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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Committees, even Senate committees, generally decide something. It is to be hoped that the one appointed by the Union for the consideration of speakers will run true to type...
...only surprising thing is that there should be any delay about making a slight departure in the type of speaker. But this can be explained by the Governing Board's desire to give time for the solidifying of undergraduate opinion so that audiences may be assured...
...usual intercollegiate debate. If attendance statistics prove, as they do, that interest has waned in such discussions the blame must be attributed to the adoption of the formalism of the law court. Efforts to break from this usage they usually consisted of a copying of the "Oxford Union" type of discussion; and the success with which this English institution has become acclimated at Harvard is illustrated by the interest which the Debating Union meetings have aroused. But except for a slight avoidance of technical presentation in the Triangular debate, the Debating Council has not departed far from the "American" style...
...nations. And while this is a high goal, the Debating Council has initiated the first step. Not the least commendable feature is that this new form of training is not a mere aping of trans-Atlantic institutions; with wise leadership the Council may evolve a Harvard type of debate and discussion...
Commenting on Le Baron Russell Briggs' '75 record as chairman of the Harvard Athletic Committee, F. W. Moore '93, Graduate Treasurer of the Harvard Athletic Association, said; "He has stood for the highest type of sportsmanship. His influence toward establishing friendly relations between colleges has been tremendous...