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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...accordance with the policy of the Debating Union, this debate will be parliamentary rather than formal. By this means, it is believed that more students will feel free to express their views, and thus a representative poll of the undergraduate feeling in regard to the Stadium question will be made. Several graduates also will probably attend and express their views, for the decision on this question affects them more vitally than the undergraduates, especially in regard to the obtaining of tickets...
Every undergraduate and alumnus is asked to express his reason for enlarging the Stadium or keeping it as it is, and is allowed five minutes for the speech. Each man, according to the parliamentary system, upon entering the room chooses his side, the "ayes" placing themselves on the right hand of the chairman, L. T. Grimm '29, who will preside in the speaker's chair. Cheek, representing the affirmative, will open the debate by putting the motion before the house. As mover of the motion, he also has the privilege of speaking last. After he has concluded, representatives of either...
...United States and its Latin neighbors, such as the question of intervention. It was a distinguishing feature that the initiative was given to the Latin nations, steamroller methods were in no way applied, and criticism was indeed invited. There is nothing like having the freedom and the opportunity to express your feelings. Frank discussion is good for the soul, national or individual. The Conference certainly gave these 20 nations, large or small, an opportunity for this. There was disagreement, it is true, but it was much better that it be above board than kept repressed. And our delegation came away...
...first report to summarize many interesting important phases of undergraduate life. Some of these cover such topics as expenses in college, marriage of undergraduates, drinking, and opinions on courses in general. A feature of the questionnaire is the fact that it gives the individual ample opportunity to express his candid views on the more vital functions of the college, such as the system of divisional examinations at present followed, the tutorial system, the Reading Period, and the club system...
...forms of the theatrical and in nine cases out of ten there are violations of the general tone of the issue. It is pleasing to see that those responsible for the current Lampoon have from the very first picture (a realistic one to the Haveler who knows the American Express in Paris) set a tone which is maintained throughout. The clever page ornaments, the drawings of various climes (in which every part of the world is represented), the naturalistic rendering of the jokes, and in fact all the drawings show care and an insistence on finest execution by the artists...