Word: facts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fairness of this scheme is shown by the fact that, as each college must defend both sides of the question, there will be no reason for comment on the ground that one had to support the more difficult side of the proposition. It is, in addition, more expedient as it obviates the necessity of preparing for two separate debates in the same half-year. Furthermore, the invidious second team will be eliminated, thus enabling the six best debaters in each university to participate in the argument, whereas before only three men took part, the second team gaining little or nothing...
...Freshman debating club contains more unexplored possibilities than most people give it credit for. The fact that a man does not have to be a debater at all to join the club puts it at once on a broader basis than most first-year organizations, and in that way it becomes a desirable institution for widening a Freshman's acquaintance. The Freshman club is essentially a beginner's organization and a large part of its most valuable work lies outside the field of formal debating. Rather than ponder subjects of international policy or political significance, the club would do well...
...without success. In the future, balloons will be used for reconnoitering in times of war, and for this purpose the French have built the "Republique" and the Germans are helping Count Zeppelin construct another dirigible balloon. The great advance that has been made in this line is in the fact that these balloons are driven by motor power...
...anything like their proper degree. A fund in the neighborhood of $4000 is given over each year to these prizes, and they carry with team academic distinction of high rank as well as the financial stipend. Men of medium rank, as well as of high rank, and in fact all students who are ambitious in their various lines, would do well to investigate the list. There may be something there to appeal to them...
Attention is called to the fact that all voters in the University who are self-supporting or financially independent are entitled to vote in Cambridge and also to the fact that today is the last day for registering, the registration office closing at 10 P. M. All men qualified to vote will kindly call at the Republican head-quarters, 3 Boylston street, as early as possible this morning...