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...contemporary French politics will be held in the Music Building tonight at 8 o'clock. Six men will each be given 12 minutes to speak on either side of the question: "Resolved, that the French Government should take by taxation all excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen because of the war." The contest is held under the joint auspices of the French Department and the University Debating Council...
Eleven candidates tried out last night most of them taking the affirmative side of the question, which ran as follows: "Resolved, that the French government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturer sand tradesmen during the war." The three judges who decided upon the speakers were R. L. Hawkins, L. J. A. Mercier, and E. L. Raiche, all of the French Department of the University. Candidates were allowed to make a five-minute speech on either side of the question at these first trials...
...offered each year by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for the best speech in English upon some topic of contemporary French politics. The subject this year is: "Resolved, that the French government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen during...
...Pierre de Coubertin for the best speech in English upon some topic of contemporary French politics. For this year the subject has been announced as follows: "Resolved, that the French Government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen during...
...something to thwart the malignant Providence which foists it upon us. Whether or no Cambridge has an ordinance commanding the clearing of walks, it still remains the duty of property owners to make them as usable as possible. On the southern side of Massachusetts avenue, where the tradesmen hold sway, the going is fairly good; but on the northern side, the domain of the Corporation, it is abominable. In the Yard, most of the board walks are now visible, but not through any human effort. And the contrast between the southern and northern shores of Massachusetts avenue does not favor...