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...proposed to constitute a committee to watch over debating interests in general and to assume control and responsibility in 'varsity debate arrangements. The nucleus of the committee will probably be composed of members of the Union, the Forum, and the freshman club. who will elect other members from among the graduates and the Faculty...
...smaller college offers social advantages not to be had at the univesity.- (a) The students become intimately acquainted with more of their fellow-students.- (b) There is more society life.- (1) Fraternities: Andrew D. White, College Fraternities, in Forum, III, 240 et seq. (May, 1887).- (2) Debating and literary societies...
...smaller college offers educational advantages not furnished by the university.- (a) Instructors are able to take a personal interest in each student: Charles Kendall Adams, The Next Step in Education, in Forum X, 624 (February, 1891).- (b) There is greater incentive to studey.- (1) In rivalry among students.- (2) In appreciation of results attained...
Professor George P. Baker will lecture this evening in Harvard 1, at 7.30, under the joint auspices of the Union and the Forum. He will discuss the Possibilities in Debating at Harvard...
Best general references: Boston Herald, December 1, 1895; T. B. Reed in North American Review, Vol. 150, pp. 382-390 (March, 1890); and 551-546 (May, 1890); Theodore Roosevelt in Forum, XX, 410-418 (December, 1895); A. B. Hart, Practical Essays...