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The American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) is the oldest intercollegiate parliamentary debating association in the United States.APDA sponsors over 50 tournaments a year, all in a parliamentary format, as well as a national championship in late April.
The Apple of Discord is the symbol of Cogers. It is awarded to the speaker who makes the best contribution to the evening's debate. The Society of Cogers (/ ˈ k oʊ dʒ ər z /) is a free speech society, established in 1755 in the City of London.
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Competitive debating stayed a primarily intercollegiate activity until Bruno E. Jacob founded the National Forensic League (NFL)—since renamed as the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA)—in 1925. A professor at Ripon College, Jacob was inspired by a letter he received asking if a debate league for high school students existed.
One month after the founding of the Debating Society, the Philanthropic Society (originally known as the Concord Society) split off due to strict rules and political disagreements. It took a new motto, " Virtus, Libertas, et Scientia ", with the addition of the word Libertas lending some insight into the reasons for splitting.
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It holds debates in both German and English. It was founded in 2004 and is now one of the internationally most successful German debating societies. [1] The DCS is Vice World Champion [2] and provided the Second Best Speaker of the World in English as a foreign language (EFL) [3] at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2010.
The WPDU employs two full-time directors and numerous graduate teaching assistants working with debate therefore making it one of the largest and most experienced debating coaching staffs in the United States. The current WPDU faculty includes the following: [29] Current Director of the William Pitt Debating Union: Calum Matheson 2015–Present