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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...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...
...land formerly belonging to the government was acquired by the Uitlanders on the understanding that the government was to receive royalties on it. The continual flow of capital into the Transvaal gives proof that the mining interests were not injured by the government. A counterpetition, signed by more men than had signed the petition to the Queen, declared that the signers were satisfied with the condition of affairs in the Transvaal. Finally, a peaceable solution would have resulted without the interference of England...
...since the condition of two-thirds of the people in the Transvaal was such as to bring on war in any case. There is no probability of a more peaceful attitude toward the Uitlanders in future, because the younger Boers are more hostile to them than the older men. The change was bound to come, and would have come by a revolution, if England had not interfered...
...represented in the intercollegiate strength test championships which will be held during next spring. Last year, Harvard made the highest average of fifty tests and also won the individual test, C. G. Herbert '00 making 1594.5, which stands at present as the intercollegiate record. Of the twenty-one Harvard men who were among the first fifty of the seven colleges represented, seventeen have returned to College and will be eligible to compete next spring. Among the other colleges, Columbia was second last year, and Amherst third. The second best individual score was 1352.5, made by F. E. Craver of Dickinson...
Elias Mayer '00, alternate, is from Chicago, where he prepared for College at the Lake View High School. During his Freshman year he was at Dartmouth, and there secured second prize in the Rollins Prize speaking contest. Last year he was one of the last fourteen men retained at the trials for the Harvard-Princeton debate...