Word: clark
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whose delivery, restrained and finished, yet moved the audience by an immense persuasive "drive. In strong contrast, P. McClanahan of Princeton, though hesitating and ragged in his sentences, used weighty testimony and persuasion, rapidly and humorously. W. M. Shohl of Harvard seemed superior in delivery to T. S. Clark of Princeton, but was equally matched in argument. The rebuttal speeches brought out G. J. Hirsch at his best in a forcible and clear cut speech, which was met by K. M. McEwen for the affirmative with greater weight of argument, a delivery slightly less finished, and equal conviction...
...Clark concluded the argument for the affirmative. My colleagues have shown, he said, that football demands extreme and excessive methods and fosters a spirit that calls for success at any price. We have already shown that it is responsible for physical harm and mental mediocrity. Finally it remains to prove that the immoderate desire to win demands success at the sacrifice of honor and fair play. There is a distinct tendency today towards unfair, and brutal playing, and this unfits football for a place among college sports. Unfair methods are profitable towards victory, and there is every incentive to their...
...Clark was the next speaker for the affirmative. The comparison between the football and the flag is apt, he said. Many have died for both. Our opponents say that we have cited but one instance of foul play in the recent Harvard-Yale game. This is true, only one instance can be sighted, the rest were hidden. The recent resolution of the Rules Committee in Philadelphia has shown that even authorities on the subject admit the existence of brutality. It is worded "to eliminate the chances of rough play, and to lessen brutality." If the negative can support the arguments...
...Princeton team, which will support the affirmative, is composed of K. M. McEwen '06, P. McClanahan '06, and T. S. Clark '08, who will speak in the order named. In the rebuttals, however, McClanahan will speak first, Clark second, and McEwen last. S. K. Jackson '06 is alternate...
Thomas Street Clark '08, Cortland, N. Y., prepared at the Cortland Normal School. In the American Whig Society, has was winner of last year's freshman prize debate, and in the trials for the present debate he won the Spencer Trask debating prize of $50. He was a member of his freshman debating team which debated with the Yale freshman last spring. This is his first debate as a member of a University team