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Tryouts for the Freshman Triangular Debating Team will be held at 7 o'clock tonight in Harvard 6. Candidates may speak for five minutes, with or without notes, but preferably without, on either side of the question of "General Wood and the Philippines." Exact wording of the question may be obtained from Phillip Walker '25. Weld 43 telephone University...
...General Wood and Philippine Independence" has been announced by the Debating Council as the subject for the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Freshman triangular debate, which will take place April 5. The exact wording of the question will be announced later...
Spring competitions for the acting, business, publicity, electrical and stage departments of the Dramatic Club will get under way with a meeting to be held in the Faculty Room of the Union the latter part of next week, the exact date for which will be announced in Tuesday's CRIMSON. The competition in acting is open to any member of the University; all the others are restricted to Sophomores and Freshmen...
...absolute standard is ideal theoretically; practically, it has been found that in most subjects, except the exact sciences, a relative standard is the only useful one--that is, the best men are given A's, the worst E's, and B's. C's and D's are dealt out following roughly a standardized grade-curve. With an absolute standard, it is conceivable that no one should attain an A or an E; with the relative standard, it is inconceivable...
...exact purpose of Mr. Schwab's European visit is unknown. Varying rumors report that he is about to acquire an interest in Austrian or German concerns. At any rate, the potential and actual competition anticipated from the European steel centres is no topic of mere academic interest, least of all to the American steel men best qualified to judge conditions in the industry...