Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Eleven candidates tried out last night most of them taking the affirmative side of the question, which ran as follows: "Resolved, that the French government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturer sand tradesmen during the war." The three judges who decided upon the speakers were R. L. Hawkins, L. J. A. Mercier, and E. L. Raiche, all of the French Department of the University. Candidates were allowed to make a five-minute speech on either side of the question at these first trials...
...will be a formal affair, held in the Music Building, and presided over by Professor C. Cestre, University Exchange Professor from the Faculte des Letters at Bordeaux. At that time the six men selected last evening will each be given 12 minutes to speak on either side of the question. The judges, who will probably be taken from the French and Economics Departments of the University, will be announced later...
...second of the interclass debates will be held in Sever 11 tonight at 7 o'clock between the Seniors and the Sophomores. The question, "Resolved, that in the light of recent events, the Monroe Doctrine has been rendered obsolete and should be abolished," will be debated with 1920 team supporting the affirmative. The winning team will meet the Juniors who nave already defeated the Freshmen in the final debate of the series next Monday...
Candidates for the prize, which is offered under the joint auspices of the French Department of the University and the Debating Council, will make a five-minute speech on either side of the question. Six men will be chosen from those competing to take part in the final contest on November...
...question of leadership this year is highly important in University affairs. To keep our college life on a normal, peace-time basis we must have hard-working, conscientious officers. Theirs is no easy task; they have as much work to carry on as their predecessor, yet with only half the old number of assistants. So we must get out of our heads the idea that these elections are merely a formality. Good officers and a respected class go hand in hand...