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.
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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
