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...sixth consecutive time Harvard defeated Princeton in the annual debate in Sanders Theatre last night, on the question: "Resolved, That the English claims in the controversy with the South African Republic are justifiable." Harvard supported the affirmative and Princeton the negative. The presiding officer was the Hon. Samuel J. Elder...
...Harvard debaters excelled in form and in the manner of presenting their arguments, but the Princeton men were equally strong in the arguments themselves. The Harvard men were uniformly superior in delivery, language and all the points of form, and their arguments fitted well together and developed more smoothly than those of the Princeton speakers. Bruce began rebuttal work in his first speech, the second on the Harvard side, whereas the first two Princeton speeches were entirely set and made no attempt to meet the affirmative's arguments. The Harvard stand was that the conditions justified interference, that England...
Weston, the first Princeton speaker, first referred to the official despatches made in the blue books; that any alien, resident for five years in the Transvaal should have full political rights; that Johannesburg should be admitted to the legislature, and that the English language as well as the Dutch should be used in the legislature. Consular representation between the Transvaal and the European states gave the Transvaal the status of an independent state. At the convention at London in 1884 the word "suzerainty" was omitted and thus it became a known fact that the Transvaal was independent. The drafter...
...Hill, the second speaker for Princeton, opened his debate by stating that Bruce had not quoted Weston rightly. Weston had declared that the Transvaal was independent only in internal affairs, whereas Bruce said it was entirely independent. Up to 1884 it was England's policy to prevent the Transvaal from having even a moderate self-government, and after that year the Boers became entirely unaccustomed to independent government. The Jameson raid was the real cause of the present disturbance, which was greatly increased by the pressure of England's claims to suzerainty. If Great Britain had thrown aside these claims...
Joseph Hall Hill, 1900, Edgewood Park, Pa., lives in Pittsburg and prepared at the Shadyside Academy of that city. He entered Princeton in 1896. In his junior year he won his class debate in Whig Hall and in 1898 and again this year he captured second prize in the first competitive debates. He represented his class last year in the 1876 prize debate on Washington's Birthday and was one of the debaters from Whig Hall in the interhall debate and entered the junior oratorical contest last year