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Speaking for the affirmative side of the question: "Resolved, that CRIMSON competitions and managership competitions at Harvard are an evil", were R. K. Lamb '28 and J. C. Furnas '27, while the negative was upheld by H. C. Bartlett '28 and R. A. Magowan '27. At the conclusion of prepared speeches by the four undergraduates, a spirited discussion took place from the floor, which was concluded by a vote of the audience...
Answering Lamb as the first speaker for the negative, Bartlett declared that the discipline, promoting self-reliance, and the ability to make rapid decisions justified the conduct of CRIMSON competitions...
...supporters of the affirmative will be H. C. Bartlett '28, Managing Editor of the CRIMSON, and R. A. Magowan '27 Senior Editor of the CRIMSON and Manager of the baseball team. Those upholding the negative of the question will be R. K. Lamb '28, an editor of the CRIMSON and a member of the Lampoon Board, and J. C. Furnas '27, Senior Editor of the CRIMSON and a member of the Advocate Board. D. W. Chapman '27 president of the Debating Union, will preside...
...present there are only three speakers but a fourth will be announced later. H. C. Bartlett '28 and R. A. Magowan '27 will take the negative and J. C. Furnas '27 will uphold the affirmative side of the question...
Before his talk Captain Bartlett gave his opinion as to the mysterious disappearance of Marvin one of Peary's Polar associates in the Polar regions. Setting out with only Eskimo companions, Marvin had sought to make his way over the arctic floes. For some reason he disappeared. The explanation given by one of the Eskimos that on crossing between the floating masses of ice, Marvin missed his footing and plunged into the water. Last year the Eskimo repudiated this entire explanation and declared that he was the murderer himself. Although great publicity was given to this episode, the latter story...