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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first trials for the University debating team will be held next Monday evening in Harvard 5 and 6. All undergraduates are eligible to compete and candidates should be prepared to speak for five minutes on either side of this question: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt a system of compulsory military service modelled after that of Switzerland." The second trials will be held on Wednesday. The final trials will come on Saturday, February...
That is why a greater leaven of radicalism in college teaching is desirable. The question whether a certain group of ideas be inculcated or not is of slight importance compared to the need of arousing real intellectual turmoil. A great many staid conservative students wander unsuspectingly into Economics A, and are startled to learn that protectionism is not a doctrine of certified divine origin. It worries them for a time to find that the universe of thought is not entirely plotted into straight, narrow, and exclusive paths; then they weather the crisis and return smugly to the old beliefs...
That the best possible managers should be procured for athletic teams is a proposition which no one will deny. The question then arises, how can the best possible men be procured? And the answer is unquestionably by competition, as long as the positions are desirable enough to bring out a good field. Managerships at the University are attractive enough,--with the friendships they promote, the trips, the business training, and the granting of the "H,"--to justify and make practicable their being awarded by competition...
...wording of the subject for the triangular debate between Yale, Princeton and the University has just been submitted by Yale and reads as follows: Resolved, That the United States should adopt a system of compulsory military service modelled after that of Switzerland. The question was chosen by the University and worded by the Yale debaters. It should be noticed that the subject concerns Switzerland and not Sweden as had wrongly been stated...
...first trials for the University team will be held next Monday night in Harvard 5 and 6. Each man is expected to speak for five minutes on either side of the question. About 18 men will be retained. The second trials will come on Wednesday, February 23, when each of those retained will speak for ten minutes. After these above debates, twelve men will be retained for the final trials on Saturday, February...