Word: canal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...held in Sever 11 this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The twelve men retained from the last trials have been divided into four teams, two of which will argue the affirmative, and two the negative side of the question: "Resolved, That the United States should fortify the Panama Canal (legal right being conceded)." Nine men will be retained from which to select the two teams...
...teams to debate against Yale and Princeton on May 5, will be held in Sever 11 this evening at 7 o'clock. Each man will be allowed ten minutes to speak on either side of the question: "Resolved, That the United States should fortify the Panama Canal (legal right being conceded)." Twelve men will be retained for the last trial to be held on April 6. The men will speak in the following order: I. Witkins, S. P. Weissbuch, H. C. Place, F. F. Greenman, I. Levin, W. E. Shea, M. S. Mattuck, N. H. Brodsky, P. W. Thayer...
...team to debate against Yale and Princeton on May 5, will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in Harvard 5 and 6. Each man will be allowed five minutes to speak on either side of the following question: "Resolved, That the United States should fortify the Panama Canal (legal right being conceded)." All men who have not handed their names to S. M. Seymour, and who wish to take part in the trials may do so by reporting at Harvard 5 or 6 promptly at 7 o'clock. About twenty men will be retained for the second trial...
...difficulties that the United States faced when it took up the problem of building the canal were many and great. The French had made a failure of the undertaking, and De Lesseps, the French engineer who so successfully superintended the building of the Suez Canal, had been obliged to give up in despair. The location of the canal once decided upon, engineers were a long time determining the kind of a canal to be built. The lock type was finally adopted for many reasons, one of the most important of which was the presence of the Charges river, which with...
...present rate of construction it is hoped that the canal will be completed by November, 1912, and the total cost will be in the neighborhood...