUNCIL MEETINGS 1n])Iana State College, Tehre Haute, Indiana April 18-19, 1962 Tlie first annual incoting of tlu- National StucUmt Council of Tau Kappa Alpha was called to order by the president, ir\ in Penfield. at 2:30 P.M.. April IS, 1962. in the Formal Lounge of the Student Union Building at Indiana State (a)llege. The following responded to the roll call: Dee Fink, first \ice-president; Marilvn \'an Graber, second \ ice-president; Mary Jo Volpert. Secretai-v; and the regional representatives: Ira Bitz. William Likoskv, Northeast Region; Len Clark, Midwest Region; Bill Reed, Southern Region; Larrv Barker, Kathy Cannon. Ohio-Kentnckv Region; Paul Ausherman. Jim Maxwell, Virginia Region; and Lucv Sparks, West ern Region. Tlie Mideastern Region was not represented. Mrs. Deldee Herman served as Student Council sponsor. The president opened the meeting with a rev iew of the year's accomplish ments. Three Student Council officers attended the National Tau Kappa Alpha Council meetings in New York in December: Irvin Penfield, president; .Marilyn Van Graber, second v ice-president; and Marv Jo Volpert, secretary. The National Council delegated to the Student Council responsibility for certain events in connection with the 1962 National TK.A Conference, (i j Provide entertainment for the dinner on April IS. and (2) Prepare the installation ceremony for the new Student Council officers. This ceremoiw is to be held at the banquet on April 19. Tlie Student Council was given a budget of twentv-five dollars ($25). During the year. Mrs. Hagood, president of the National Council of Tau Kappa Alpha, appointed a committee to study the Student Council constitution. Tlie committee is composed of the Student Council officers, the Student Council spon sor, and Dr. Bert Bradley. As of vet no recommendations have been made bv this committee. During a discussion of convention problems, the president asked that the council members make suggestions as to how the problem of a lack of continuity between the Student Councils from year to year be solved. Suggestions were made to have a retreat for old and new officers; elect officers by mail before the national convention; each region submit a slate of officers; a nominating com mittee be set up; and one officer be elected for a term of two years. Van Graber moved that the president nominate a committee of three (3) to form a proposal for the requirements of student officers. Tlie motion was passed. President Penfield appointed Mark Greenberger, Mary Jo Volpert, and himself to this committee. Tlie procedure for the student elections was discus.sed. Tlie president ex plained the procedure used last year. Each candidate was allowed a two minute nominating speech, a two minute acceptance speech, and the audience was allowed two minutes to question the candidates for the offices of president, first vice-president, and second v ice-president. This procedure was adopted. It was moved by Van Graber that the Stiulent Council recommend to the new officers that they approve the merger of Tau Kappa .Alpha and Delta Sigma Rho and that this approval be forwarded to the National Council. Motion carried. The president discussed the importance of the president attending the Na- THE SPEAKER tional Council meeting in December. It was moved that a recommendation be made to tlie National Council that if the Student President is unable to attend tlie December Council meeting, he may appoint a proxv. This motion was pas.sed. The meeting adjourned at 3:45. Second Student Council Meeting The second meeting of the National Student Council of Tau Kappa .-Mpha was called to order at 2:30 P.M.. on .-^pril 19. in tlie Memorial Union Building by President Penfield. The committee to study the requirements for tlie national student officers presented the following recommendations; The 1962 Student Council recommends to the new officers: (1) Tliat the constitution be amended to require sophomore standing for the Secretary of the Student Council. (2) Tliat there be a permanent nominating committee composed of the Student Council officers and the student president from each region. Each regional president to submit a list of nominees from Ins region with adequate ex planation of the experience in Tau Kappa Alpha and any other exjjerience that qualified them to hold a national office. The Student Council will select from these lists tNvo nominees for each office. