Word: triangular
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scoring a unanimous decision in their debate with Yale at New Haven, and losing to Princeton 2 to 1 in Sanders Theatre, the University broke even in the Triangular Debate with Yale and Princeton on the subject "Resolved, that limitation of enrolment of undergraduates in American colleges and universities by means other than raising the standards of scholastic attainment is justifiable." In each instance the visiting team supporting the affirmative was victorious, Yale scoring a unanimous victory over Princeton at Princeton. The total vote of the judges shows Harvard with 4, Yale 3, and Princeton 2 votes...
...counted and the decision rendered in the debate in Sanders Theatre, Hon. F. G. Allen, President of the Masachusetts Senate, announced Paul Whitcomb Williams, of New Bedford, as winner of the Coolidge Debating Prize of $100 awarded annually to the best University speaker in the trial debates for the Triangular contest...
...Haven, Conn., March 21.-- Harvard won, by a unanimous decision of the judges here tonight, in its support of the affirmative in the triangular debate. Harvard advocated a flexible system of limitation which would bring into colleges men likely to be respected men in their community in later life. Yale called for emphasis on training of the intellect to accomplish the same purpose...
Princeton, N. J., March 21.--Yale, supporting the affirmative, defeated Princeton by a 3 to 0 vote of the judges in the triangular debate here tonight. Yale based its argument on the need of personal interviews and mental tests in selecting candidates for admission, while Princeton declared that other than scholastic tests are impractical and that tradition backs the old examinations...
...peculiar fact that in most contests with Yale and Princeton the participants conduct themselves with all the grim silence of a life and death struggle while the excited spectators shout themselves hoarse. The Triangular debate tonight is a lone exception; and for once the spirit of keen competition and friendly rivalry can be expressed in appropriate words by the contestants themselves. While the audience must perforce wait until the end of the debate to register its complete approval or disapproval, the fact that the discussion centers upon the very vital problem of limitation of enrolment should make the decision fairly...