Idaho. The University of Idaho Bulletin. Vol. 6, June 1, 1911, No. 8. 16p.

Question: "Resolved, That immigration into the United States should be restricted by a reading and writing test."

-Announcements for the year 1912-'13. University of Idaho Bulletin. Vol. 7, October, 1912, No. 11. 18p.

Question: "Resolved, That aside from any question of the constitutionality of the proposed plan, cities in Idaho should adopt a commission form of government."

-Announcements for the year 1913-'14. University of Idaho Bulletin. Vol. 8, July, 1913, No. 9. 22p.

Question: "Resolved, That our Federal Government should require American coastwise trade to pay the Panama Canal tolls."

Indiana High School Discussion Contest. First annual contest Indiana High School Discussion Contest. Held at Indiana University under auspices of University Extension Division, June 3, 1914. 48p.

Question: New constitution for Indiana.

Indiana University. Debating and public discussion.
Discussion Clubs. Indiana University Bulletin.
Vol. XI, No. 6, June 15, 1913. 24p.

Manual for Civie Extension Division.

-A new constitution for Indiana. An outline and some student speeches. Indiana University Bulletin. Extension Division. Vol. XI, No. 10, January, 1914. 63p.

Intercollegiate debates on the income tax. Harvard vs. Yale at Woolsey Hall, New Haven; Harvard vs. Princeton at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, March 22, 1910. Cambridge, The Harvard Debating Council, 1910. 64p. $.50.

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Question: "Resolved, That the Federal Government should have the power to impose an income tax not apportioned among the States according to population."

The Iowa High School Debating League. Seventh annual announcement of the Iowa High School Debating League. Proposition for 1912-'13: Resolved, That the United States should adopt a policy of shipping subsidies. Prepared by the executive committee. Iowa City. The State University of Iowa, 1912. 23p.

-Eighth annual announcement of the Iowa High School Debating League. Proposition for the year 1913-1914: Resolved, That all. corporations engaged in interstate commerce should be required to take out Federal charters, it being conceded that such a requirement would be constitutional, and that Federal license shall not be available as an alternative plan. Prepared by the chairman of the executive committee. Iowa City. The State University of Iowa, October, 1913. 31p.

-The State University of Iowa, Iowa City. University Extension Bulletin No. 7. O. E. Klingaman, editor. Bureau of Debating and Public Speaking. Ninth annual announcement of the Iowa High School Debating League. Iowa City. The University, October, 1914. 23p. Proposition: "Resolved, That immigration into the United States should be further restricted by a literacy test."

Jones, Leo. A manual for debaters. The value, organization and principles of debating, with a list of questions and a bibliography. By Leo Jones, Chief of the Bureau of Debate and Discussion. Bulletin of the University of Washington. Extension series No. 8. General series No. 75. Seattle, The University, August, 1913. 81p.

Kleiser, Grenville. How to argue and win, by Grenville Kleiser, formerly

Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University. New York. Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1911. 310p. $1.25.

Contents: Introductory; Truth and facts; Clearness and conciseness; The use of words; The syllogism; Faults; Personality; The lawyer; The business man; The preacher; The salesman; The public speaker; Briefdrawing; The discipline of debate; Tact; Cause and effect; Reading habits; Questions for solution; Specimens of argumentation; Golden rules in argumentation.

Appendix: Note for law lecture, Abraham Lincoln; Of truth, Francis Bacon; Of practice and habits, John Locke; Improving the memory, Isaac Watts.

"In this book will be found definite suggestions for training the mind in accurate thinking and the power of clear and effective statement. It is the outcome of many years of experience in teaching men to think on their feet. The aim throughout is practical, and the ultimate object a knowledge of successful argumentation."-Preface.