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the time of the student elections. (3) Tliat a letter be sent to each of the Regional Go\ernors requesting tliat following the regional elections lie send to the president of the National Student Council the name and address of the regional student president. (4) Tliat they request the National Council to continue the present constitutional committee. These recommendations were adopted. The President recommended that a note of thanks be sent to the National Council for the cooperation they ha\e given the Student Council this year. Cannon made the motion that this be accepted. It was carried. Tlie President further recommended that the Student Council recommend to the new student officers that if it is not possible for the student president to attend the National Council meeting, the student officers in descending order be asked to attend. If this is impossible, the regional president closest to the president's region be asked to attend. Motion made and carried. The problem of block \ oting in the student elections was discussed. It was noted that the present constitution pro\ides that the elecHons be held in the Student Council. The question of what would happen to the Student Council after the possible merger with Delta Sigma Rho was discussed. It was suggested that the new student council form a committee with tlie officers of Di'lta Sigma Rho to discuss this problem. A discussion followed as to the merits of ha\ing a student officer from the .school that will host the national convention. Greenberger mo\'ed that it be included in the recommendations of the requirements for student officers that the nominating committee be requested to gi\ e special consideration to a student from the region or school where the tournament will be held. Motion carried. Greenberger mo\'ed that the Student Council recommend to the new tifficers THE SPEAKER 2r3 that tlie function of tlie first \'ice-prcsiclcnt be tlic coordination of the student acti\ ities at tlie national con\ ention and that the second \ ice-prosident l)e in charge of coimnunication between the chapters. Motion carried. It was moved that tiie election of student officers l>e in re\ er.se (»rder starting with the .secretary. Motion lost. The president e.xpressed Ins thanks and appreciation to everyone for their cooperation tlirongh the vear and at this convention. Tlie meeting adjourned at 3:.5(). Tlie Student Council Elections were held at 4:00 P.M., April 19. Tlie new student officers for 1962-63 are: PRESIDENT: James Maxwell, Randolpli-Macon College FIRST \'1CE-PRESIDENT: Pat Ward, Emor\' Universitx' SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: Julia Poderzay, Uniiersi'ty of Utah SECRETARY: Gloria Dotson. Memphis State College Refipcctjulhf siihniitted. Mary Jo Voi.pf.rt Secretarv. 1961-1962 STUDENT OFFICERS FOR 1962-1963 Left to Pat Ward. Ciloria Dotson. Julia Poderzav. James Maxwell, 24 T 11 E S F E A K E It MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING Room 609, Terrc Haute House, Terre Haute, Indiana 2:45 p.m. April 18, 1962 Present were National Council members Jame.s H. McBath, H. L. Ewbank. Jr., Nicholas M. Gripe, George Adamson, Gifford Blyton, Joe C. Wetherljv, Robert Huber, Charles Redding, Paul D. Brandos, W. C. Eubank, and Mrs. .\nnabel Hagood. President Hagood opened the council meeting with her report. She reviewed the correspondence concerning the transfer of the national office from Missoula to Athen.s, reminding the members of their decision to turn the matter over to George Lamb for whatever legal action he deemed appropriate; that Lamb had written his regret at his delay; that Lamb had written Dr. Harry K. Newburn, President of Montana State University, on March 27, 1962; that Dr. Newburn had answered on April 3, 1962; that Laml) had given his reaction to Dr. New- burn's letter in a letter to Mrs. Hagood of April 6, 1962; that Mrs. Hagood had tel egraphed Lamb on April 9, 1962. asking him to forward to her papers giving Lamb power of attorney for the societv; and that Mrs. Hagood had written to Dr. Newburn on April 11, 1962, advising him of this action. President Hagood invited discussion of the agreement Tau Kappa .