Word: moving
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...long ago, at their final meeting of the year, the members of this year's Sophomore Debating Club discussed with considerable interest and much difference of opinion, the advisability of continuing their organization on the same basis next year. At the time we advised against any such move, saying that English 30 together, with the University Debating Club, would not leave a sufficiently efficient margin of debaters in the Junior class to warrant a class club, and that a Junior Club which was only a moderate success, in not keeping the under class clubs up to a sufficiently high standard...
...interesting question which now arises, which in fact was discussed with considerable interest at the smoker of the Sophomore Club last evening, is the advisability of carrying Sophomore organization on into the Junior year. To us such a move seems of rather doubtful expedience. In the first place an increasing number of 1900 debaters, will, as time goes on, gain admission to the ranks of the University Debating Club. Secondly, English 30 provides about as much debating for forty Juniors as they care to carry. Thus the number of men who could take an active interest in a Junior Club...
...that before any games were played, while last season there were several instances of nines dropping out after their first defeat, and causing a general mixup in the arrangement of games. Under the new system no inconvenience could be caused by any withdrawals, as the nines below would simply move up in the list, but in spite of this it is gratifying to note that the "bumping" system of competition has been sccessful in preserving the organization of nines which have met with an uninterrupted series of defeats...
Within the last few days a decided improvement has been made in the floats of the Weld Boat Club. The spaces between the three bridges have been boarded over and when the railings have been taken away, there will be much more available room in which to move the boats about...
There were a number of speeches made in opposition, although the final vote was 5-1 in favor of the affirmative. The arguments brought up by this side were, that it would be better to shut out the audience entirely and stick to the old exercises than move to a new location, and that the exercises as held last year would be preferable to any that could be held in the Delta. It was further proposed that the new programme be adopted for exercises in the old place...