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...first trial for the debate with the Worcester Classical High School will be held this evening at 7 in Harvard 1. Speeches will be five minutes in length. Question: "Resolved, That the claims of Great Britain in the present controversy in the Transvaal are justifiable...
...meeting of the Senior Wranglers last night, a trial was held for the selection of a team to debate against the Y. M. C. A. Congress. The subject was: "Resolved, That Great Britain's claims in the Transvaal are justifiable." The speeches were eight minutes in length. From the men who spoke, the judges, S. R. Wrightington 3L., S. B. Rosenthal 2L., and H. F. Wolff 1L, selected the following: P. A. Atherton, E. E. Sargeant, and M. Seasongood, with W. M. Chadbourne as alternate...
...Pedant Joue," which is going to be performed by the Cercle Francais this year, will not be produced as originally written by Cyrano de Bergerac, but in a modified form. H. B. Stanton '00, president of the Cercle, revised the play, and has reduced it in length from five to three acts. The play has probably never been put on the stage before, although large passages have been borrowed from it by Moliere. The fact that it was written by Cyrano de Bergerac, whose name Rostand has made so famous, also adds to its interest...
...last night was devoted to a trial for the selection of a team for the debate against Boston University, to be held Dec. 14. The subject was: "Resolved, That the claims of England in the controversy with the South African Republic are justifiable." The speeches were six minutes in length. The following men spoke...
...Freshman interclub race between the three Weld and the two Newell crews held shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday, was won by the First Weld in 8 minutes and 28 seconds. The Second Weld overlapped the First Weld by half a length, and the First Newell was the same distance behind the Second Weld. Three lengths of open water separated them from the Third Weld, which was two lengths ahead of the Second Newell. The course was down the basin for a mile and a half to the Union Boat House. The crews were ranged from the wall...