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...concern with a subject. This spirit greatly impairs the value of the college examinations. It is carried into daily work to such an extent that the real student is rarely developed before the junior or senior year, and often not by the end of the course. With such a vital difficulty to meet, how can the college hope to fulfill satisfactorily its function of higher education...
...rebuttal was an interesting sparring match over points vital and visionary. The judges, Rev. Dr. David Greer, Hon. George L. Rives and Professor George Chase, gave the decision to Harvard...
William Edward Hutton made the second speech for Harvard. He claimed that the evils which exist have no vital connection with a broader franchise. He cited Berlin with 13 per cent. of men of voting age denied the franchise and New York 26 per cent. He claimed that $500 worth of property or the paying of annual rent of $250 would be a reasonable qualification amount...
...Some will do their best by taking part in the debates, others only by intelligent appreciation of the work the societies are doing; but all should realize, and show that they realize, how much Harvard will have at stake in the next debate with Yale, and of what almost vital importance it will be for her to win this as she has won those before...
...lecture by Dr. Charles H. Cook this evening is one which all should hear, for the subject is of vital interest to college men. It would be hard to over-estimate the importance of the problems dealt with by physicians, involving as they do not simply the life and death of individuals, but hereditary influences of the most far-reaching character. The opportunity to hear certain of these problems discussed scientifically should not be neglected by those whom they so seriously concern...