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...exercises were opened by the Glee Club which sang the first and last verses of the "Harvard Hymn" in Latin, to the music of the "Commencement Hymn." Dean Briggs then spoke briefly of the purpose of the meeting, and said that the rewards of the scholars in the University were less evident than those of the athletes, who could command audiences of thousands. He introduced Dr. Wm. Everett '59, who spoke on the value of a scholar's training and on the value of the student to the world in every department of life...
President Eliot, in a short speech, said that the powers necessary to win scholarships and prizes are those which bring success in after life. Physical, intellectual and moral strength are as much needed by the scholar as by the athlete or the soldier. The excellent physical condition of the scholarship holders is a source of great satisfaction and their nervous system must be in good condition. While the desire of pecuniary assistance is a motive which, in some cases, leads men to try for scholarships, it is no longer the leading motive. The difference between scholarships with and without stipends...
...Jones '00, the last speaker for Princeton, said that the negative did not undertake to defend any actions of the present war, but did claim that England's interference was not justifiable. The policy of England in South Africa is tending to tear the races asunder, to destroy all relations that ever existed between England and the Boers. Furthermore, the few instances cited by the affirmative show no more proof of a state of mob law in the Transvaal than our 127 lynchings last year prove that the United States is in a state of riot...
...Africa. Mr. Bryce states that the Dutch of the Cape Colony were not disloyal to the English. He also states that if the people of the Transvaal acceded to the claims of the English, the country would sink to the level of a regular English colony. In conclusion, Jones said that if the Transvaal yielded to the demands of their oppressors, in future no limit would be placed on the demands of the English...
Bruce, instead of Mayer, as was expected, opened the rebuttal for Harvard. He said that England did not bring on the war, since the Transvaal issued an ultimatum which no nation could stand, and since the condition of two-thirds of the people in the Transvaal was such as to bring on war in any case. There is no probability of a more peaceful attitude toward the Uitlanders in future, because the younger Boers are more hostile to them than the older men. The change was bound to come, and would have come by a revolution, if England...