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...selecting and presenting evidence, and power in rebuttal; and that in considering the form of the speakers as distinguished from their arguments they should regard bearing, quality of voice, correct pronunciation, clear enunciation, ease and appropriateness of gesture, and directness, variety, and emphasis in delivery. Without attempting to assign exact valuation to these various elements, the Association is agreed that as between the two, matter is more important than form; and that should one team excel in matter, and the other to an equal degree in form, the award should go to the former...
...Scientifie School, now under consideration. Some new studies are to be added to the list of requirements, and the definitions of others materially amended. The terms of admission to the Academic Department under the new system are not yet formulated, but it is the purpose of the Faculty to assign each study a certain number of points, and to state the total requirement for admission in the form of a fixed aggregate. It is not intended to increase the total amount of work required, however. The plan for the Scientific School contemplates bringing the admission requirements up to substantial equality...
Meanwhile, as a preliminary step, we would suggest that the matter be brought, at the earliest practicable moment, before the Corporation of the University, with a request that it give the project serious consideration; and if, in the judgment of its members, it is expedient, that they will assign a suitable site for the building of the proposed club within the limits of the College Yard, if possible, in case the necessary funds for its construction should within a reasonable time be forthcoming...
...corporation also voted to assign two-thirds of a University scholarship to E. R. Douglas, M. E., of the Graduate School, in place of Wendell Phillips Parker, resigned...
...interests of which, among college men, outdoor athletic sports contribute more than all other agencies combined. As a matter of fact, the statements concerning bodily injuries incurred contain gross exaggerations. If athletics have been prostituted by gamblers and pugilists, let the college world come to the rescue and assign them to the place to which they belong. Woe betide the day when our college men, with temptations of every kind besetting them, become so slothful, so demoralized, so diseased as to lose their interest in athletics. In the University of Chicago, athletic work is directly and exclusively under the control...