Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Peavey, Jr., 2L., of Washington, D. C., were selected for the first team; and G. C. Good '09, T. M. Gregory '10, and S. H. Hurwitz 1G., were chosen for the second team. The subject for the debate is "Resolved, That it will be for the best interests of Cuba that the United States, before the end of the next two years, cease to have any part in the government of that island, reserving only those rights included in the Platt Amendment." The University team has chosen to uphold the affirmative. The Coolidge Prize of $100, for the best undergraduate...
...meeting held after the trials it was decided to take the affirmative in the question, "Resolved, That it will be for the best interests of Cuba that the United States, before the end of the next two years, cease to have any part in the government of that island, reserving only those rights included in the Platt Amendment," and a telegram was sent Yale to that effect...
...University team to debate against Yale will be held in Upper Dane tonight at 7.30 o'clock. Each of the twelve men retained at the first trials will deliver a ten-minute speech on either side of the question "Resolved, That it will be for the best interests of Cuba that the United States, before the end of the next two years, cease to have any part in the government of that island, reserving only those rights included in the Platt Amendment." On the basis of these speeches six men will be retained for the final trials on Friday...
...enlisted in the forming regiments for the front. Some went as commissioned officers, some as privates; some were in the infantry, others in the cavalry, others wore sewed to the sleeve of their shirts the red cross of the hospital corps; everywhere throughout the vast extent of armies, in Cuba, in Porto Rico, or left behind to sweat and toil in weariness, men we had known and men we had heard of, men placed in command of companies, or in the third relief of the guard, were doing what ought to be done...
...University debating team to debate against Yale on May 1 will be chosen after a series of three trials, which will be open to students in all departments of the University. The subject for debate is: "Resolved, That it will be for the best interests of Cuba that the United States, before the end of the next two years, cease to have any part in the government of that island, reserving only those rights included in the Platt Amendment." At the first trial, on next Thursday evening, each speaker will be allowed five minutes to argue either the affirmative...