Knowles, J. Sheridan. The debaters' handbook, including a debate upon the character of Julius Caesar, adapted from J. Sheridan Knowles. Designed for practical exercises in declamation, and as a model for debating clubs; also for classes in public and private schools, with directions for the conduct of debate, and a list of subjects and references. Boston. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., c. 1887. 114p. $.50. Contents: Rules of debate; Directions and suggestions; Debate upon the character of Julius Caesar; Questions for debate; Letter from Horace Mann. There being, at present, no standard work that can be procured as a model for the debater, this little volume is offered to supply, as well as it may, such a deficiency. It contains a debate upon the character of Julius Caesar, arranged principally from one written by James Sheridan Knowles, as an elocutionary exercise for the use of a class of his own pupils. The acknowledged merit of the author as an elocutionist and dramatic writer is a sufficient guaranty that it is well adapted to the purpose for which it was designed. In fact, it is doubtful whether the English language can furnish any matter more appropriate for the application of the principles of elocution, or better adapted to use as a practical exercise in declamation. The animated style of the composition renders it a highly interesting and useful form of practice for speakers; the more so, for obvious reasons, from its being in the form of a debate. "As originally prepared by Mr. Knowles, the debate consisted of thirteen parts, including that of the chairman. These being, most of them, too long for general use, are here subdivided in such a manner as to comprise, with some additions, thirty-one parts, which, it is believed, are so arranged as not to weaken the force of the arguments on either side of the question. In the subdivision of the various parts in the original, a few passages have been omitted, and some added, with the view to adapting it to the purposes of general practice; and, as all the parts in the debate are thus rendered of an appropriate length for speakers, this little volume will also be found a convenient book from which to make selections for single declamations.

"It may be stated that the object of arranging this debaate in the form here presented, was primarily to furnish an elocutionary exercise, and a model of debate for an association in the vicinity of Boston. The success attending it, as shown in the interest manifested by the members, and the apparent benefit resulting to them from the occasional use of it, have prompted its publication."-Preface.

Knox Interscholastic Debating League. Bibliography and announcement for 1911-'12. Prepared by the Public Speaking Department of Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., and published by the Knox Interscholastic Debating League. 12p.

Question: "Resolved, That the ratification of the recently-proposed reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada would have been for the best interest of both countries."

Bibliography and announcement for 1914-'15.

16p.

Question: "Resolved, That the parcel post should be extended to include the entire express service of the United States.'

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Louisiana State University. The Pentagonal Debating Contest. Question: "Resolved, That the Federal Government should adopt a progressive income tax with a reasonable minimum of exemption as the best

remedy for the existing evils of our national tax system. Constitutionality is granted, and it is admitted that the existing evils of our national tax system are: regressivity, inelasticity, and complexity.” Quarterly, April, 1912, Baton Rouge, La. v7, No. 2.

Baton

-Debate. Bibliography. Prepared by the Department of Public Speaking and Political Science, assisted by Mr. A. B. Whitlow. Rouge, October 10, 1913. 8p.

Question: "Resolved, That the President of the United States should be elected for a term of six years, and be ineligible for re-election.' -Debate. Bibliography. Question: Resolved, That the plan for a National Reserve Association, as proposed by the United States Monetary Commission, offers a desirable remedy for the defects in our banking and currency systems. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, November 1, 1912. Prepared by the Department of Public Speaking. 12p.

Lyon, Leverett S. Elements of debating. A manual for use in high schools and academies, by Leverett S. Lyon, Head of the Department of Civic Science in the Joliet Township High School. Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, 1913. 136p. $1.00.

Appendices: How and where to read for more information; Illustrations of analysis to determine the issues of the question; A typical college forensic; Material for briefing; Questions with suggested issues and brief bibliography; A list of debatable propositions; Forms for judges' decisions.

"This book pretends but little to originality in material. Its aim is to offer the old in a form that shall meet the needs of young students who are beginning work in debate. The effort has been made only to present the elements of forensic work so freed from technicality that they may be apparent to the student with the greatest possible economy of time, and the least possible interpretation by the teacher.

"It is hoped that the book may serve not only those schools where debating is a part of the regular course, but also those institutions where it is a supplement to the work in English or is encouraged as a 'supercurriculum' activity."-Preface.

Matson, Henry. References for literary workers, with introductions to topics and questions for debate, by Henry Matson. Ninth edition. Chicago. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1913. 582p. $2.00.

