Word: speech
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Catchings in the second rebuttal speech for Harvard, again declared the question inferred that where no national law is violated the President ought not to have the proposed power. The laws that have to do with our local needs ought to be in the hands of men who best know those needs. The affirmative to prove their case must, he said, prove that local self government is a failure. To grant the proposed discretionary power to the President means the establishment of a centralized government...
...first rebuttal speech for Harvard, Daniels contended that the affirmative went too far in assuming that the proposed remedy would meet cases that have never yet arisen. Conditions which demanded federal intervention without application from State authorities have not arisen in the past, and there is no reason to expect they will. The solution for any case that may arise will come through the present system; no such radical change as is proposed is needed...
...upheld by the following men for 1903, speaking in the order named: R. Ernst, J. J. Mahoney, A. J. Hammerslough. The speakers for 1904 were: F. W. Catlett, I. Lippincott, D. A. McCabe, who spoke in the above named order. Each speaker was allowed twelve minutes for his main speech and five minutes for rebuttal...
...following six men were retained, from whom three will be chosen to compose the team: R. A. Blair 1G., R. Candee '03, J. J. Forstall '04, G. S. Hornblower '04, R. B. Reed '03, A. P. Scott '03. The Spencer Trask prize of $50 for the best speech was divided between Hornblower and Scott...
...will be retained tonight for the third and last trial on Thursday, and will be divided by lot into two teams. Thus the last trial will be in the form of a regular debate, each man having 12 minutes for an opening speech and five minutes for rebuttal. The three best speakers, whether on the winning side or not, will then become the University team. Harvard has the choice of sides, and the announcement of the choice will be made Thursday night...