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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Pasteur Medal...
...Pasteur Medal, offered annually for the best ten-minute speech on contemporary French politics, was awarded last evening in the Fogg Lecture Room. The question discussed was as follows: "Resolved, That the French government should pass an income tax in order to distribute the burden of taxation more equitably...
...judges awarded the medal to C. S. Collier '11, but stated that H. B. Ehrmann '12 was a very close second; and awarded to him honorable mention. Collier won the debate on the substance of his speech, everything that he said having a close relation to the question at hand. His speech was well-presented, but he was surpassed in this by Ehrmann, who earned his position not so much on the subject-matter as on the way in which it was presented. Although the other speakers showed care in preparation, the work of Collier and Ehrmann easily excelled...
...Pasteur Medal was instituted in 1898 by Baron de Coubertin, to be awarded to the successful contestant in an annual debate on a subject chosen from contemporary French politics, the debate to be conducted in English. The administration of the prize is in the hands of the French Department, and one of the judges is always its official representative...
...PASTEUR MEDAL DEBATE. Fogg Lecture Room, 8 P. M. Subject: "Resolved, That the French Government should pass an income tax in order to distribute the burden of taxation more equitably...