Heart of America Debate Tournament starts today
Debate teams representing 37 schools from 21 states are competing in KU's Heart of America Debate Tournament, which began today and will continue Friday and Saturday in the Kansas Union.
Ralph Anderson, KU assistant debate coach, said the Heart of America tournament is one of the two best debate tournaments in the United States, the other being the West Point Debate Tournament.
The top four schools will each receive a trophy now on display
in the Kansas Union. Each team coming to the tournament is guaranteed to debate eight rounds, alternating between the affirmative and negative side. Four rounds are scheduled for each team both today and tomorrow.
AT THE AWARDS Banquet tomorrow at 6:45 p.m. in the Kansas Union, the 16 teams that will compete in the octa-finals on Saturday plus the top 10 speakers will be announced. Saturday's debates are sudden-death, single elimination.
YAF MEETS
Organization revived
By Norma C. Romano
After months of stillness, KU Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) started its reorganization with a discussion-meeting Wednesday night in the Kansas Union.
"It's our hope that we can once again put the chapter back into political life on the campus after its inactivity." Gus diZeriga, Wichita freshman and acting chairman of the organization, said.
Guest speaker at the meeting was Marick Payton, former KU student and first president of YAF. He spoke on the "Conflict between the Conservative Concept of Man and the Ideal of a Free Society."
"A libertarian, seeking free society has to presume that man would be benefited by such a society and that he can be persuaded by a demonstration of this benefit," Payton said.
"CONSERVATIVES, ON the other hand," he said, "believe that man is not capable of self discipline in a totally free environment."
"This is one of the reasons why KU YAF dismembered in 1963 after a year's life," he said. "There was conflict with the national YAF policy and ours. They are conservatives and we lean toward a libertarian ideology," he added.
FOLLOWING PAYTON'S talk, diZeriga invited YAF members to discuss the issue of the current anti-loco parentis movement at KU.
"A UNIVERSITY is not a university when it contradicts what it supports. In this case, an aid to its students to grow up maturely and intellectually," diZeriga said "each student should have self-respect to structure his own morals," he added.
After a prolonged discussion on the "in loco parentis" issue, KU YAF decided to:
This is the 10th year for the Heart of America Tournament. KU had the winning team in 1957, the first contest.
- Endorse the ideals in relation to the pro-student responsibility movement on campus.
- Endorse the proposition that AWS membership should be voluntary in accordance to principles of individual liberty.
One KU debator said the honor between rounds makes this a leisurely tournament. The teams respect each other and have a good time—In an intellectual sort of way.
The debate topic this year is Resolved: that law enforcement agencies in the United States should be given greater freedom in the investigation and prosecution of crime. The debates will be open to the public.
New dorm will show model suite
A model apartment is now being shown in the north wing of the new Naismith Hall, Mrs. S. M. Jackson, resident manager, announced. The private coeducational residence hall, constructed by Allen Bros, and O'Hara, will be finished this summer. Contracts are now being taken for the fall semester.
The dormitory, which is University approved and supervised, is located on the east side of Naismith Road, between 18th and 19th streets. It will house 504 students and will rent for about $547.50 a semester plus a $10 a semester parking fee.
EACH ROOM will accommodate two students. A bathroom with bathtub and shower will be shared by four students. All rooms will have wall-to-wall carpeting. Private telephones are installed in each room at extra cost.
A unique advantage of the hall is weekly maid service with percale sheets and pillow cases changed each week. Each room is furnished with large desk-dressers, nine storage drawers for each student and a vanity dresser.
Similar private dorms constructed by Allen Bros, and O'Hara are located in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Memphis, Tenn., with one planned for Wichita.
Vox ASC candidates are announced
Candidates for the All-Student Council were announced Wednesday night by Vox Populi party.
In the Graduate School, Hans Brisch, Kansas City, Mo., graduate student, is a Vox candidate. Doug Dusenberry, Anthony first-year law student, is the Law School candidate.
WAYNE SCHULTE, Hugoton fourth-year pharmacy student, will run from the Pharmacy School. Lynn Eickmeyer, Prairie Village junior, is the candidate from the Journalism School.
In the Business School, Bob McAdoo, Larned junior, is a Vox candidate. Ken Mathiasmeier, Arkansas City senior, is the Engineering School candidate.
Martie Mullen, Kalamazoo, Mich., junior, is the School of Fine Arts candidate. Pat Goering, Moundridge junior, is the College of Liberal Arts woman candidate; and John Hill, Waverly junior, is
the College of Liberal Arts man candidate.
The Vox candidate from the School of Education is Jackie Van Eman, Shawnee Mission junior.
Opera tickets on sale Friday
The opening night performance on April 28 will be preceded by a buffet dinner in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Tickets for the world premiere of the opera "Carry Nation" will go on sale April 21 for students and tomorrow for season ticket holders.
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