Word: methods
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...plan announced by the Debating Council last night for conducting the work in debating during the coming year hits at the fundamental faults in the method in force during the past few years and should do much toward making debating more popular with upperclassmen. The experience of the past two years with the debating clubs proves conclusively that upperclassmen cannot or will not take the time to prepare formal debates at regular intervals and that they are not, as a rule, interested in listening to the dry statistical discussion that such debates generally call forth at club meetings. They prefer...
...debate, on a placard printed in colors other than red and black, would be an offence against order. It is doubtless unwise that there should be any person in the audience of a College entertainment who is not a friend of one of the performers. The prescribed method of advertising of course limits the audience to such persons, and is presumably salutary...
Dormitory rowing, which was inaugurated two years ago and at once sprang into general favor, has proved one of the most enjoyable of the autumn diversions. It has other possibilities, however, than serving as a pleasant method of taking exercise. Everyone realizes that the material for future University and class crews must be provided for, and that some form of scrub crews is a great help in supplying this demand...
...from the receipts at the University debate in Cambridge, to which admission was charged. This year, however, the debate with Yale in Sanders Theatre was thrown open to the public, and the money to carry on debating was raised by dollar subscriptions from members of the University. By this method, a little over $500 was collected, which was sufficient to place debating on a satisfactory financial basis for the year. The abolition of an admission charge at the debate resulted in an increased attendance, and over 1800 people--the largest audience that has attended a debate in Cambridge--filled Sanders...
...meeting of all wearers of the University football "H" and of the captains and managers of the four major sports in the Trophy Room of the Union this evening at 7 o'clock, to elect a second assistant football manager. This is the first time that this new method of electing managers has been used. The election is subject to the veto of the football captain, but may be passed over his veto by a three-quarters vote of those present...