Word: method
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...time when the discussion took place last fall concerning the most effective method of training inexperienced debaters, which resulted in the formation of the Sophomore Debating Club, another change was proposed, which, though not carried out, was nevertheless received with some degree of favor. This step was the combination of the Forum and the Union into a single club. This change we would again propose in the hope that it will receive more thorough consideration...
...careful manner in which the final speakers of both sides were chosen. It is safe to say that the system of trials used in each case was most efficacious, and that the members of both clubs feel that the final selections were without doubt the best possible. The method of selection used has justified itself and is a good example to be followed...
...Sophomores have been somewhat handicapped by the illness of one of their speakers which has rendered impossible their plan of selecting the speakers and alternate by the competitive method...
...WILLIAM S. GORDON, instructor in Boxing and Sparring at the "Gym" will give free lessons in the correct method of punching the sparring bag, to a limited number of students. Apply at the "Gym.," or at 35 Boylston street, Cambridge...
There are many faults to be found in the debating situation at Harvard just at present, and not least among these is the method which has been followed in the competitions for the last few intercollegiate debates. Under the present system there is absolutely no way of judging what skill any competitor has in rebuttal, since each man makes but one five minute speech in which there is usually no pretence at replication of any kind. The only attempt that has ever been made in any competion to test the candidates on rebuttal was three years ago, when a scheme...