Word: triangulars
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University team has protested the wording of the subject for the annual triangular debate on the ground that the present form automatically gives the debate to the affirmative side. What action will be taken by Yale and Princeton is not yet known. At present the wording stands: "Resolved: That the Government in financing the war should obtain a larger percentage of its funds from taxes than from bonds." If the University's protest is accepted, as it probably will be, Princeton will have to modify the wording in some way, or, if no agreement can be reached, a new question...
...proposal made by the University debating team to postpone the triangular debate another week on account of the late decision on the subject has not been accepted by Yale and Princeton. Therefore the debate will take place on March 23 as originally planned. Yale and Princeton are unable to postpone the annual contest because both universities close the following week for their spring vacations...
...subject for the triangular debate between the University, Yale and Princeton proposed by Yale last Tuesday has been rejected by Princeton. A new subject has been accepted by all three universities, and the final wording received by the management here yesterday in a telegram from Princeton is as follows...
Preparations for the triangular debate between the University, Yale and Princeton on March 22 have begun. Preparatory debates are to be held every evening for the next two weeks. The Coolidge Prize of $100, which is given annually to the best individual debater in the University, will not be awarded this year until after the debate. It will be presented on the basis of ability shown in the preliminary trials and the trial debates...
...this spring it was decided that the team should send several men to the annual meeting of the I. C. A. A. A. A., which is scheduled to take place this year in Philadelphia on May 31 and June 1. Moreover, the athletic authorities are in favor of a triangular track meet with Yale and Princeton, to be held preferably on May 18 at New Haven. This will be an event of special interest in intercollegiate athletics, since it will be the first track and field meet ever held exclusively between the three universities, as well as the first time...