Word: questioners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard debating team will clash with Marquette University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin tonight at 8.15 o'clock in the Phillips Brooks House Auditorium. The question to be discussed is: "Resolved, That the present political organization of nations is detrimental to human happiness." Harvard will uphold the affirmative side...
...mile and two mile races. The Big Red runners will supplant the Green in vying with Harvard in these two races. Goacli Moakley has entered Benson, his crack long distance man, in these events, but whether he will allow him to run in both Saturday night is a question of doubt. Captain J. L. Reid '29 is counted on to repeat his double victory of last year, but it is than likely that Benson, the indoor intercollegiate two-mile champion, may nose him out in the longer race, especially if he withdraws from the mile. If he runs in both...
...debate to be caged this afternoon at the Liberal Club on the question of whether power resources should be publicly owned, offers an exceptional opportunity to politically inclined students to familiarize themselves with the pro and con arguments of an increasingly discussed national problem. The speakers at this afternoon's debate are preeminently qualified to present their respective views of the case. Norman Thomas, who upholds the affirmative arguments, has for several years been an active campaigned for the cause of public ownership of natural resources in New York State. His opponent, Professor Philip Cabot served for eight years...
Objections to the Lampoon's satire are mainly that it is in poor taste, Quite possibly. But what is at issue here is something more vital than any question of taste; more vital than the respect unquestionably due Mr. Harkness for his munificent gift; more vital even than the "House Plan" of instruction. What is at issue here is the right of undergraduates to think for themselves, and to criticize the educational experiments of which they themselves are to be the subject matter. Their strictures may be ridiculously conservative. Undergraduate opinion usually is. But independent thinking must begin somewhere...
...presidency of Michigan University, some action which will raise the entrance requirements of state universities is highly probable in the future. In any case it seems hardly fair to criticise the business man for taking a college degree as representing a standard of intelligence above the average. The question is more one which demands action from our educator more than from the general public...