Contents: Introduction-The debate, The essay, The oration, The lecture; History-Introductory, Ancient, Mediaeval, Modern; Biography; Politics; Political economy; Education; Literature; Art; Science; Philosophy-Introductory, Greek, Modern; Ethics; Religion; Miscellaneous; Questions with references; Questions without references; Cyclopaedias and periodicals referred to, with abbreviated forms; Abbreviations used; Index of subjects.

"The aim of this book is to combine, in respect to its subjects, the practical use of their bibliography with their brief elucidation. Both are of real, if not of equal importance, and together give the work a twofold value.

"The subjects are in their range various and comprehensive, in their character, representative and select; and an attempt has been made, by their arrangement under general divisions, to give the work as a whole a certain order and unity.

"It is thus made more than a mere book of reference, and may be considered as a collection of brief essays on related and representative topics, supplemented by numerous references to fuller sources of information. On the other hand, as a book of reference, the introductions may serve as a guide to a clearer understanding of the various and often conflicting and confusing views represented in the references.

poses.

"The references have been carefully selected, and, though not exhaustive, are full, and will be found sufficient for most practical purThe books and articles referred to have, with few exceptions, been looked over. Indeed, in the gathering of the references, as well as in the writing of the introductions, each subject has been made a careful study; hence the lists of references are topical, on all kinds of subjects, and to all kinds of books.

"The introductions are meant, in a general way, to be made somewhat correspondent to the references, in giving, not always the individual opinions of the writer, but various and often opposite views of

the subject. The aim has been to unite comprehensiveness of statement with conciseness of expression.

"In form, the work is especially adapted to the common and useful exercise of debating; yet its contents will be found as useful for many other kinds of literary work, as the essay, the oration, or the lecture. Hence, while intended for debaters, for students in the preparation of their various literary exercises, and for teachers, it will be found useful by all who, for any reason, wish to pursue the study of any of the subjects it comprises. Thus its use is, in fact, commensurate with the interest and utility of its subjects."-Preface.

Minnesota High School Debating League. Twelfth and Thirteenth Annual Report. Prepared by Frank M. Rarig, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, University of Minnesota, President of the League. Published by the Minnesota High School Debating League, 1913. 32p.

League Debates, 1911-'12. Question: "Resolved, That the Federal Government should establish a parcels post."

League Debates, 1912-'13. Question: "Resolved, That all railroads doing an interstate business should be owned and operated by the Federal Government."

Debate Proposition for 1913-'14. "Resolved, That all judges should be made subject to popular recall, constitutionality granted."

Montana High School Debating League. [Debate Bulletin] University Extension Department, University of Montana. Montana High School Debating League. Missoula, Mont., August, 1914. 32p. Morgan, J. E. Free trade and protection. J. E. Morgan. xxix, 186p. (Debaters' handbook series.) White Plains, N. Y., H. W. Wilson Co. Price (cloth), $1.00.

Morgan, J. E., and Bullock, E. D.

Municipal ownership. J. E. Morgan and (Debaters' handbook series.) Price (cloth), $1.00.

E. D. Bullock. 2d edition, revised. White Plains, N. Y., H. W. Wilson Co. Nichols, Egbert Ray. Intercollegiate debates. (Volume II.) A year-book of college debating, with records of questions and decisions, specimen speeches and bibliographies. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Chicago, Northwestern, Michigan, Colgate, Hamilton, Union, Swarthmore, Penn. State, Franklin and Marshall, Brown, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wm. Jewell, Baylor. Edited by Egbert Ray Nichols, Professor of English Composition and Public Speaking, Ripon College, Wis. Revised and enlarged edition. New York. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, c. 1912, 1913. 513p. $1.50.

Contents: Introduction; Intercollegiate debates and bibliographies -The income tax; Tax on income or rental value of land; Abandonment of the protective tariff; Admission of raw material free; Conservation of natural resources; The initiative and referendum; The short ballot; The recall of judges.

Appendices: List of intercollegiate debating organizations; Record of schools engaged in forensic contests, coaches, questions, decisions, etc. (arranged by States); Table showing the number of times various questions have been debated in 1910-'11; List of general references on argumentation and debating.

