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Several prominent scientific societies will hold meetings in New Haven during the Christmas recess. The largest of these meetings will be that of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which includes the affiliated societies known as the American Morphological Society, the Association of American. Anatomists, the American Physiological Society, the American Psychological Society, the American Folk Lore Society, the Society of American Naturalists, the Society of Plant Morphology, and the Association of Anthropology. Dr. Sargent will read a paper on "The Relation of the Cephalic Index of Harvard students to Weight, Height, and Strength...
...following fall he entered Harvard, and was on the '99 Freshman debating team which defeated Yale. Morse spent the winter of '96-'97 in Philadelphia doing newspaper work. In the fall of '97 he re-entered Harvard and made the University debating team which lost to Yale at New Haven in December. He was on the team which defeated Princeton last April, and was awarded the Coolidge Debating Prize for his work in the trials for that debate...
...Last year he represented Princeton in the Yale-Princeton debate. For four years he has represented his hall in the interhall debates, held preliminary to the intercollegiate debates. In his junior year he was a member of the team which represented Princeton in the debate with Yale at New Haven and a substitute for the Harvard debate last spring. In the preliminary trials for the debate tonight, he was awarded the Spencer Trask prize of $50. He was recently elected to deliver the ivy oration on the occasion of the commencement exercises of his class. For two years...
...third annual convention of physical directors of the principal universities and colleges of the United States will be held at New Haven, Dec. 29 and 30. Representatives will be present at the meeting from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Wesleyan, Williams, Amherst, Brown, Ohio State University, New York University and many others. Dr. Sargent will read a paper on "The Place of Physical Training in the College Curriculum...
...definite system for judging the intercollegiate debates and consequently the judges have often based their decisions on widely varying standards. With a view toward eliminating this unsatisfactory element, the Intercollegiate Debating Association, composed of the presidents of the debating clubs of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, met in New Haven on October 20 and adopted the following instructions for judges...