Word: speech
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rebuttal Charles Grilk made the first speech. He spoke energetically and summarized well the arguments and authorities of the affirmative. His rebuttal was strong but he did not analyze in a way to convince the audience...
...Roess '95 - Speech in Memorial Hall, W. F. Bartlett...
...army could have been starved out of Corea, and she could never have carried on a campaign in China. The Chinese had not the mechanical turn required for the modern warships. They are not essentially seamen like the Japanese. China is divided into provinces differing from one another in speech and manners. In fact, there is no Chinese nation. Add to this lack of homogeneity and cooperation a total lack of discipline, and you have a hopeless condition of affairs...
...Roess, '95 - Speech in Memorial Hall, W. F. Bartlett...
...twelve minutes. Messrs. Rall and Buttrick, for Yale, and Messrs. McElroy and Burns were allowed six minutes rebuttal. The judges, Rev. Lyman Abbott, of New York, Laurence Hutton and Professor Cummings, of Harvard, retired, and were out nearly half an hour. During their-absence Judge Howland made a witty speech, declining to talk upon the income tax, the subject under discussion, as it "touched him up" too deeply. Dr. Abbott, for the judges, then declared that the decision was not unanimous, but that it gave the victory to Princeton. There was some applause at the announcement, as the verdict, while...