Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...encouraging activity in debating is shown in the coming competitive debate between the Forum and the Columbia Debating Union, but there is danger that the affair be mistaken for an intercollegiate contest between Harvard and Columbia. The Columbia Union, which is the only debating organization of importance at that university, will practically represent its entire debating strength; and it will be strange if the speakers for the Forum are not mentioned to a greater or less extent as representatives of Harvard. If the Forum wins, all will be well; but if it should lose, the debating interests of the University...
...absence of any gift for the establishment of prizes in debate, the Boylston Prizes, which are now prizes for declamation, might well be changed to prizes for the successful competitors in an annual contest in debate...
...change in sentiment does not seem hard to explain. Declamation, except perhaps by a professional who has spent many years in training, is unreal and uninteresting. Declamations worth listening to can hardly be expected from a student who has few opportunities for training and whose effort at the contest is the result of two or three weeks of work. The average Boylston Prize declamation is little more than an exhibition of memory. Debating has the advantage of being within the powers of the average student; and even poor debating is valuable, as poor declamation is not, because...
...intercollegiate fencing contest to be held in New York will take place earlier this year than usual, probably in March, as that is the only month in which Annapolis can send a team. Besides Harvard, Columbia and Annapolis, last year's competitors, teams will probably be entered from Yale, Cornell and West Point...
...intercollegiate fencing contest will take place earlier this year than usual, probably in March, as that is the only month in which Annapolis can send up a team to New York. A larger number of entries is expected this year, which will make the tournament especially interesting. Besides Harvard, Co umbia and Annapolis, last year's competitors, teams will probably be entered from Yale, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania and West Point...