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Vou. VE: oNoe 11. YALE-HARVARD DEBATE. Preparations—Sketch of Yale’s Team —Banquet to Harvard. The annual Yale-Harvard debate will take place at College Street Hall to- morrow. (Friday) evening, December 3. Unusual interest has been aroused in this debate, as the subject—“Resolved, that the United States should annex the Hawaiian Islands’—is a live and im- portant one and will come before the . United States Senate for final action at the session beginning next week. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, ’56, will preside at the debate. Hon. William B. Hornblower and Mr. John J. McCook will act as judges. The third judge is still undecided. Harvard had the choice of sides, and chose the affirmative. The team which will represent Harvard will be com- posed of the following men: Charles Grilk, ’98; Jol Ae. Keith, P. G.; and Wilbur Morse, 1900, with Philip G. Carleton, ’99, as alternate. The Yale speakers will be: John Kirkland Clark, ’°99, Herbert Westcott Fisher, ’98, and Herbert Atchinson Jump, ’99 T.S., with Fred Erwin Richardson, ’98, as alter- nate. Both teams have been wocking faithfully for the past month, and the outcome is doubtful. Harvard is mak- ing a desperate effort to regain the supremacy she held until 1895. Each man will be allowed twelve minutes for his opening speech and five for rebuttal. A public sale of the tickets which re- mained after the debating organizations of the University were supplied was begun yesterday at the Co-op. Tickets may also be obtained from R. E. Hume, 260 Lawrance. After the debate a banquet will be tendered the Harvard speakers at the New Haven House. It is expected that about fifty people will be present, including a number of the Faculty and former debaters. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew will act as toastmaster. Mr. Ralph Curtis Ringwalt, author of “Briefs for Debate,” will be among the speakers. The Yale-Princeton debate will be held in Princeton on March 25. THE MEN WHO REPRESENT YALE. A brief sketch of the men who will represent Yale against Harvard follows: Herbert Westcott Fisher, ’98, is from New Haven, and was prepared at Hill- house High School. He was one of the Yale debaters against Princeton last year. He won the Thatcher Debating Prize this Fall and the same prize in the finals for Princeton debate last year. He was a member of the Yale Fresh- man debating team which defeated Princeton in 1894. Mr. Fisher has maintained a very high stand in his studies throughout his course, being a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The C. Wyllys Betts and McLaughlin prizes were awarded to him, and he was sec- ond in the competition for the DeFor- est Mathematical Prize. His age is 24 years. Herbert Atchinson Jump, ’99 T.S., of Albany, N. Y., prepared at Albany High School. He graduated from Amherst College with the Class of Ninety-Six. He was the chairman of the Literary Magazine at Amherst and also a Commencement speaker. He is 22 years old. John Kirkland Clark, ’99, of Brook- lyn, N. Y., prepared at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, where he debated with considerable success. He was one of the speakers in the Yale-Harvard Freshman debate in 1896, and is an excellent scholar, obtaining a Philo- sophical Oration in the Junior Ap- pointments. Mr. Clark is a brother of C..U.. Clark, 707, who spoke for Yale last year. He has recently been awarded the Waterman Scholarship. He is 21 years old. Fred Erwin Richardson, ’98, of Lan- caster, N. H., prepared for college at St. John’s Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he took a prominent part in de- bating. He was one of the speakers on the Yale team which ewon the first Freshman debate against Harvard. He is 29 years old. A History of the Debates. According to the original agreement, entered into in 1892, two debates were to be held each year, one at Cambridge and the other at New Haven. The first contest was held at Sanders Theater in Cambridge on January 14, 1892, the subject being, “Resolved, that a young man casting his first ballot in 1892 should vote for the nominees of the Democratic party.” Yale upheld the affirmative. It was agreed that no decision should be rendered. The de- baters were: Yale—W. P. Aiken, L.S., W...E. Thoms,.’o4,.and. R. R.° Upton, ’92. Harvard—G. P. Costigan, ‘92, A. PY Stone, 63, and R.-C.:Surbridge, U.S. On the 25th of March of the same year in the Hyperion, at New Haven, . Yale supported the negative side of the question, “Resolved, that immigration to the United States should be re- stricted.” The debate was, as before, undecided. The speakers were: Yale —J. I. Chamberlain ’94, T. Mullally, 2, asd wen. MeOuad, LS. far- vard, J. S. Brown, ’92, F. W. Dallinger, ‘93, and #. He Warren, 65. : On January 18 of the following year, at Cambridge, the judges awarded their decision in favor of Harvard, who up- held the negative side of the question, “Resolved, that the power of railroad corporations should be further limited by national legislation.” The speakers were: Yale—H. S. Cummings, L.S., F. E. Donnelly, ’93, and E. R. Lampson, 93. Harvard—A. P. Stone, ’93, E. H. Warren, ’95, and C. Vrooman. On the second of May, 1893, Yale was again defeated, on the subject, “Resolved, that the time has now ar- rived when the policy of protection should be abandoned by the United States.” Harvard spoke on the nega- tive. The debaters were H. E. But- trick, ’95, L. P. Gillespie, ’94, and R. H. Tyner, LoS.