Word: superiors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yale team attempted to show the advantages of restriction to superior and inferior students, but failed to present a practical method of selection. The Harvard trio asserted that it was not the province of the negative side to build up the case, outlined the impossibility of determining mental superiority, and stressed the disadvantages for average individuals resulting from restriction of education...
Arguing the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That Colleges should limit their attendance to those of superior mental ability," the negative Harvard 1934 debating team lost a 2 to 1 decision to the Yale trio at Hew Haven Friday evening while the Crimson affirmative team won a unanimous decision over its Princeton opponents Saturday night at Holden Chapel...
...races staged over this course in the Basin on Thursday and Saturday of last week, and in a trial over the Henley distance on Friday, the crew stroked by Armstrong showed itself to be definitely superior to that paced by Lawrence. In each case the former boat crossed the finish with a lead of over a length beyond the latter...
Despite fierce rallies in each of the nine matches played, the Harvard net team bowed to superior odds in its match last Saturday against the University of North Carolina and was defeated 7 to 2. The victory for the Tar-heelers stamped them as the leading collegiate tennis team in the East, for in toppling the Crimson they broke a record of 38 consecutive wins and at the same time extended their own streak...
...Donnell '34, S. M. Peyser '34, and A. E. Phillips '34. The first three men will debate against Yale in New Haven on Friday evening, with M. A. Hoffman '34 as alternate, taking the negative of the question, "Resolved, That colleges should limit their attendance to those of superior mental ability...