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...third and final trial to select speakers for the Princeton debate will be held in Fogg Art Lecture Room at 7.30 this evening. The six men retained at the second trial last week will speak on the question chosen for the Princeton debate, "Resolved, That the present restrictions on immigration into the United States are insufficient." The affirmative will be supported by R. T. Parke '98, A. M. Sayre Sp., and F. O. White '99; the negative, by S. Brooks-Rosenthal '98, P. G. Carleton '99, and R. C. Bolling 1900. The order in which the men will speak will...
...twelve speakers will be allowed ten minutes each. At the conclusion of the trial the judges will select an even number of men, preferably six who will take part in the final trial. This evening the men will speak in the following order: W. A. Adams '98, P. G. Carleton '99, F. O. White '99, F. Woodbridge '98, R. W. Stover '98, A. M. Sayre Sp., R. T. Parke '98, W. C. Dennis 1G., J. G. Richards 1900, G. R. Stobbs '99, R. C. Bolling 1900, S. Brooks-Rosenthal...
...second trial tomorrow evening to select speakers for the Princeton debate, the speeches will be ten minutes, instead of twelve minutes in length as announced yesterday. The order in which the men are to speak will be announced in tomorrow's CRIMSON...
...this first or preliminary trial each man shall be allowed to speak five minutes. The judges shall select as many men as they think fit to speak at the second trial debate...
Taken as a whole it seems better calculated to pick the best men with fairness and accuracy than the old method. Under the system which has heretofore been the general rule, it is extremely hard for the judges to select the best four out of a large number of five minute speakers. Then again a five minute speech in offering little opportunity for rebuttal does not furnish a true criterion of argumentative power. By providing for more than one preliminary trial if the number of contestants is large, the new regulations insure adequate trial to every promising debater...