Word: topic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Board of Overseers' Committee to Visit Harvard College will hold a conference on Monday to explore the state of undergraduate dramatic activities in the College. The main topic of discussion reportedly will be projected plans for the Loeb Drama Center...
...Christian heritage is definitely a proper topic of study in a liberal education, as is any other major religion, James B. Adams, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor of Divinity, declared yesterday...
...from college, he will very likely evade the question. Most college graduates seem to feel about college the way Louis Armstrong feels about rhythm: "Why man, if you gotta ask what it is, then you ain't got it." This kind of answer makes most people drop the topic, and classifies the persistent investigator as an ignorant boor. But for those who insist on some more telling argument for higher learning than mere manners, several kinds of answers are available...
David J. Heinsma '62 and Alan K. Henrikson '62 spoke for the affirmative, and Richard G. Corum '62 and Alfred J. Dougherty '62 upheld the negative side. The debate topic was "Resolved: That further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement...
Bynum, who was voted the best speaker in the competition, and Ferren went undefeated in five preliminary rounds before winning a unanimous decision from Dartmouth in the final round. The debate topic for the tournament, one of the largest in the New England area, was "Resolved: That the future development of nuclear weapons shoull be prohibited by international agreement...