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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Intercollegiate Debating Association is agreed upon the general principle that the award should not be made on the merits of the question but upon the merits of the debate; that is to say, consideration as to what may seem to a Judge the intrinsic merit of either side of the question should not enter into or determine the award; but the award ought to be made to that college team which evinces in general greater argumentative ability and better form as speakers...
...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...
...sides have been assigned as follows: Affirmative--Mayer, Kirtland and Yeomans; negative--Morse, Frank and Bruce. From these six, three men and an alternate will be selected for the final team. Professor Baker, Mr. I. L. Winter and Mr. R. C. Ringwalt, who will act as judges, will award the Coolidge prize of $100 to the man who has made the best speeches in the three trials...
...presented in competition, with the consent of the instructor, or, subject to such consent, may be rewritten for the competition. Hence the student must no longer go out of his way to compete for Bowdoin prizes, but may use the results of work already done. In making the award, the literary quality of the essays as well as their substance is to be taken into account. The essays must not exceed ten thousand words in length, and must be handed in not later than April 1, 1900. Winners of the prize will be named on the Commencement Programme for next...
...Bachelor of Arts has decided not to award the $125 prize for the best story by an undergraduate this year...