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==History of the NDT== |
==History of the NDT== |
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The National Debate Tournament (NDT) began in 1947 at the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York|West Point]].<ref>{{cite web |
The National Debate Tournament (NDT) began in 1947 at the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York|West Point]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The West Point National Tournament|url=http://groups.wfu.edu/NDT/Articles/ndtart2.html|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> Twenty-nine schools competed at the first NDT debating: "Resolved: That labor should be given a direct share in the management of industry". It remained at West Point through 1966, at which time the Tournament Director met with the district chairs and advised them that at the tournament banquet of the Military Academy's decision to discontinue hosting the NDT in the ensuing years in part because of the increased demands on space and money that the United States' growing involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] was placing on the Academy. <ref>{{cite web|last=Ziegelmueller|first=George|title=Selected Personal History of the NDT|url=http://groups.wfu.edu/NDT/Articles/ziegelmueller.html|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> |
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Since then the tournament has moved to different member schools each year and only three schools have hosted it twice.<ref>{{cite web |
Since then the tournament has moved to different member schools each year and only three schools have hosted it twice.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Introduction to the National Debate Tournament|url=http://groups.wfu.edu/NDT/Articles/ndtintro.html|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> |
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Selection of the 78 teams participating at the NDT involves a three stage process.<ref>{{cite web |
Selection of the 78 teams participating at the NDT involves a three stage process.<ref>{{cite web|last=Parson|first=Donn|title=W(h)ither the NDT?|url=http://groups.wfu.edu/NDT/Articles/dwparson.html|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> |
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== Winners == |
== Winners == |