Word: chosing
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Jean Jules Jusserand, "Professional Republican diplomat from youth, eminent man of letters, who chose his subjects from English social and literary history, Ambassador of France at Washington, to whom and through whom the American people would gladly express their obligation to the genius of the French people, under monarchy, empire and republic alike...
...debate with Yale--the first University debate of the year--was held in Sanders Theatre on December 7, 1906. The subject, which was submitted by Harvard, was "Resolved, That further restriction of immigration is undesirable." Yale chose to argue the affirmative and was represented by J. W. Murphy '08, J. C. Slade 3L., and E. H. Hart '07. The University team, which supported the negative, was made up of H. Hurwitz '08, A. H. Elder '07, and G. J. Hirsch '07. The Coolidge Prize of $100 for the best work in the trials was awarded to H. Hurwitz...
...held in Alexander Hall, Princeton, on March 22, 1907, on the subject, "Resolved, That the present distribution of power between the federal and the state governments is not adapted to modern conditions and calls for readjustment in the direction of further centralization." Princeton submitted the question and Harvard chose to support the negative. The Princeton team, which argued the affirmative, consisted of R. T. Sterrett '07, M. H. Fry '09, and R. S. Sidebotham '07. The University was represented by E. R. Lewis '08, B. M. Nussbaum '08, and I. L. Sharfman '07, of whom E. R. Lewis...
...every class and College victory from now until Class Day is to be celebrated by the same kind of boisterous and untimely disturbance which the Freshmen chose on last Friday night after winning the interclass crew races, Cambridge will be a poor place to sleep and study for the final examinations. We do not wish to insinuate that the members of the Freshman Class are the only ones guilty of these midnight gatherings on street-corners, where the sole qualification for leadership is a loud voice and an untiring purpose to wake every student within a radius of several blocks...
...Yale freshmen yesterday chose to argue the negative of the question for the Harvard-Yale freshman debate on April 26: "Resolved, That, if constitutional, United States shipping engaged in South American trade should be subsidized...