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...both preliminary and final, will be held in Harvard 6 at 7.45 o'clock, but men who have Military Science lectures at that hour will be permitted to report late. Each candidate will speak for five minutes on either side of the question: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt a system of military service modeled after that of Switzerland." Members of the University debating team will act as judges...
...University Debating Council has decided to hold trials for the 1921 team on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of next week, on the subject: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt a system of compulsory military service modeled after that of Switzerland." Each candidate will speak for five minutes on either side of the question. All the trials will take place in Harvard 6 at 7.45 o'clock, men having Military Science lectures being permitted to come late. The team will be finally picked on Friday, April 12, from men who are retained after these preliminaries...
...were to approach Mr. Lazarus, or Mr. Joslyn, or last but not least Mr. Tucker, and say to them: here is Harvard University, a poor sort of institution at best, but just now utterly ruined by the lamentable uncertainty as to the educational program which it is to adopt for the future; take it; take it as a gift, and do with it what you will, so long as you write no longer--would they then leap to the opportunity and reorganize us all, or would they become strangely silent, thinking much and saying nothing more...
...University attempted in January to adopt this plan with the purpose of conserving fuel. At the time it was rejected as being inexpedient and as of little practical value. Daylight-saving during the winter has met with little favor. The plan now adopted, however, provides for a need which has long been felt in this country. In Europe, moving the clock forward during the summer months has been put to practical effect, and its efficiency has thoroughly been demonstrated...
...Resolved, That, for the financing of the war, the Government should adopt a policy of increasing each year the proportion of funds to be raised by taxes rather than by bonds...