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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...question for the Yale debate was submitted by Harvard and read as follows: "Resolved, That a commission be given power to fix railroad rates." Yale chose to defend the negative. The Harvard team was composed of A. C. Blagden '06, M. Kabatchnick '06 and A. M. Newald '06. In the final trials for the team, on April 5, a second team, composed of A. W. Blackwood '05, G. Clark 2L. and G. W. Putnam 2G. was selected to have practice debates with the first team. M. Kabatchnick '06 was awarded the Coolidge prize of $100 for the best work done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YEAR'S WORK IN DEBATING | 6/23/1905 | See Source »

...human life, one kind treats of life as at rest, the other kind treats of life as at rest, the other kind treats, of life as in motion said Dr. Peabody. One is the answer to the prayer for peace, the other is the answer to the prayer for power. One is the religion of repose, the other is the religion of action. One is the religion of age, the other of youth. According to one the great word of the New Testament is the saying "I am the truth"; according to the other the most persuasive message of Jesus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON | 6/19/1905 | See Source »

Both of these ways of religion are real, but today we turn to the latter, the one of progress and power in answer to the wholesome natural desire of many an eager, restless, hesitating, youthful life. The story of the higher education is the passage from the compulsion of the schoolroom to the liberty of the University. The story of life is similar. You do the shut-in task and it opens into the larger opportunity, you face the limited duty and the larger duty discloses itself just beyond. But what is the way of life that opens thus from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON | 6/19/1905 | See Source »

...with the University crew, Coach Wray has been hampered throughout the season by not knowing the men. The crew was picked, however, several days before the Beacon Cup races on May 19, and by the Henley Regatta on May 27, it had developed a powerful drive. After their return from Philadelphia the men fell off in their work, but during the last few days they have regained their power and form. Morgan is a valuable man at stroke, and is responsible for the crew's dash. He is ably backed at seven by Amberg, who follows him well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Crew Goes to New London | 6/13/1905 | See Source »

...contents of the Engineering Journal, which appeared on Monday are as follows: "Puyallup River Water Power Development and High Tension Transmission to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington," by J. F. Vaughan '95; "The American Diesel Engine," by E. D. Meier; "Some Architectual Elements," by W. D. Swan; "Train Resistance in Relation to the Track," by Dr. P. H. Dudley; editorials, and architectual notes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: June Engineering Monthly | 6/7/1905 | See Source »

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