\lpha has witli other forensic groups prohibiting the ofi^er of a charter to a group until a year and a day after it has been officially released bv a group to which it formerly belonged. The case historv' of Mississippi Southern College was dis cussed, as well as that of the University of Arizona. Huber moved to amend the agreement by adding, "or one year after the administration announces its withdrawal from the society," and his amendment was passed. President Hagood announced that .slie was asking the Executive Secretaiy- Treasurer to prepare a .status-of-the-ehapters report for May 31, which would include data on chapter dues, chapter reports, numbers of initiatees for a cal endar year to be decided upon by the Executive Secretan'-Treasurer. Mrs. Hagood requested the E.xecutive Secretarv-Treasurer to mail four copies of the TKA Manual to each chapter sponsor. Executive Secretary-Treasurer Brandes presented his report. He announced that the savings account would be ti-ansferred to a 4)2% interest bearing agencv after interest had been declared (May 1) at its present location. He advised the fraternity that at their request, he had made the customary survey of prices on jewelry and submitted a compari.son of the bids. H. L. Ewbank, Jr. moved to continue our contract relations with Balfour and the motion was passed. The envelopes which the E.xecutive Secretary-Treasurer had been requested to furnish were circulated. Tliere was no official report by the chairman of the Expansion Committee. Redding reported as chairman of the Standards Committee. He announced petitions from Elizabethtown College and Hiram College, the latter having been officially released by Pi Kappa Delta tlie required year and a day. Redding moved that the President be authorized to take whatever action she deems neces- sarx' to determine the status of petitions that were in process during the tenure of the preceding Executive Secretarv-Treasurer. THESPEAKER 25 Discussions were held concerning the status of inquiries from William and Mary at Norfolk, Hampton Institute, The Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina. Midwestern University, St. Mary's (Notre Dame), the Um\'er- sity of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Southern Connecticut State College, Emerson College, Whittier College, and Georgetown University. Redding mos ed that the chapter at Davidson College he taken off proba tion. Tlie motion was passed. Redding moved that an appropriate report form, modeled after the 1961 report form designed by President Hagood, be distributed to the chapters by the Executi\e Secretary-Treasurer, copies of which shall be provided for the Chairman of the Standards Committee, the appropriate Regional Go\'ernor, and the submitting Chapter, said report to replace the several chapter report forms now in existence. Tlie motion was passed. Redding moved that a similar report form be designed for the report of the regional governors, copies to be fimnished to the President, the Executive Sec- retarv-Treastjrer. and the Chairmiin of the Standards Committee. Tlie motion was passed. W. C. Eubank reported, as chairman of the Committee on Time and Place, that the 1963 convention would be held in Muncie, Indiana, on .April 11-13. Reports of time and place for the subsequent years were deferred, pending the success of the proposed merger of Tau Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Rho. Wetherby presented the proposed budget for the fiscal vear. September 1, 1962. to August 31, 1963. H. L. Ewbank, Jr. moved to transfer $35.00 from the reserve to a special item named ACHS dues. Tlie amendment was ap- pro\ed. Mrs. Hagood pointed out that the designation under "Travel" of NUEA should read. Committee on Discussion and Debate. Tlie report was approved as amended. It was agreed that the expenses of W. C. Eubank in his capacity as chairman of tlie committee on merger should be shared ecjually bv Delta Sigma Rho and Tau Kappa Alpha. H. L. Ewbank, Jr. reported as Tau Kappa .Alpha's representative to the As sociation of College Honor Societies. He reported that the annual meeting discussion was held on the following: the tax status of the honor societies; the responsibilities of the sponsors; the use of an old English electric typewriter to replace more expensive types of engravings on certificates; tlie possibilitv of modifving entrance requirements for schools with highly selective enti*ance re quirements; the status of the junior-senior-graduatc college; and a campus council of honorary societies. Huber made a preliminary report on the 1962 conference. He was requested to have printed the proceedings which he had established so that thev would serve as guidance to future local arrangements committees. President Hagood asked the council if it understood that Tau Kappa Alpha would soon be asked to honor its agreement with Butler University concerning the Tau Kappa .Alpha room at Butler. Tlie council confirmed its undcr.standing of the commitment and approved a cajnpaign to raise the necessary $3,000, with emphasis to be placed on alumni contributions as a source of funds. The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M. Tlie second meeting of the National Council was held on .April 19. 