Word: firstly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...arguments, but the Princeton men were equally strong in the arguments themselves. The Harvard men were uniformly superior in delivery, language and all the points of form, and their arguments fitted well together and developed more smoothly than those of the Princeton speakers. Bruce began rebuttal work in his first speech, the second on the Harvard side, whereas the first two Princeton speeches were entirely set and made no attempt to meet the affirmative's arguments. The Harvard stand was that the conditions justified interference, that England had the right to interfere and that her methods of interference were justifiable...
...Mayer '00 was the first speaker for Harvard. He said in part...
England in this controversy claims first that the condition of affairs in South Africa is intolerable and demands a remedy. Second, as a nation she has a right to secure the remedy. Third, the best remedy is a reasonable franchise grant to the Uitlanders. Regarding the first of these, that the condition of affairs in the Transvaal demanded a remedy, he cited cases to prove that there was no representation in equality before the law, grievous economic burdens and insecurity of life and property. He then went on to show that grievances in South Africa are wide spread and deep...
...Passaic, N. J. He prepared for college at Blair Hall, Blairstown, N. J., graduating from there in 1896 and entering Princeton in the fall of that year. While at Blair Hall he won a prize in oratory and was prominent in debates. In his freshman year he won first prize in the freshman and special, debates in Clio Hall, and represented his class in the class of 1876 prize debate. He won first prize in the sophomore oratorical contest and general prize debate in Clio Hall. Last year he represented Princeton in the Yale-Princeton debate. For four years...
Joseph Hall Hill, 1900, Edgewood Park, Pa., lives in Pittsburg and prepared at the Shadyside Academy of that city. He entered Princeton in 1896. In his junior year he won his class debate in Whig Hall and in 1898 and again this year he captured second prize in the first competitive debates. He represented his class last year in the 1876 prize debate on Washington's Birthday and was one of the debaters from Whig Hall in the interhall debate and entered the junior oratorical contest last year