Word: steps
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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PRIVATE DANCING LESSONS in the "One Step" and "New Dip Waltz" given by Professor H. E. Munro, or Miss L. Maude Munroe, at 67 Warren street, Roxbury. Special rates to students...
...regulations which will govern competition for the debate with Princeton form a third step towards remedying the faults presented at the outset this year by the debating situation at Harvard. The formation of a Sophomore Club and the decision of the Union and Forum to consolidate are two improvements, and this new method of trial also promises to be beneficial...
...true criterion of argumentative power. By providing for more than one preliminary trial if the number of contestants is large, the new regulations insure adequate trial to every promising debater, and in the second trial the longer speeches will bring out capabilities in sustained work and rebuttal. The final step in this weeding out process in its character of a regular debate, is calculated to be a sure test both of ability in presentation and rebuttal. On the whole then although the plan may need modification in certain details, it promises to justify itself in furnishing training, in bringing...
...this state of things is far from satisfactory, and must be remedied if Harvard is ever to regain her debating supremacy. The debating clubs have taken a great step in this direction in laying aside petty rivalries and resolving to work with a united purpose. That this aim shall succeed must lie to a great extent with the individuals themselves. Accordingly every man should take an active interest in seeing that the good work not only is not impeded, but that it shall be carried on vigorously. To this end we urge most strenuously that the coming trial see every...
Most sincerely we congratulate the Forum and the Union for the step they have taken in the interest of Harvard debating. It is naturally hard to give up traditions of rivalry, memories of victories won, and ambitious thoughts for the future of the society one supports, but when the sacrifice is made with the knowledge of a worthy cause, other considerations become trivial...