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...provides that the champion athletic events shall occur the last Saturday in May. This year such a provision makes the date May 25, whereas the first Saturday in June comes upon the first of the month. It has been the custom for Yale and Harvard to hold their dual contest before all the colleges meet; such an arrangement followed out this year would bring them together upon the track...
...Governor Long opened the exercises in a simple and happy speech. "We are gathered," he said, "to witness another intercollegiate contest, a contest, not of physical strength and skill, but of intellectual ability and training. Considering the lack-I might say dearth- of opportunity for such training in my own day, I think it matter of congratulation that these debates have become institutions...
Great organizations of capital, by buying up all the machines, force the workmen to come together for employment,. Abuses exist simply because there is an eternal contest between the employers and employees. The placing of irresponsible power in the hands of organizations of capitalists is certainly very unwise, for no one can hold irresponsible power without danger to the interests of others. It is impossible for an employer to deal with his employees individually and have his influence felt by all the men in his employ. It is a physical impossibility for a man to discuss a question with every...
...means a good deal for Harvard to win five successive debates. It really proves that in this sort of a contest Harvard is clearly Yale's superior. Of course it is perfectly possible for the Yale man to say that his college was not sufficiently interested to call out her real strength. This is quite probable, but with all respect to the men who spoke last night, it is equally probable that there are scores of good speakers at Harvard who have not come forward. Judging by the work of the debating societies in the two colleges, however...
There is every reason to expect an excellent contest, as both sides have been working hard, the Harvard men with a determination to maintain the record of unbroken victories in debate, the Yale representatives with the hope of reversing the tide of fortune...