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...almost unnecessary to dwell on the importance of intercollegiate debating. It is about the only form of intellectual competition in which members of different universities meet. To excel in this form of intellectual competition has always been Harvard's aim and accomplishment, and so the double defeat last year when the new plan to make debating more of an undergraduate activity was first put into effect was exceedingly disappointing. Good debating teams can be produced only after severe competition to determine the best material and prolonged drilling to train that material. Therefore, if Harvard is to be successful this year...
...needed in all countries, and the real advancement of all nations depends not upon war but the expenditure of men and money in the cause of internal improvements. The solution of international disputes, moreover, lies not in war, but in arbitration, and in this arbitration the American people excel. It is essential in arbitration, however, that the decisions of arbitration boards be accepted once and for all by the nations interested. In this way, and in this way only, may we hope to find the solution of international disputes...
...long as the distinctions achieved in College are not worthy of perpetuation, or are not deemed to be so by the University itself, it is idle to expect the students or the public to value them highly, or to hope that undergraduates will have any great ambition to excel in their College work. If we are to succeed in making scholarship in College an object of ambition, we must lay stress not exclusively upon the degree, but also upon the grade with which that degree is taken, and upon literary and other prizes that are won. In short, we must...
...chief evil of laying exclusive stress upon the degree, and of counting by courses, is that it fixes attention upon the pass mark. In order to correct this impression, and create a stronger desire for excellence, the institution of distinct honor and pass degrees, akin to the practice of the English universities, has often been suggested. Whether it would be wise to have different curricula for honors and for a pass, as in England, is by no means clear. The vital point is the importance which those universities have attached, and persuaded the public to attach, to the winning...
...With two vacancies to fill, and possibly only one, the make-up of the University team should be settled early in the spring, and by the time of the first championship game Harvard ought to be able to send on the field an exceedingly good team, able to excel in all departments of the game. Yale is apparently handicapped by a lack of material, but a long schedule with several professional games and coaching by a professional player should make up for that deficiency...