Championship Debate; 7; Finals: University of Minnesota vs. University of the Pacific
- Series
- Championship Debate
- Episode Number
- 7
- Producing Organization
- WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-js9h41kk0t
- NOLA Code
- CHMD
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- Description
- Episode Description
- University of Minnesota debates the affirmative side and University of the Pacific debates the negative side. The subject of the debate is should prayer be permitted in public schools. The judges are Dr. Robert Huber, University of Vermont; Dr. George Ziegelmueller, Wayne State University, Michigan; and Dr. Nicholas Cripe, Butler University. The University of Minnesota team is John Swenson, a senior Political Science major, from Windom, Minnesota; and David Krause, a senior History Major, from Hopkins, Minnesota, with coach Dr. Robert L Scott, Professor of Speech and Theatre Arts, University of Minnesota. The University of the Pacific team is Douglas Pipes, a junior International Relations and History Major from Fresno, CA, and Raoul Kennedy, a senior Economics and History Major from New York, N.Y., with coach Paul H. Winters, Director of Forensics, University of the Pacific. University of the Pacific wins by a score of 2-1. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- The eight best collegiate debate teams in the United States, as determined by the American Forensic Association (AFA), complete with each other for top forensic laurels in a seven round elimination contest. In the four quarter-final rounds (the first four episodes), the eight collegiate teams are paired off and view with one another to decide the four semi-finalists (episodes five and six). The final round (episode seven) puts the two semi-final winners against each other to determine the champion team in the debates. For the purpose of selecting these teams, the AFA, which is the authorized collegiate debate organization, in conjunction with the American Student Foundation, has broken the country down into four regions East, South, Mid-west and west. Committees in each region chose sixteen teams from more than 500 colleges and universities throughout the United States. In non-televised preliminary rounds, eight of the sixteen teams were eliminated. They are: Stanford, University, California; University of Southern California; Northwestern University, Illinois; Augustana College, South Dakota; University of Alabama; Baylor University, Texas; Penn State University; and Boston College. The format for Championship Debate 1964 differs from formalized debating procedure primarily in the length of time allowed for statements and by the inclusion of a cross examination. The procedure is: 1. Affirmative Opening Statement: 4 minutes 2. Negative Cross Examination: 3 minutes 3. Negative Opening Statement: 4 minutes 4. Affirmative Cross Examination: 3 minutes 5. Negative Summation: 3 minutes 6. Affirmative Summation: 3 minutes. Each team is given a two-week period prior to its debate to prepare arguments. Affirmative and negative positions are decided by team preference, but where a conflict arises, a coin toss is used. Decisions in each debate are made by a panel of three judges (the judges differ for each round) who make their decisions immediately following summations. Criteria for judges decision are clarity and logic of arguments, response to cross examination, quality and quantity of facts, and manner of presentation. Last years debates, the first televised, were won by North Texas State College. Dr. James H. McBath, host and moderator for Championship Debate 1964, is a professor of speech at the University of Southern California and a past president of the American Forensic Association (AFA). He is currently chairman of the Speech Association of America (SAA) Committee on International Debate which selects the American collegiate debating team which tours British universities each year. Dr. McBath has served several years as delegate to the SAA legislative assembly and has been chairman of the AFAs professional relations committee. He is also Speech Activities coordinator of the Western Speech Association. Dr. McBath is the author of the Campus Library Service recording on argumentation and debate, co-author of Guidebook for Speech Practice (Harcourt Brace & World, Inc.), and editor of a 1963 textbook, Argumentation and Debate (Holt, Rinehart and Winstin). Championship Debate 1964 is a production of WTTW, Chicago. The 7 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1964-06-07
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Director: Kaiser, Robert
Executive Producer: Pickard, Larry
Host: McBath, James H.
Producer: Marschot, William
Producing Organization: WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Speaker: Swenson, John
Speaker: Krause, David
Speaker: Pipes, Douglas
Speaker: Kennedy, Raoul
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2406876-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Championship Debate; 7; Finals: University of Minnesota vs. University of the Pacific,” 1964-06-07, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-js9h41kk0t.
- MLA: “Championship Debate; 7; Finals: University of Minnesota vs. University of the Pacific.” 1964-06-07. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-js9h41kk0t>.
- APA: Championship Debate; 7; Finals: University of Minnesota vs. University of the Pacific. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-js9h41kk0t