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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...subject on which the contestants spoke was the one chosen for the triangular debate: "Resolved, That all elective state officers should be nominated by direct primaries." Each man was allowed twelve minutes for his main speech and five minutes for rebuttal...
...concert of Europe is a historical fact; the federation of the world is so far no more than a poetic fancy. The results of the first Hague Conference in 1899 and that of 1907 are abundant proof of this. Although the conference of 1899 did not succeed in its main object, namely, to reduce the armed forces and the armament of the nations of the world, it did accomplish one great thing, the establishment of a permanent court which makes it improbable in the highest degree that civilized nations will go to war without first using every other possible resource...
...final trials will be held in New Lecture Hall Saturday, March 4, at 3 o'clock and 7 o'clock. At that time each man will be allowed twelve minutes for his main speech and five minutes for rebuttal on the question, "Resolved, That all elective state officers should be nominated by direct primaries." Six men will be retained to compose the two University teams...
...will be placed in the Writing Room; boxes B, C, and D in the Game Room; boxes L, K, and L in the Periodical Room; boxes S, T, U, X, and Y in the Dining Room; and boxes N and O in the main entrance...
...operation the College, in self-defence, can pay only the market price and no more. The Goodies are at a disadvantage inasmuch as they are ignorant of the means of forcing up the market-price by organization, strikes, etc., or are unable to carry them to success. The main leader then is sentimental, as the rebuttal points out, but there is behind the sentimentality the temper that is like to lead to the juster common-sense of the coming generations. Kindred in spirit to these articles are two translations, one of a Spanish sonnet, another of an address by Anatole...