Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next year. At the time we advised against any such move, saying that English 30 together, with the University Debating Club, would not leave a sufficiently efficient margin of debaters in the Junior class to warrant a class club, and that a Junior Club which was only a moderate success, in not keeping the under class clubs up to a sufficiently high standard, would do more harm than good...
...success of Yale's experiment in the "Wigwam" is happily suggestive, however. Though it is inadvisable to continue the 1900 class club on a formal basis, it might with a somewhat different and more social organization still be carried on in the interests of Harvard debating. As is the method at Yale, the club might be divided into several "camps" which could compete informally, debating contemporary college subjects, which, in not requiring a great degree of preparation, would not discourage the busier debaters, and would be most effective in popularizing debate. The Sophomore and Freshman clubs would still retain their...
...Nothing goes more to show the success of the society than the uniformly good attendance at the bi-weekly meetings. During the past season the Alpha Camp has won six and the Omega Camp four of the debates. By the constitution of the club, therefore, Omega was required to give the winning camp the banquet which took place at Morris Cove Hotel last evening...
...past season of the wigwam has shown conclusively that debating can be made a success when linked with social intercourse and when the subjects are confined more to college topics than are those of the other debating societies...
...hard to believe that a class, which, by its prominence in nearly every line of University activity has thus far made a favorable impression on upperclassmen, can be lacking in common spirit to such an extent. It is possible that the very success of the class in athletics has served as a blind to its true character. With so many to draw from, good teams might be put in the field in spite of an absence of general interest. Before drawing such a conclusion, however, we would suggest another possible explanation of this financial failure...