1962. 26 THE SPEAKER at 2:45 p.m. in Room 609 of the Terre Haute House, Terre Haute. Indiana. Present were National Council members Gordon Wiseman, James H. Mc- Bath, Charles Redding, Nicholas M. Cripe, Oswald Ryan, Gitford Blyton, H. L. Ewbank, Jr., W. C. Eubank, Mrs. Annabel Hagood, Paul D. Brandes, Joe C. Wetherby, Charles Layton, George Adamson, and Robert Huber. Special guest was Herold Ross. President of Delta Sigma Rho. Redding began his article by article reading of the proposed constitution of the merged honor society. Amendments were as follows: Article I. Cripe suggested that the hyphenated name was awkward. Ryan, in expressing his approval of the merger, felt that it would be wise to retain both names. No change in tlie recommendation was proposed. Article II. No changes were approved. -Article III. No changes were proposed. Article IV. Section 2, (a), (1). Redding moved to add a sub-point, [a] to read: "Competent supervision of forensics or original speaking shall be acceptable as meeting requirements for membership." Amendment approved. Redding moved to strike lines 1, 2. and the words "faculty director" of line 3 on page 3 of the proposed constitution (Article IV, Section 2, (a),(I) ) and insert, "Participation, as a student, at a high level of excellence, in at least two years of forensics or in original speaking activity." The amendment was passed. [al Redding moved to insert in Section 2, (a), (I), after the word "super vision," the words "as a faculty member." The amendment was passed. Cripe moved to strike Section 2, (a), (2), and insert." In keeping with the A.C.H.S. Constitution candidates shall liave completed at least three semesters or five quarters of college." Amendment passed. Redding moved to amend Section 2, (b). by striking "the favorable vote . .. of the campus chapter." and insert, "a majoritv' vote of the members of the campus chapter present and voting." Amendment passed. Redding moved to amend Section 2, (b), as amended, bv striking the word "vote" and inserting the word, "recommendation." Amendment passed. Redding moved to amend Section 3 by adding after the word "member ship," the words "signed by the facultv sponsor." (see line 17. page 3 of the proposed constitution). .Amendment passed. McBath moved to amend Section 3, bv striking the words " has properlv' filled out" and insert "completed." Amendment approved. Redding moved to amend Section 2, (a) as amended by inserting "(or equivalent)" after the words "in at least two years of forensics." The amend ment was passed 7 to 4. H. L. Ewbank, Jr. moved to sti'ike Section 5, (b) and insert, ".Memberslhp shall be declared solely on tlie basis of character and specified eligibilitv." Amendment passed. Article V. Section 3. .At Layton's suggestion, the joint coordinating committee was requested to work out the status of the founders of each societv as to mem bership on the proposed national council. T 11 E S P E A K E R 27 Section 5. At Brundes' suggestion, the joint coordinating committee was requested to clarify how officers of the societ\' other than the president could be replaced in the e\ ent of resignation or remo\ al from office before expira tion of their terms of office. Section 9. H. L. Ewbank. Jr. moved to add. after the words, "establish its own bv-iaws," the words, "in a manner consistent \N ith the national consti tution and by-laws." Amendment passed. .Article VI. Section 1. Redding moved to add after the words, "shall be created by the National Council" the words, "taking into consideration the desires of the chapters." Amendment passed. Section 2. Redding moved to add after the words, "has not been approved by the National Council." tlic words "or where a governor has not been elected." Amendment passed. Section 2. Huber moved to add after the words, "bv the President of the Society," the words, "with the approval of the National Council." .Amendment passed. Article VII. At the suggestion of H. L. Ewbank, Jr., the joint coordinating committee was requested to reconsider Section 5. .Article VIII. Redding moved to delete the words "bv the Editor." .Amend ment passed. Article IX. Redding moved to add after the words "shall be" (see page 7, line 12 of the proposed constitution) the words "published with pro and con arguments in the Speaker ami Gavel or other suitable publication and." Amend ment passed. Redding moved to strike "15" and insert "45." Amendment passed. Tlie meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M. Minutes of the National Council meeting, April 19. 