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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Trials for the interclass debating teams will be held in Harvard 5 tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Each candidate should come prepared to speak for five minutes on either side of the question: "Resolved, that in the light of recent events, the Monroe Doctrine has been rendered obsolete, and should be abolished." The judges will be on hand fifteen or twenty minutes before the hour appointed in order that men who are free at that time may finish their speeches earlier...
Trials for the interclass debates, which are planned for this fall, will take place next Tuesday evening in Harvard 5. Each candidate will be expected to speak for five minutes on either side of the following question: "Resolved: That in the light of recent events, the Monroe Doctrine has been rendered obsolete, and should be abolished...
...doing their duty," was the chief point which Major Higginson emphasized. "There's nothing like doing something for other people--and your country represents a lot of other people. You are here to learn to serve in something perhaps harder than war." He went on to speak of the responsibilities placed on the younger men by the loss of so many lives in the war, saying that "Hundreds of thousands of men must be replaced and horrible destruction made good. When peace comes--like a thief in the night--the shortage of food is certain to continue...
...large delegation from the University be present at the "Win the War Meeting" in Tremont Temple at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. Its purpose will be to arouse national enthusiasm and a closer interest in the war. The Hon. John L. Bates is to preside, and Governor McCall will speak. The other speakers are the Hon. James M. Beck of New York and Dr. John Douglas Adam. Mr. Beck is the author of "The Evidence of the Case" and other war documents. Dr. Adam has been in the trenches in France and has just returned from a speaking tour through...
...times call on the man. In all of Russia, in all of Germany, England, Italy, France, there has arisen not one to speak with a voice that the nations might hear. There has arisen not one to find the purpose in the storm, and to lead the world through the foreshadowed change in its development...