Word: bested
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England in this controversy claims first that the condition of affairs in South Africa is intolerable and demands a remedy. Second, as a nation she has a right to secure the remedy. Third, the best remedy is a reasonable franchise grant to the Uitlanders. Regarding the first of these, that the condition of affairs in the Transvaal demanded a remedy, he cited cases to prove that there was no representation in equality before the law, grievous economic burdens and insecurity of life and property. He then went on to show that grievances in South Africa are wide spread and deep...
Wilbur Morse '00, for the affirmative, reiterated the grievances cited by Mayer and then emphasized the fact his colleague had brought out, that interference was necessary in the Transvaal and that it was England's right to interfere. The affirmative believed that the best method to settle the so-called grievances was the grant of an adequate franchise to the Uitlanders. Such a franchise meant security, strength and prosperity for the South African Republic itself. The grievances of the Uitlanders might well be summed up in the phrase "in equality of rights." Examples of this subversion of all interests...
...best pieces in the current number of the Advocate are the stories, of which there are several well worth mentioning. "Ruth," by J. A. Graydon '01, is the third of a series of Irish folk tales, which the writer is contributing to the Advocate. The scene of the story is Rosselea, and the characters are a Catholic priest and a family of peasants. There is less plot and characterization in "Ruth," than in either of the two previous tales; but the story is clear, vigorous and wholesome. Two lovers quarrel and separate, but are again joined at a crisis...
...call attention through your columns to a danger attending the unrestricted nominating of Class Day officers which Nineteen Hundred is not taking sufficient account of? I refer to the danger that the best men may be defeated at the election of the votes of the class have to be scattered among too large a number of nominees. This applies especially to the committee's, which, though esteemed minor honors, are very great in importance. Usually there are not more than four men for each committee who deserve to be elected. But if eight or more nominations are made for each...
...present controversy in the Transvaal are justifiable." Harvard supported the affirmative, and twelve minutes were allowed for opening speeches and five for the rebuttals. Hon. Michael J. Murray presided, and the judges were Hon. Henry S. Dewey, Hon. D. L. V. Moffett and Hezekiah Butterworth, Esq. The best speech was made by M. Seasongood, who brought out his arguments very forcibly, and was quick in detecting the weak points of his opponent...