Word: lettered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last number of the New York Nation contains a letter from R. C. Ringwalt '95 entitled "Judging College Debates." The point made in the letter is that judges should be instructed "to render their decision not on the merits of the question as debated but on the merits of the debating entirely." His objection to the present system is that "in judging the merits of the question as debated" the judges must unconsciously be influenced by their personal prejudices, and that moreover it is almost impossible to obtain a question that will furnish equal opportunities to both sides...
...LETTER CUP SERIES.- The following men who have entered as individuals meet in 3 Prescott Hall at 9 p. m.: J. W. Barnes, J. M. Shaw, D. H. George, S. H. Eldredge, A. H. Eustis, A. Drinkwater...
Lieutenant Robinson said in his letter last week:- "In view of the conditions now existing, it would seem to be the duty of every young man, not having already acquired the knowledge, to perfect himself in the elements of the manual of arms." "The conditions now existing,"- we would ask those who have responded to the call to consider these, thinking that they may really be working for a purpose, but with the hope that conditions will soon be such as will enable Lieutenant Robinson to return and complete his term of teaching at Harvard...
...Toreador song,- and then proceeds to make mince meat of the bull. At this point a messenger arrives with the latest American History Leaflet-No. 10,657 1-2, which says that as Captain Kidd never existed, he did not bury his treasure in Boscabello. Spayce, however, receives a letter to the contrary, directing him to the place where the booty is buried. Guarded by the sailors of the steam yacht, Spayce carries off both the lady and the treasure, and the Bostonians, boarding their yacht, leave the general to his wrath...
...hardly like to think that anything but mere thoughtlessness has caused the general failure to support the subscription for the '97 'Varsity nine cups. The sum raised last week was to say the least inadequate, and if after this morning's letter from the class presidents more subscriptions are not forthcoming, private canvassing will have to be resorted to. We hope that such a step will be unnecessary however, for the main point of giving these cups is to have them come freely from the fellows in token of their recognition...