> for Yale< and F. W. Dal- lgaecr, 03; HH: ©. bakin “on. BC: McLaughlin, ’93, for Harvard. *Yale lost a hotly contested debate at Cambridge on January 109, 18094, the subject being, ‘‘Resolved, that inde- pendent action in politics is preferable to party allegiance.” Yale’s speakers, who supported the affirmative, were: We iH Clark, 66; Wor Cox: ES. and J. W. Peddie, L.S.; and Harvard’s: A. SS, Aspey,:Lios <A> S; Heyes, ES. and H. L. Prescott, ’94. “Resolved, that members of the Cabinet should be made full members of the House of Representatives,’ was the question of the second debate, which took place at New Haven on April 27, of that year. Yale supported the affirmative, and was again defeated. The speakers were: Yale—G. H. Baum, L.S., H. E. But- trick, ’95, and H. H. Kellogg, ’o94. Harvard—W. C. Douglas, L.S., W. E. Hutton, ’95, C. A. Duniway, Jr. Beginning with 1895 only one debate was held each year. Harvard added another victory to her list by winning the annual contest in January 1895, sup- porting the affirmative of the question, “Resolved, that attempts of employers to ignore associations of employees and to deal with individual men only are prejudicial to the best interests of both parties. The speakers were, for Yale— EM. leone, ba. Wo oe Care oe and ©..G, Clarke: for Harvard—t 17) Ross, R. C. Ringwalt and H. A. Bull. NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897. . Great Britain.” Price Tren Cents, THE: YALE. DPEBATERS. F. E. Richardson. H. A. Jump. In 1896 Yale defeated Harvard for the first time since the beginning of the series. Yale supported the negative side of the question, “Resolved, that a per- manent court of arbitration should be established by the United States and Kae Daldwitt, - £5: W. H. Clark, ’96, and A. P. Stokes, ’96, spoke for Yale; and W. B. Parker, A. M. Sayre and F. R. Steward for Har- vard. Last year Yale won again in the debate which was held in Cambridge March 26. The subject was, “Resolved, that the United States should adopt definitely the single gold standard, even if Great Britain, France and Germany should be willing to enter a bimetallic league.” Yale supported the negative side of the question. The speakers were: Yale—C. H. Studinski, ’97, C. U. Clarke, 707, and ©: S. McFarland; “o7 T3S.. Harvard—G. Hi. Dort; #97, 4: Dobyn, ’98, and S. R. Wrightington, ’97. Thus, of the nine debates, two were undecided, two were won by Yale and five by Harvard. ————_+4—___—_ Academic Catalogue. The annual catalogue of the Aca- demic Department will be ready for distribution in a few days. The date of the Anniversary of the ‘Divinity School is set for May 18th, the Scienti- fic School Class-Day Exercises on June 25th, and the Anniversary of the Medi- cal School on June 30th. Commence- ment will come on Wednesday, June 29th, and the Fall term of 1898 will begin Sept. 26th. The number of weeks in this college year is one less than last. The catalogue also contains the usual announcements in regard to Courses, Libraries, Dormitories, etc. H. W. Fisher. J. 4. Clark, CHALLENGE T0 CORNLL. For Dual Meeting at New London— University Crew at Work. On Tuesday the 23d inst., the Yale Navy sent a challenge to the Cornell boating authorities for a four-mile race between the University crews at New London some time next June, the date of which is to be reckoned from the day set for the Yale-Harvard event. It is understood that at least a week must elapse between the two meetings. The receipt of Yale’s challenge has been acknowledged by Cornell, but nothing official has yet come from the Athletic Council in Ithaca which gives any idea as to its acceptance or declination. Nothing was said in the -challenge regarding a triangular race at New London, as it was well known that Cor- nell was opposed to the course oD account of its narrowness and on account of the slight bend at the Navy Yard or about half way to the finish. The sentiment of the student body at Yale is without doubt in favor of 4 race with Cornell. It is feared, how- ever, that should Cornell hold in favor of the Poughkeepsie course that noth- ing can be done, as both Captain Payne Whitney and Coach Robert #; Coo are strongly opposed to the Hudson. In an interview with Prof. Benjamin I. Wheeler in the New York Sun re- cently, he is quoted as saying: “rf Cornell rows Pennsylvania eee Columbia, as has been her custom ee recent years, it will be unfair to a 2 this, the burden of a race with Yale a