Indexes: Index to this volume; General index to volumes I, II and III. "The aim of this book is twofold: to present in as complete a form as possible, specimens of intercollegiate debates on the more popular present-day questions, and to record in the interests of debating the names of the schools doing forensic work, the names of their coaches, the questions discussed, the decisions, etc., for the year 1910-'11, with statistics for former years, where possible. The first part of the book fulfills the first object; the appendices the second.

"In presenting these debates in complete form, a word might be said for the use of them. There is always a legitimate use of material and an illegitimate one in the preparation of a debate. These debates may be useful, in the same way that a magazine article may be useful-as sources of information; bibliographies are given also for this purpose. They should be helpful also as examples of how good debaters have boiled down material and put it into shape. They should be valuable in giving any reader a quick, comprehensive grasp of the situation on both sides of some important present-day questions. It is not expected that any debater will deliberately copy these debates in the form here presented, or quote them as authority. Any attempt to do so should be exposed

and denounced immediately by opponents. Some teachers may fear that they will be copied for class work. The remedy for this is oral work, i. e., extempore speaking with a minimum of notes."-Preface. -Intercollegiate debates. (Volume III.) A year-book of college debating, with records of questions and decisions, specimen speeches and bibliographies. Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa Wesleyan, Illinois Wesleyan, William Jewell, Drury, Monmouth, William and Vashti, Morningside, Ottawa, Denison, Northwestern of Naperville, Central University, Simpson. Edited by Egbert Ray Nichols, Professor of English Composition and Public Speaking, Ripon College, Wis. Revised edition. New York. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, c. 1912, 1913. 473p. $1.50.

Contents: Introduction; Intercollegiate debates and bibliographies -The commission form of municipal government; The direct primary; The minimum wage; Open vs. Closed shop; Parliamentary vs. Presidential form of government; Three-fourths decision in jury trials; The central Bank.

Appendices: List of intercollegiate debating organizations; Record of schools engaged in forensic contests, coaches, questions, decisions, etc. (arranged by States); Table showing the number of times various questions have been debated in 1911-'12, etc.

Index to this volume; General index to volumes I, II and III.

-Intercollegiate debates. (Volume IV.) A year-book of college debating with records of questions and decisions, specimen speeches and bibliographies. Princeton, Harvard, Yale Freshmen, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri Universities, Kansas State Agricultural, Ottawa, Ripon, Iowa Teachers', Illinois and Kansas Wesleyan Colleges. Edited by Egbert Ray Nichols, Professor of English Composition and Public Speaking, Ripon College, Wis. First edition. New York. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, c. 1914. 545p. $1.50.

Contents: Introduction; Cabinet officers in Congress; Recall of judicial decisions; Regulation vs. Dissolution of trusts; Federal charter for corporations; Government ownership of railroads; Accident insurance; Compulsory old-age insurance.

Appendix I: List of intercollegiate debating organizations; Appendix II: Record of schools engaged in forensic contests, coaches, questions, decisions, etc. (arranged by States); Appendix III: Table showing the results of debating contests during 1912-'13; Appendix IV: Specimen debate contracts and agreements, etc.; Appendix V: List of general references on debate.

Index to this volume; General index to Volumes I, II, III, and IV. "The present volume seeks only to continue the work begun in Volumes II and III of the series. Its plan is the same; its purpose is the same; and, it is hoped that its reception will be the same. It is true that one or two changes in details have been made, but, we trust, for the better. A new subject has been added to the Appendix, Specimens debate contracts and agreements, etc., and the method of listing debate organizations in Appendix I has been changed to save space and make room for this addition.

"The debates included in this volume are all recent, belonging to the school year 1912-'13, and are on subjects of nation-wide importance. They are uniformly good as the standard of debating goes in American colleges, and, with the exception of the University of Texas speeches, appear in print here for the first time. Many of them are winning speeches, and those which are not have merit enough to commend them to our attention."-Preface.

North Carolina High School Debating Union. Announcement and Regulations of the High School Debating Union of North Carolina for the year 1914-'15. Under the auspices of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies and the Bureau of Extension of the University of North Carolina. 4p.

Question: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt the policy of subsidizing its merchant marine engaged in foreign trade."

North Carolina University. Public discussion and debate. The University