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...question was, Resolved, That the District System of electing a President, as proposed by Senator Morton, should be adopted. The secret ballot on the merits of the question resulted in 15 votes for the affirmative, and 7 for the negative. The following men spoke as principal disputants, aff., E. W. Frost, L. S., and E. I. Smith, '85, neg., A. G. Webster, '85, and O. F. Hibbard, L. S. On the vote on the merits of argument of principal disputants, the affirmative received 33 votes, the negative 1. When the debate was thrown open to the house, the following gentlemen...
...mistake." The secret ballot on the merits of the question resulted in 13 votes for the affirmative, and 43 for the negative. J. M. Merriam, '86, opened for the affirmative, and B. G. Davis, '85, for the negative. These gentlemen were followed by L. M. Garrison, '88, aff., and P. L. Sternbergh, '87, neg. The vote on the merits of the arguments of principal dispatants stood, aff...
...house, the following gentlemen spoke from the floor, Messrs. Jennings, Sp., Webster '85, Carrier, '85, Hallowell, '88, McAfee, '87, Fraser, '86, Cole, '85, Hansen, '85, Rich, '87, Griffin, '88, Smith, '85, Knapp, '87, McKelvey, S. S. and Arnold, '84. The vote on the argument as a whole resulted aff., S, neg., 23. The question chosen for the next debate was, "Resolved, That the district method of electing President proposed by Senator Morton should be adopted." The next meeting will be held...
Despite the fact that the subject for debate at the Union last night was not of especial interest to the student generally, a fair sized audience was in attendance. The question was, "Should the Government own and operate the telegraph?" The vote on the merits of the question stood, aff., 24; neg., 19. The principal disputants were, affirmative, L. Litchfield, '85, and W. B. Noble, '85; negative, J. W. Richardson, '86, and E. J. Rich, '87. On the vote on strength of argument of disputants, the affirmative received 20, and the negative 28. When the debate was thrown open...
There will be a meeting of the Harvard Union to night in Sever 11 at 7.30. The question for debate is "Resolved: That the elective system of Harvard meets the requirements of a higher education better than any other system. Debaters: Aff., A. Z. Bowen '85 and E. S. McFee, '88. Neg., C. T. Carrier, '85 and H. E, Fraser...