1962, at 10:15 P.M., in Room 609 of the Terre Haute House, Terrc Haute, Indiana. Present were National Council members Cripe, Hagood, Blyton, W. Eubank, Layton, Montgomery, Huber, H. L. Ewbank Jr.. Wetherbv. Redding. Adamson, McBath, and Brandes, Special guest. Herold Ross. Redding continued with a reading of the bv-laws of the proposed consti tution. •Article I. Section 1. Redding moved to delete the words "at the annual meeting" (see page 8. line 10 of the proposed constitution). Amendment passed. Section 2. Redding moved to strike the words "the charter fee of fifty (50) dollars" and insert, "a charter fee to be determined bv the Board of Trustees." McBath moved to amend the amendment bv striking "board of Trustees" and inserting, "National Council." Tlie amendment to the amend ment approved. The amendment a.s amended approved. Article II. Redding moved to strike Article II and insert the following articles: .Article II—Dereliction of Duty. .Any National Officers of the Society, or any meml,H'rs of the National Council, may be removed from office })v a 2 3 v ote of the National Council. 28 THE SPEAKER Article 111—Withdrawal of Charter. Section i. Any chapter may have its charter withdrawn bv a 2 3 vote of the National Council. Section 2. Any institution may cause its charter to be withdrawn at the re quest of the president of the institution. The amendment was passed, requiring subsequent articles to be renumbered. Article IV. (formerly Article Hi.) Redding requested that the joint co ordinating committee consider the status of institutions which do not ha\e a department of speech. Request granted. (b). Wetherby moved to strike "department of speech" and insert "spon soring department." Amendment passed. (d). Redding moved to insert the words "and competent" after the word "interested." Amendment passed. Redding mo\'ed to strike "who has had public speakijig or forensic experi ence" and insert "who meets the requirements for membership as specified in this constitution (Article IV, Section 2, (a), (1), [a]." (e). Redding moved to strike "two" and insert "three." Amendment passed. Redding moved that a provision be added to Article IV as follows: "Upon tlie recommendation of the Standards Committee and the National Council, qualifications for an active chapter may be waived for chapters already in exist ence at the time of the merger." Amendment passed. Article V (formerly Article IV). Redding moved to change the title of the article to "INACTIVE STATUS OF CHAPTERS." Motion passed. Redding moved to insert the word "active" after the words "shall be stricken from the (see page 9, line 5 of the proposed constitution). Amendment passed. (c). Redding moved to insert the words "and qualified" after the words "Tliat a responsible." .Amendment passed. Redding moved to delete the words "with forensic or public speaking training." Amendment passed. Redding moved to delete the words, "Department of Speech" and insert "sponsoring department." Amendment passed. Article VI (formerly Article V.) Redding moved to strike Article \T and in sert the following: The phrase "original speaking activity" shall include only active (not man agerial) participation in such programs as: debate or discussion, oratory, ex tempore speaking, and legislative assemblies. It shall not be construed to include participation in dramatic productions, declamation contests, or the oral reading of poetry or prose." Amendment passed. Article VII (formerly Article \H). Section 2. Huber moved to strike the words "of three years." and to insert "of three years; appointment of the chairman shall be subject to the ap])rovai of the National Council." .Amendment passed. Section 3. Redding moved to amend by striking "of three years." and in serting, "of three years; appointment of tlie chairman shall be subject to the approval of the National Council." Amendment approved. T H E S P E A K t: R 29 It was suggested that the joint coordinating council establish an Article VIII which shoxild provide for amending the by-laws. A straw \ote of the council members present showed unanimous approval of the proposed constitution as amended. The National Council moved that the Executive Secretary-Treasurer convey its congratulations to the joint coordinating committee on its work on the pro posed constitution. Redding moved to extend a charter to Hiram College. The motion was passed, and the Executixe Secretary-Trea.surer was asked to expedite the installation of the chapter with deliberate speed. Tlie petition of Elizabetlitown College was not approxed. Lynchburg College xvas continued on probationary status. Huber moxed that the Council permit the Awiu-ds Committee to give a Dis tinguished Alumni Award to Ciu-roll Lahman of Western Michigan University, if the awards committee sees fit. The motion xvas passed. The meeting adjourned at 1:30 A.M. Respectfully stihmittcd, Paul D. Brandes Executixe Secretarv-Treasurer CONTRIBUTIONS TO TAU KAPPA ALPHA ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE The Treasury Department has classified Tau Kappa Alpha as a non-profit educational organization. This means that contributions to the fraternitv can be claimed by the donors as tax exemptions. .