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DE B ATE LE AGUE

Pa rtic i p a t i o n

i n fore nsics o n t h e c a m p u s o f Bet h a ny­

Peniel C o l l e g e c l i m a xes with t h e verba l con tests of t h e d e bate l ea g u e . T h e g r o u p is m a d e u p o f the stu d e n ts w h o q u a l i fy f o r u p pe r d i visio n a l debate. Activities of the league for the past year i nc l uded par­ t i c i pa t i o n in various to u r n a m e nts in o p posi t i o n to l ea d i n g col l eg es a n d u n iversities o f t h e Southwest . I n su bord i n atio n to t h i s progra m , p a i r s of teams e n g aged i n d e bates at h i g h

f. Emmel d i shes out a third hel ping of spaghetti to Wendel l Sha rpton at a debate d i n ner.

schoo l s a n d c i v i c o r g a n izati o n s . The s u b j ect stu d ied by t h e l e a g u e was a t i m e l y a n d pert i nent prob l e m w h i c h w a s prese nted t o d e bators over t h e e n t i re n a t i o n a s t h e n a t io n a l co l l eg i ate reso l ut i o n . The

p u r pose o f t h i s d e bate o r g a n ization g o e s m u c h

deeper t h a n surface a r g u menta t i o n . I t e n co u r a g es o b j ective and refl ective t h i n k i n g and stresses the i m porta nce of a n a ­ lytica l reaso n i n g . T h ese a r e p r i n c i p l es w h i c h t h e l e a g u e s u p ports as i ntegrating f a ctors o f a w e l l - b a l a nced l i fe .

. EFT TO R I G H T , E v e l y n l mel, N e l d a Meador, C a r o l y n D o r o u g h , Boyd McCla i n , Rich a rd K n utson , C l y d e S u m pter, W e n d e l l S h a rpton, J. R o b e rt E m m e l , S p o n s o r ; A n n Ha rt.

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