Word: classed
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...members of the class team winning the inter-class contests, Mr. R. C. Surbridge '89 has established the Surbridge Cups, which, with the Pasteur Medal, make up the prizes for the inter-class debating...
...late, increased interest in debating has led to the organization of separate debating clubs for each class. Of these, the upper-class and Sophomore clubs are conducted on what is known as the "camp system," which is as follows: The club first elects its officers, among whom are two captains. The captains then divide the remaining members of the club into two camps which oppose each other in weekly or fortnightly debates during the year. It is the duty of the captains to choose questions for debate, procure judges and open and close the argument for their side; or they...
...University Debating Club, to vary what might perhaps have become a monotony of regular camp debates, arranged a class championship contest in debating and a series with outside organizations. The speakers were chosen in competitive debates and were coached regularly by members of former University teams. These contests gave a number of men, who had too little experience for University debating, a chance to meet strong teams before large audiences. This year, such debates will be continued and increased in number...
...will meet a team from the Young Men's Congress of Boston; the Freshmen club will meet teams from Worcester and Exeter Academies. Some time after the mid-years there will be Senior-Junior and Sophomore-Freshman debates and a final contest between the winning teams to decide the class championship...
...University Debating Club, as at present constituted, is a purely administrative body. The club was formed by the uniting of the "Forum" and "Union" in the fall of 1898, and for some years attempted to keep up an active debating organization. But the rise of the class debating clubs and the large attendance in the various college courses directly or indirectly connected with debating, soon made it evident that there was not room for an active debating club open to the different classes. As a result, the University Debating Club last year confined itself to arranging the intercollegiate debates...