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...other point upon which college debating stands indicted in the mind of Doctor Mangun is the reversal of positions that each team must take in such a round-robin as the Harvard-Yale Princeton triangular debates. He quotes the damning evidence of the yellowed newspaper clipping. "Following their victory over the Yale affirmative the Harvard men demonstrated their versatility 'by taking the opposite side against Princeton and again winning the judges' decision...
Breaking a traditional policy which has limited Freshman debating contests to one triangular debate with Yale and Princeton in the spring, the Harvard Debating Council is responding to invitations from other colleges for Freshman debates, and will send Freshman teams onto the platform against Boston College, Temple, Tufts, William and Mary, Princeton, and Yale. Coincident with the extension of the Freshman schedule, a 1931 debating club will be formed to train Freshman for the league debates, and an organization meeting will be held in the Smith Halls Common Room Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock...
...University schedule has not been announced, but tentative plans include a triangular meet with Cornell and Dartmouth in February, at which time a Freshman relay team will also compete, the Intercollegiates, and the possible entrance of individual runners in club meets...
Preparation for the Harvard-Brown-Wesleyan triangular debate began last night with the retention of eight men following the first trials in which five minute speeches were presented on either side of the question: "Resolved, That all nations abandon their extra-territorial right in China...
...second triangular debate with Williams and Pennsylvania will be held on February 25, while the final round will take place on March 24 with Princeton and Yale...