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...Rice retains the position at stroke on the Red crew which he has held during the last ten days. D. H. Bowles is rowing at number seven, replacing J. M. Gates, who is now at number three. W. P. Locke is at number six, and Geoffrey Platt continues in seat five, which he has held since the beginning of the year. S. N. Shurtleff is at number four and J. M. Gates at num- ber three. Cecil Wylde at number two replaces J. P. Hall who is now stroking the four-oared shell. J. B. Olmstead 2nd, retains his position...
...Freshman Triangular Debate this year on the subject, "Resolved that the provisions of the Platt Amendment regarding Cuba should be applied to the Philippine Islands," the team which debated at Princeton on the affirmative side of the question was defeated, while the negative team which met Yale 1927 in Sanders Theatre earned...
Tonight at 8.15, the Freshmen will debate with Yale 1927 on the negative side of the question "Resolved, that the provisions of the Platt Amendment regarding Cuba should now be applied to the Philippine Islands...
...Democrats and Republicans adjourned immediately after this gathering to separate rooms where they took the first steps toward organization. B. E. Lippincott, F. W. Whitney, S. H. Blackmer and D. L. Hellfrich were chosen as a temporary Republican committee while F. D. Ashburn, T. C. Hume, J. S. Platt, and A. A. Ryan were picked to organize the Democratic party. Coolidge, La Follettee, Hoover, Borah and Johnson clubs were formed within the Republican party and the Democrats split into groups who advocated Underwood, Roosevelt, McAdoo or Davis for the nomination...
...subject under debate is one of unusual interest at the present time. The Platt amendment was a rider attached to an appropriation bill passed in 1901, providing for the independence of Cuba with certain safeguards, which were principally limitation on the pledging of their resources for debts, and the right to interfere in case of trouble. The question proposes to apply the same provisions to the treatment of the Philippine question...