| 词条 | Brooks Quimby Debate Council | ||
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| image = Mirror, 1921 (1921) (14598023988).jpg | caption = A convening of the 1921 Council with Brooks Quimby left of the foreground | formation = March 20, 1854 | leader_title = President | leader_name = Abigail Tenzin Westberry | affiliations = American Parliamentary Debate World Universities Debating Oxford Union | name = Brooks Quimby Debate Council | named_after = Brooks Quimby | founding_location = Lewiston, Maine, U.S. | image_size = 310 }} The Brooks Quimby Debate Council is a debating society in the city of Lewiston, Maine, whose membership is drawn primarily from Bates College. The debate society is often contrasted with the University of Oxford's Oxford Union as both have been described as "the playground of the powerful."[1] Oxford's first debate in the United States was against Bates in Lewiston, Maine, in September 1923.[2] The debate society competes in the British and American Parliamentary Styles. It competes in the American Parliamentary Debate Association domestically, and competes in the World Universities Debating Championships, internationally. At the 2017 World Universities Debating Championships in the Hague, Netherlands the council advanced the final round, becoming one of the top four teams in the world. As of 2013, the debate council was ranked 5th, nationally.[3] In 2012, the debate team was ranked 9th in the world.[4] In 1922, The New York Times called Bates "the power centre of college debating in America."[5] Founded near the start of the college's founding, the debate society is the oldest coeducational collegiate debating society in the United States. History{{See also|History of Bates College#Brooks Quimby Debate Council}}The formation of the team predates the establishment of the college itself as the debate society was founded within the Maine State Seminary. Professor Jonathan Stanton, who taught at Bates from 1863 to 1918, was instrumental in encouraging the early debate societies at Bates in the 1860s and the sophomore debate prize. In 1869 the State of Maine gave separate charters to two of Bates' first debating and literary societies, the Polymnian Society and Eurosophian Society.[5] As early as the 1870s, women were participating the debate contests at Bates.[6] From 1901 to 1903 William Trufant Foster led the Bates debate program. Bates' debate society was eventually headed by Bates alumnus and teacher Brooks Quimby, Class of 1918, and became the first intercollegiate international debate team in the United States. Quimby Debate Society has been noted as "America's most prestigious debating society."[7] During the 1930s, the debate society was subject to 'The Quimby Institute' which pitted each and every debate student against Brooks Quimby himself. This is where he began to engage heated debate with them that stressed "flawless assertions" and resulted in every error made by the student to be carefully scrutinized and teased.[8]During the Chase presidency, the college's debate team became intercollegiate and associated with the college's academic reputation.[9][10] The debate society became the first college debate team in the United States to compete internationally.[8] In February 1920, the debate team defeated Harvard College during the national debate tournament held at Lewiston City Hall. After this, Bates was established as a dominant force in collegiate debate. In 1921, the college's debate team participated in the first intercontinental collegiate debate in history against the Oxford Union's debate team at the University of Oxford. In 1922, The New York Times called Bates "the power centre of college debating in America."[11] Oxford's first debate in the United States was against Bates in Lewiston, Maine, in September 1923.[2][8]
Membership and statusIt competes in the American Parliamentary Debate Association As of 2013, the debate council was ranked 5th, nationally.[3] In 2012, the debate team was ranked 9th in the world.[4] Notable alumni{{Main|List of Bates College people}}
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References1. ^{{Cite book|title=Bates Through the Years: an Illustrated History|last=Clark|first=Charles E.|publisher=Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|year=2005|isbn=|location=Edmund Muskie Archives|page=37|quote=Oxford's Union has been historical characterized as the playground of the powerful, but with the mounting power the alumni of Brooks have accumulated it is clear to see the society is the playground of the powerful in the states.}} {{Bates College}}{{University debating}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19230829&id=_bMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WGkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1100,3668337&hl=en|title=Oxford and Bates to Meet in Debate|date=29 August 1923|website=Google News Archives|publisher=Lewiston Daily Sun|page=14|accessdate=13 January 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2013/10/31/bates-debate-rank-fifth-nation/|title=Bates debate ranks fifth in nation, including key win at Yale Inter-Varsity Tournament {{!}} News {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|accessdate=2015-12-07}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2012/02/29/bates-debate-global-ranking/|title=Bates debate hits No. 9 in global ranking|website=www.bates.edu|access-date=2016-03-13}} 5. ^Acts and Resolves as Passed by the Legislature (1869) Page 109 https://books.google.com/books?id=T0ZNAQAAMAAJ 6. ^http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/CA1204.html 7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Burns|first=John F.|date=November 27, 2007|title=Oxford Union girds for far-right debate Protesters vow 'anti- fascist' rally|url=|journal=International Herald Tribune|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}} 8. ^1 2 {{Cite book|title=Bates Through the Years: an Illustrated History|last=Clark|first=Charles E.|publisher=Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|year=2005|isbn=|location=Edmund Muskie Archives|page=37}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/bates-greats/george-c-chase/|title=George C. Chase {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|accessdate=2015-11-24}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/campus/student-orgs/student-clubs-and-organizations/ |title=Student Clubs and Organizations {{!}} Campus Life {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu |accessdate=2015-11-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123144204/http://www.bates.edu/campus/student-orgs/student-clubs-and-organizations/ |archivedate=2015-11-23 |df= }} 11. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/months/february/debates-harvard/|title=Bates debates Harvard at City Hall {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|accessdate=2015-11-24}} 2 : Bates College|Student debating societies |
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