Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first trials to select the team to debate against Yale will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall. Each speaker will be allowed five minutes to talk on other side of the question: "Resolved, That a commission be given power to fix railroad rates." From twelve to fifteen men will be retained for further trial. Everyone who intends to speak must hand in his name to Perkins 34 before 12 o'clock, so that the order of speaking, to be determined, by lot, may be posted in Gore Hall by 1 o'clock...
...annual Harvard-Yale debate will be held this year in Sanders Theatre on Friday, May 5. Harvard yesterday submitted the question, "Resolved, That a commission be given power to fix railroad rates." Yale has the choice of sides...
...expected that reduced railroad fares will be secured from all points. Each man attending the conference will be charged a program fee of $5. Board for the ten days will cost $9, and dormitory room $3, but a reduction in the last item will be made for men living in tents. The University will be represented by a delegation, as usual...
...UNIVERSITY DEBATING CLUB. Debate. Assembly Room of the Union, 7.30 P. M. Question: "Resolved, That the Interstate Commerce Commission should have power to fix railroad rates." Principal disputants: affirmative--W. Tyng '05, C. L. Staples '05; negative--A. W. Blackwood '05, G. W. Hinckley...
...monthly magazine published by the University Debating Council, will appear tomorrow. The number will contain the following articles: "Debating at an English University," by O. C. Pratt 1L.; "The Triangular Scheme of Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania," by W. L. Ransom of Cornell; "Review of the Chicago-Minnesota Debate on Railroad Combination," by H. P. Chandler; "Review of the Brown-Dartmouth Debate on Reciprocity with Canada," by Professor T. N. Carver...