Word: mays
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Intercollegiate Debating Association is agreed upon the general principle that the award should not be made on the merits of the question but upon the merits of the debate; that is to say, consideration as to what may seem to a Judge the intrinsic merit of either side of the question should not enter into or determine the award; but the award ought to be made to that college team which evinces in general greater argumentative ability and better form as speakers...
Lastly, the Association ventures to suggest to the Judges that upon with-drawing after the debate to make their decision, they cast a written ballot (before consultation) in order thereby to obtain a working basis from which the final decision may be reached. Should there be doubt in the mind of any Judge as to the purport and intent of these instructions, the Association suggests that the Judges meet just before the debate with a representative of each college, and that in this conference an attempt be made to resolve any difficulty connected with the interpretation of these instructions. Respectfully...
...Thurston's, Herrick's, and Hotel Touraine. The price of tickets will be fifty cents. Throughout today a special section of seats will be reserved at Thurston's for members of each class debating society. After 6 p. m. on Friday, the remaining tickets may be obtained only at the door...
...Tucker may be found at Wadsworth House 1 daily from 9 till...
Harvard-Princeton Debate. Sanders Theatre, 8 p. m. Subject: "Resolved, That England's claims in her controversy with the Transvaal are justifiable." The Harvard team will support the affirmative. Admission by ticket only. Reserved seat tickets, fifty cents each, may be obtained, beginning Monday, December 11, at 9 a. m., in Cambridge at Thurston's, Harvard square, and in Boston at Herrick's Ticket Agency, Copley Square, and at Hotel Tonraine...