Word: joint
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...preliminary trial debate to select speakers for the joint debate with the Yale freshmen on May 15, will be held this evening at 7.30 p. m. in Harvard 1. The question will be, "Resolved, That there should be a large and immediate increase in the navy of the United States." The debate is open to all freshmen. Each speaker will be allowed five minutes, and may speak on either side of the question. It is requested that the speakers hand their names in writing to the presiding officer before beginning to speak...
...their mettle, and they did not lose a single opportunity to improve their position and undermine that of their opponents. The closing speeches of the men who had the negative of the question were masterpieces, and probably nothing finer has been heard in Sanders Theatre since the first joint debate years...
...Cornell Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Association has written to the Harvard musical clubs, suggesting that a joint concert be given on the night of the boat race, June 26. As yet there has been no decision made by the Harvard clubs...
...final competitive debate to choose the Yale speakers for the coming Yale-Harvard debate will be held about Easter and will be open to all members of the university. The announcement that the Harvard Freshman Debating Club is prohibited in the future from holding joint debates with like organizations in other colleges is generally regretted here as terminating one of the existing opportunities for friendly intellectual rivalry between the two universities...
...expected that the subject for the joint debate will be selected before the next weekly debate...