Word: triangulars
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Princeton, N. J., May 5.--By a vote of two to one the judges gave the decision to the Princeton 1919 negative debating team over the Harvard 1919 affirmative in the Triangular Debate held here this evening. L. Dennis '19 and H. C. Van Dusen, of Princeton, were the most convincing speakers. The strength of the negative case rested largely in the rebuttal where they held the Philippines were not a great expense, that the combined Filipinos did not want independence, and that the affirmative position was altruistic, not imperialistic...
...Haven, Conn., May 5, 1916.--The Yale 1919 negative debating team defeated the Princeton 1919 affirmative team tonight by a unanimous decision in the Triangular Freshman Intercollegiate Debate...
...freshmen of Yale, Princeton, and the University will meet in their sixth annual triangular debate tomorrow evening at Princeton, at New Haven, and at Cambridge. The question is: "Resolved, That the United States should completely relinquish possession of the Philippine Islands within five years...
Preliminary trials for the Freshman debating team which will participate in the triangular debate with Yale and Princeton on May 5 will be held in Harvard 5 and 6 Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. All candidates for the team should be prepared to deliver a five-minute speech on either side of the question: "Resolved, That the United States should grant complete independence to the Philippine Islands within the next five years." H. Epstein '16, who has been chosen coach, will be in charge of the trials...
...campaign is under way to secure funds to finance the Freshman debating team. The class of 1917, which was the last class to send a team to Princeton, contributed nearly $300, and at least that amount is needed to send this year's team to Princeton for the triangular debate on May 5. There will be no charge for admission to the debate with Yale in Sanders Theatre on May 5, accordingly the team depends entirely on the support of the class...