When the Speech Association of America picks the annual topic for intercollegiate debates, it likes the subject to be as lively as possible. But this year's topic "Resolved, That the United States should extend diplomatic recognition to the Communist government of China"has proved to be livelier than usual. Last week that debate was leading to another: How controversial should a debate be?
In Nebraska, four state teachers colleges banned the topic outright. Students, said President Herbert Gushing of the Kearney, Neb. College, should not be allowed to "spend half their time arguing the Communist side." The commanding officers of Annapolis and West...
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