\11 contributions must be made payable to the National Office of Tau Kappa Alpha. PLEASE CLIP AND SEND WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO: Dr. Paul Brandes, Department of Speech, Oliio Unixersitv, Athens, Ohio Name Address TKA Chapter .Amount Enclosed _ _T H E _S P E A K E R CHARTERED CHAPTERS OF TAU KAPPA ALPHA Chapter Sponsor: Please check the listing of your chapter and let the Editor know of any changes or corrections needed. INSTITUTION AND LOCATION SPONSOR AND ADDRESS Univ. of Alabama, University, Ala. Prof. Annabel Hagood. Dept. of Speech Alma College. Alma, Michigan Prof. M. Harold Mikle. Dept. of Speech Univ. of Arkansas, FayettevilJe, Ark Prof. Jack W. Murphy, Dept. of Speech & Dramatic Art Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. Prof. Richard Rea, Dept. of Speech Ball State T. C., Muncie, Indiana ..Dr. David Shepard, Dept. of English Bellarmine College, Louisville. Ky Rev. Joseph M. Miller, Dept. of Speech Berea College. Berea, Kentucky ...Prof. Margaret D. McCoy, Dept of English Bridgewater College, Bridgewater. Va JJr. Roger Sappington. Dept. of History Brighara Young Univ., Provo, Utah Prof. Jed Richardson. Speech Center Buckneli Univ.. Lewisburg. Pa _Dr. Frank W. Merrltt. Dept. of English Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind J)r. Nicholas M. Gripe, Dept. of Speech Capita] University, Columbus, Ohio J)r. Thomas Ludlum, Dept. of Speech Case Inst. of Tech., Cleveland, Ohio Prof. Donald Marston, Director of Debate Univ. of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio .Mrs. Mary Caldwell, Speech Dept. Clark University, Worcester, Mass Prof. Neil R. Schrorder. Dept. of English Colorado College, Colorado Springs. Colorado Mr. James A. Johnson, Dept. of Bus. Ad. Cornell College. Mt. Vernon, Iowa Dr. Walter F. Stromer, Director of Speech Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina Prof. Joseph E. Drake, Dept. of Sociology Denison Univ., Granville, Ohio.,... ..Dr. Lionel Crocker, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Denver. Denver, Colo Dr. John T. Auston, School of Speech Dickinson College. Carlisle. Pa Dr. Herbert Wing. Dept. of History Duke University, Durham. N.C Prof. Joseph Wetherby, Dept. of Speech Barlham CoUege, Richmond. Ind Prof. E. Orville Johnson, Dept. of Speech Emory University. AllanU, Georgia Dr. James Z. Rabun, Dept. of History Emory & Henry College, Emory, Va. Prof. Roy C. Brown, Dept. of Speech Evansville College, Evansville, Ind Prof. Ted J. Foster, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Florida. Gainesville, Fla Mr. Gerald Mohrman. Dept. of Speech Florida State University. Tallahassee, Fla. ..Dr. Gregg Phlfer, Dept. of Speech Haropden-Sydney College. Hampden-Sydney. Va Dr. D. M. Allan, Dept. of Philosophy Hanover College. Hanover. Indiana Dr. SUnley B. Wheater, Speech Dept. Howard College, Birrnlnghsm, Ala Prof. G. Allan Ycomans, Dept. of Speech Howard University. Washington. D.C Dr. Donald F. McHenry. Dept. of Speech Indiana S. C., Terre Haute, Ind Dr. Otis J. Aggertt, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington. Ky Prof. GilTord Blyton, Dept. of Eng., Speech ami Dramatic Arts Lincoln Memorial Univ., Harrogate, Tenn Prof. Earl Hobson Smith, Dept. of Speech Long Beach State College. Long Beach, Cal Dr. Joseph A. Wagner, Dept. of Speech Louisiana Sute Univ., Baton Rouge, La Dr. Waldo W. Braden. Dept. of Speech Loyola College. Baltimore. Maryland Rev. WilJlara Davlsh. S.J., Dept of Theology Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Va. J3r. Harold Garretson, Dept. of Chemistry Manchester College, N. Manchester. Ind Prof. Paul Rolen. Dept. of Speech Mankato State CoUege, Mankato. Minn prof. V. E. Beckman, Div. of Language & Lit. University of Maryland, College Park, Md Prof. L. Denton Crews, Jr.. Dept. of Speech Mass. Inst. of Technology. Cambridge. Mass. - Prof. Richard F. Smith Memphis State College. Memphis, Tennessee Prof. Janelle Oeauboeuf, Dept. of Speech Mercer Univ.. Macon, Georgia Dr. Helen G. Thornton, Coach of Debate Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio