Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Dear Sirs-We wish to challenge the Connecticut Club to a joint debate on some subject of mutual interest. The undersigned have been appointed by the Pennsylvania Club with full power to arrange such a debate, and would be pleased to consult with a similar committee from the Connecticut Club at an early date...
...authoritively where the game will be played. There is yet a chance that Yale will agree to paly a championship game in Cambridge or New Haven if she succeeds in defeating Princeton today. Harvard wants the game to be played somewhere, and is willing to do everything in her power to bring about some arrangement satisfactory to Yale. The disputed question as to where the foot-ball game will take place and whether it will count as a championship game or not will probably be decided definitely to night after the Yale-Prindeton game...
...negative by W. D. Clark, '89. He said in brief: The present institution has stood the test of time, and is still sustained by the reason which led to its formation. It does a great deal to obviate the danger of ties and of contested elections. The power of small states depends entirely upon the continuance of the present system, for under the system now being discussed, New York city would have more power than the four smallest states in the Union. Also under a change of system there would be a much greater chance for bribery corruption and intimidation...
...debate for the affirmative was continued by J. P. Nields, '89. He said he intended to point out existing evils and show how they could be remedied. He also dwelt at length upon the evil of giving the state legislatures so much power as well as upon minority elections. He said that the proposed system gave every voter a sense of his responsibility, and destroyed the chance of a dark horse...
...Rich L. S. continued for the nagative. He said the tendency was towards there being two parties of about equal power, and a small third party holding the balance of power. At the eve of an election this third party would have an enormous importance and would cause far increased bribery and corruption...