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.ocal 181 et debaters to compete a weekend tourneys By JOHNA JO MAURER Battalion Reporter ^'hydo57Texas A&M Univer- students spend 20 hours a k doing library research that n’t apply to any particular be? hey do so because they are [nbers of the nationally corn- Jtive Texas A&M Debate 111 A il! ety - 1 ll 'f jWayne Kraemer, director of ^ wimlate and forensics, said the De- I at A Society is sending two con- mblenttfants to participate in two ikend tournaments, lie toumaments, the first of 23 lonal and national tourna- - its, are scheduled for Friday Saturday at Oklahoma Christ- College and Middle Tennes- State University. Eighty Is will compete in the Ten- Isee tournament. collection of engraved silver ters and an assortment of hies and plaques adorning the of Wayne Kraemer and ce Daniel are the result of the in’s winning efforts. Daniel is )t r ar ^ stant debate coach, class ol Among the awards are first fore tk e within bmitted .‘d that ossible place in the Southwest Confer ence Debate Tournament, first in the Texas Tech Tournament and first in the University of Houston Cougar Classic. Kraemer said debaters major ing in fields such as chemical en- A good debater is “a fast thinker, a good resear cher, articulate, able to organize his thoughts clearly and quickly, and be perceptive and analy tical. ”— Wayne Kraem er, director of debate and forensics. gineering, pre-med and psycholo gy gain valuable research skills and self confidence. In comparison to the time spent researching, the competition time is short. Two opposing teams have 10 minutes each to present their evi dence. A cross-examination period of three minutes by each team follows, both to clarify points or catch a debater on an error. A rebuttal period of five minutes concludes the tournament. This year’s topic for tourna ment debate, selected by mem bers of the American Forensic Association, is whether govern ment should curtail the power of labor unions in the United States. In researching a topic, debaters use government documents, con gressional records and technical journals. For this year’s topic they will also use the Baylor and Texas Tech law libraries. A good debater is “a fast think er, a good researcher, articulate, able to organize his thoughts clearly and quickly, and be per ceptive and analytical,” Kraemer said. Besides debate, the Debate Society offers opportunities for in dividual speaking. The American Forensics Association endorses tournament events in informative and persuasive speaking, prose, poetry and dramatic interpreta tion. jnion power topic >r debate research IT# 1 ® I if shod t Tea i and Gree ; Spit donin on an es n< id th >’s.W ass :>inini By RUBY A. DANIELS Battalion Reporter Search for Texas A&M Uni ty debaters is never finished, Director of Forensics Wayne tner. ais year’s topic is whether the $1 government should curtail •x|)wer of labor unions in the ji||d States. .•lebaters must be prepared to 0|s both sides of the topic,’ £ pier said. “Needless to say, encompasses an incredible lit of time outside of class for /one on the squad. We divide our efforts in the of specific research assign- :s in order to get information many aspects of labor unions issible.’ researching a topic, debaters ovemment documents, con gressional records and technical journals. For this year’s topic they also use the Baylor and Texas Tech law libraries. Kraemer expects this year’s topic to challenge the debaters when competition gets under way. “I am comforted by the fact that we have several debaters in business-related majors,” he said. "They will be beneficial in orient ing the squad to the economics involved. ” Debater Jeff Rouse, a junior pre-med major from Bryan, said the topic has turned out to be more difficult than first expected. "To understand the details of un ions’ influence on wage-push infla tion is difficult in itself." he said. “And trying to explain it in a de bate round is even harder.” Some issues to be debated this year are right-to-work laws, wage and price controls, minimum wage, wildcat strikes and union violence. Foreign military commitments, mass media regulation and unem ployment have been debated in previous years. During tbe summer a national committee of debate coaches selects four possible topics for up coming semesters. University stu dents across the nation select their preference from among those four. SUPER MARANTZ SA-250 EQUALIZER REG. 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