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...CONN., March 30, 1900.--Harvard this evening defeated Yale in one of the closest of intercollegiate debates. The question for debate was: "Resolved, That Porto Rico be included in the customs' boundary of the United States." Harvard supported the negative. The teams were made up as follows: Harvard--E. Mayer' 00, H. A. Yeomans '00, and W. Morse '00; Yale--M. Trowbridge '02, A. D. Leavitt '00, and F. Q. Blanchard...
...Harvard team, composed of E. Mayer '00, H. A. Yeomans '00 and W. Morse '00 will give their opening speeches in the order named. In rebuttal the order will be Morse, Yeomans and Mayer...
...Elias Mayer '00 of Chicago, prepared for College at the Lake View High School in that city. He spent his Freshman year at Dartmouth, winning second prize in the Rollins Prize speaking contest. Last December he was chosen alternate on the team which defeated Princeton, and owing to the illness of H. B. Kirtland '01, Mayer was obliged to take his place on the team at twenty-four hours notice...
...assisted by Mr. I. L. Winter, instructor in election, who pays especial attention to form. The men are devoting considerable time to reading and informal discussion of the question. Within a short time regular debates will be held between H. A. Yeomans '00, W. Morse '00, E. Mayer '00, who make up the regular team, on one side, and the second team composed of the alternate M. Seasongood '00, A. G. Alley '00, and H. F. Cochems 3L., on the other...
...final trial of speakers for the Yale debate, H. A. Yeomans '00, W. Morse '00, and E. Mayer '00 were selected to represent Harvard. M. Seasongood '00 was chosen as the alternate. The Coolidge debating prize was awarded to H. A. Yeomans '00. The debate was characterized especially by its forcefulness and occasional eloquence. There was lacking, however, a sufficient analysis and grasp of the vital issues. The judges were Professor Baker, Mr. I. L. Winter, F. W. Dallinger '93, and R. C. Ringwalt 2L. S. B. Rosenthal 2L., presided...