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...deceased statesman held no fewer than ten political posts during his lifetime. He was on four occasions Premier?1879, 1882, 1886, 1890; Minister of War, 1870, 1885, 1888, 1898; Minister of Public Works 1877. In 1887 he stood for the presidency, but was defeated by Sadi Carnot. In 1882 he was elected to the Academic des Sciences and in 1890 he was elected to the Academic Franchise in the room of Emile Augier. In 1915 he was appointed Minister without portfolio in the Briand administration. He wrote many books, the best of which were on such subjects as railway economics...
...question, which was the subject of the Carnot Medal debate, held between Leland Stanford and the University of California in 1902, is: "Resolved, That the president of the French Republic should be elected by popular vote...
...Debating League of California, and a member of the team which won the first series of debates of the League. At the University of California, where he graduated in 1903 with the highest honors in his class, he was a member of the intercollegiate debating team and of the Carnot debating team, both of which debated against Leland Sanford, Jr., University. He also won the Bonnheim ethical dissertation prize and first prize in the University of California literary competition. He was an editor of the Occident, and manager of the University of California orchestra. He is a member...
Fletcher Bernard Wagner 1L., attended the Indianapolis High School, where he was president of the High School "Senate" and represented the school in the state oratorical contest. He graduated from Stanford University. California, where he was a member of two debating teams against the University of California, winning the Carnot medal presented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for debate. He was an editor of the Daily Palo Alto, the Sequoia and the Chaparral. He is a member of the Witenagemot Law Club...
...meeting of the Conference Francaise was held last evening, at which Mr. C. C. Batchelder, '89, read a very interesting paper on "The Carnot Family." Following the paper was an informal discussion of the play to be given next spring. It was decided to give two short plays if possible, of which "Les Deux Sourds" will probably...