Word: form
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...team from the Freshman Debating Club defeated the Worcester Classical High School at Worcester last night. The question was the same as that of the Princeton debate. The Harvard speakers, C. H. Scovell, A. Black and J. D. Williams, excelled in form and analysis of the subject and their rebuttal was particularly good. For Worcester, J. T. Madden, W. E. Prince, and F. J. Rooney based their arguments on England's claim to suzerainty and her right to demand a reduction of the franchise requirements. The Freshmen showed that Great Britain had neither special rights under the conventions nor general...
...number of the graduate classes having wished to make some permanent gift to the University, it has been suggested that the gifts take the form of a memorial fence around the Yard. Before any attempt is made towards erecting such a fence, sufficient money will have to be subscribed to build it from the old Johnston gate, opposite the Unitarian Chuch, to the Meyer gate...
...question for January 15 is: "Resolved, That a limited monarchy, such as Great Britain, is preferable to a republican form of government such as the United States." Affirmative -- F. C. Keffer, C. Loring, E. L. Lane. Negative--D. A. Baldwin, W. S. Archibald, A. H. Weed...
...Harvard debaters excelled in form and in the manner of presenting their arguments, but the Princeton men were equally strong in the arguments themselves. The Harvard men were uniformly superior in delivery, language and all the points of form, and their arguments fitted well together and developed more smoothly than those of the Princeton speakers. Bruce began rebuttal work in his first speech, the second on the Harvard side, whereas the first two Princeton speeches were entirely set and made no attempt to meet the affirmative's arguments. The Harvard stand was that the conditions justified interference, that England...
...object of the journal is to offer, in an accessible literary form, the work and progress of the several departments of knowledge. The first volume, will contain the following articles by Harvard men. The Influence of the Sun upon the Formation of the Earth's Surface, by Professor Shaler, Recent Advance in Physical Science, by Professor Trowbridge; The Theatrical Syndicate, by Norman Hapgood '90. There is also an article on Later Evolution in French Criticism, by Edonard Red. Professor Royce is on the advisory board of philosophy and Professor C. H. Toy of comparative religion...