Dr. Bernard F. Phelps. Dept. of Speech Univ. Miami, Coral Gables, Fla Prof. Donald Sprague. Dept. of Speech T H E S P E A K E R 31 INSTITUTION AND LOCATION SPONSOR AND ADDRESS Middlebiiry College. Middlebury, Vermont Prof, ^"^ede^ick Bowman, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Mbs., University. Miss Dr. C. M. Getchell. Dept. of Speech Montana State Univ., Missoula, Mont Dr. Ralph Y. McGinnia, Dept. of Speech Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland Prof. Harold B. Chinn, Dept. of Eng. and Speech Murray State College, Murray, Ky Prof. J. Albert Tracy, Dept. of Speech Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio. Dr. James L. Golden, Dept. of Speech Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham. N.H Prof. Phyllis Williamson. Dept. of Speech Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquergue, N. M Dr. Wayne Eubank, Dept. of Speech New Mexico Highlands Univ., Las Vegas. N. Mex Prof. Waller K. Brunei, Dept. of Speech State Univ. of New York, Stale Col. for Teachers, Albany..Prof. Samuel Prichard, Jr., Dept. of English New York Univ. (Univ. Hta.), New York City Prof. George B. Sargent. II. Dept. of Speech & Drama New York Univ, (Wash, Sq.), New York City Dr. Merritt B. Jones, Dept. of Speech University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind Prof. Leonard F. Soromcr. Dept. of Speech Occidental Coltege. Los Angeles, Calif Dr. Paul Hunsinger, Dept. of Speech Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Prof. Lorin C. Staats, School of Dramatic Arta and Speech Pacific Univ.. Forest Grove, Oregon Prof. Albert C. Hingston, Dept. of Speceb Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind Dr. Keith S. Montgomery, Dept. of Speech Randolph-Maeon College, Ashtand. Va Prof. Edgar E. MacDonald, Speech Dept. Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I Dr. Agnes G. Doody, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Richmond. Richmond, Va Dr. Bert E. Bradley. Jr.. Dept. of Speech and Dra matic Arts Roanoke College, Salem, Va Mr. William R. Coulter, Dept. of English Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, N. Y Prof. Joseph FitipatricU, Dept. of Speech Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J Prof. Albert A. Austen, Speech Dept. St. Ansclm's College, Manchester, N. H. Prof. John A, Lynch, Dept. of English St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, Minn Dr. Donald N. Dcdmon. Dept. of Speech St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y Mr. Charles R. Gruner, Dept. of Speech SanU Barbara College (U. of Calif.) .Dr. Upton S. Palmer. Dept. of Speech Santa Barbara, Calif. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C Dr. M. G. Chrbtophersen, Dept. of Speech Univ. of S. Dakota, Vermillion, S.D Dr. Harold W. Jordan, Dept. of Speech Univ. of South. Calif., Los Angeles, Calif Dr. James H. McBalh, Dept. of Speech Southern Methodbt Univ., Dallas, Texas Dr. Harold Webs, Dept. of Speech Southwest Miaaijuri State College, Springfield. Mo Prof. Holt Spicer, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn Prof. Robert L. Hickey. Dept. of English Pufts University, Medford. Mass Mr. .Anthony Z. Roismun, Packard Hall Ursinus College, Collegevillc. Pa Dr. A. G. Kershner, Jr., Dept. of English Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City. Utah Prof. George A. Adamson, Dept. of Speech Utah State University, Logan, Utah Dr. Rex E. Robinson, Dept. of Speech Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Tenn J)r. Dwight Freshley, Dept. of Speech Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, Vl Dr. Robert Huber, Dept. of Speech Virginia Poly. Institute. Blacksburg, Va Prof. G. A. Hancock, Dept. of English Wahash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana Prof. Joseph O'Rourke, Jr., Dept. of Speech Washington and Lee University. Lexington, Va Prof. William W. ChalTin, Dept. of English Waynesburg College, Waynesburg. Pa. Prof. A. M. Minlier Western Kentucky State College. Bowling Green, Ky Prof. Russell H. Miller, Dept. of Speech Si Drama Western Mich. University. Katamazoo. Mich Prof. Deldee M. Herman. Dept. of Speech Westminster College, New Wilmington. Pa Frederick A. Neyhart. Dept. of Speech & Dramalic Art-s Willamette Univ., Salem, Oregon -Dr. Howard W. Runkel. Dept. of Speech College of Wm. and Mary. Willlamsburg. Va Prof. Donald L. McConkey. Dept. of Speech Wittenburg College. Springfield, Ohio Dr. G. Vernon Kelley. Dept. at Speech Xavier Univ., Cincinnati. Ohio Rev. Vincent C. Horrigan. S. .1 Yeshiva University. New York, N. Y Prof. David Fleisher, Director of Debate k