Word: ringwalt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...given in the Colonial Club at 6 tonight to the presicing officer of the debate, the judges, to the three entertainers of the judges, Professors Ames, Baker and Taussig, to Princeton's representatives, Professor Bliss Perry and J. B. Kelly, and to Harvard's representatives, coach R. C. Ringwalt '95 and R. C. Bolling '00. The members of the teams will not attend the dinner. If the Princeton men remain in Boston over Saturday they will be further entertained by members of the University Debating Club...
...length and the rebuttal five minutes. The sides have been assigned as follows: Affirmative--Mayer, Kirtland and Yeomans; negative--Morse, Frank and Bruce. From these six, three men and an alternate will be selected for the final team. Professor Baker, Mr. I. L. Winter and Mr. R. C. Ringwalt, who will act as judges, will award the Coolidge prize of $100 to the man who has made the best speeches in the three trials...
...last number of the New York Nation contains a letter from R. C. Ringwalt '95 entitled "Judging College Debates." The point made in the letter is that judges should be instructed "to render their decision not on the merits of the question as debated but on the merits of the debating entirely." His objection to the present system is that "in judging the merits of the question as debated" the judges must unconsciously be influenced by their personal prejudices, and that moreover it is almost impossible to obtain a question that will furnish equal opportunities to both sides...
...Rebuttal in College Debating," a reprint of an article by Ralph Curtis Ringwalt '95, in the September number of the "Bachelor of Arts," has just been published in pamphlet form. It is well worth the notice of men interested in subject...
Best general references: Arena, Vol. 10, 677, (Carl Vrooman); Forum, Jan., 1897, (R. C. Ringwalt); Review of Reviews...