Word: formalized
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...formal opening of the Varsity Club was held last night at the club house at 39 and 41 Holyoke street. About fifty graduates and undergraduates were present, all of whom have been connected with one of the four major sports...
...Pasteur Medal is offered by the Baron de Coubertin for the double purpose of arousing interest in contemporary French politics and encouraging public speaking. Hitherto the medal has been contested for in a formal debate between two teams of three men each. The basis of formal debating is co-operation and consequently an individual prize is hardly appropriate for such a contest. Furthermore, debating has become so highly specialized that it offers little chance of success to the man who has not had considerable previous training. So the competition for the Pasteur Medal has been limited to men who were...
From the point of view of the audience, a phase of the subject very generally neglected in such things, the change should be most acceptable. The formal debate of today is undoubtedly of great value to the participant, but it is not interesting to the average man. It is too technical, and redundant. The proposed contest will be considerably shorter, more varied, and more comprehensible. The emphasis on the literary quality, the power to please and persuade an audience, should bring out that phase in which our debating is weakest. Altogether, the new arrangements are to the advantage...
...formal presentation of the Filley Cups for fall rowing was made last night, at 68 Mount Auburn street. B. A. G. Fuller '00, the donor of the cups in making the presentation, emphasized the fact that they were given primarily to perpetuate the memory of O. D. Filley '06. It was largely due to him that the rowing system was reorganized and put on a solid basis. He also instituted the custom of interdormitory and gradedcrew rowing which indirectly helps to develop material for the University crew. Another object in instituting the cups was to interest in secondary rowing...
...once on a broader basis than most first-year organizations, and in that way it becomes a desirable institution for widening a Freshman's acquaintance. The Freshman club is essentially a beginner's organization and a large part of its most valuable work lies outside the field of formal debating. Rather than ponder subjects of international policy or political significance, the club would do well to discuss subjects of college importance. Such a program would help in forming an intelligent public opinion and it would bring out those men who can get up on their feet and talk sound sense...