Word: grasped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Morse '00, and E. Mayer '00 were selected to represent Harvard. M. Seasongood '00 was chosen as the alternate. The Coolidge debating prize was awarded to H. A. Yeomans '00. The debate was characterized especially by its forcefulness and occasional eloquence. There was lacking, however, a sufficient analysis and grasp of the vital issues. The judges were Professor Baker, Mr. I. L. Winter, F. W. Dallinger '93, and R. C. Ringwalt 2L. S. B. Rosenthal 2L., presided...
...mysterious cotton bale are left in doubt. Uncle Willis, too, lacks convincingness. IT seems as if the author had bad no definite character in mind in writing his story, but had rather thought out his plot and set it down in negro dialect while having no firm grasp of the character of his story teller...