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the islands as a naval outpost, a point
which John Kirkland Clark, ’99, of New
York, Yale’s next speaker, was not slow
to make use of. His argument that
there was already a strongly fortified
post in the Pacific held by England
much nearer than Hawaii, namely Van-
couver, was not combatted by Harvard
during the whole debate. He showed
that by coaling at sea a fleet could
Operate against the Pacific coast no
matter in whose hands Hawaii might
be. The expense of adequate defenses
would be perfectly enormous if the
United States should ever be inclined
to build them; but it was more than
probable that the happy-go-lucky pol-
icy of the government would result in
annexation without fortification, a pol-
icy pursued if the case of Pearl Harbor
at present. |
Clark’s argument was very logical,
and his closing remark, a quotation
from Carl Schurz, was very striking,
“our defensive position is to-day unas-
sailable and Hawaii would be our
Achilles’ heel”
MR. GRILK’S APPEAL.
Charles Grilk, ’98, of Iowa, who
closed the main argument for Harvard,
was easily the most eloquent speaker
of the evening. He branded the happy-
go-lucky argument advanced by Clark
as a disgrace to our nation and insisted
that there were but four political
solutions to the Hawaiian problem,
three of- which would be disastrous to
our interests. If the islands were let
go, American trade and prestige in the
Pacific would suffer; the guarantee of
Hawaii's independence had already been
refused and would be a change in our
settled policy: and the establishment of
a protectorate by the United States
would be an act without parallel in our
history. He said in concluding:
“For sixty years our political history
has been drawing these islands closer
to us. With the friendly help of our
government, our citizens have brought
the natives out of barbarism into civili-
zation, so that now American methods
of education are employed and Ameri-
can forms of law and government pre-
vail. Hawaii is an American outpost.
Our fellow citizens in Hawaii have
been led to hope for annexation. They
wish to come into the union.
“Beyond the question of future naval
and commercial advantages, is that of
keeping what we now have, of preserv-
ing American civilization as well as
American interests in the islands and
on the Pacific. We find the solution
of this problem in carrying our policy
of the last sixty years to its natural
conclusion—annexation.”
Mr. Grilk’s appeal was eloquent and
effective and was delivered with deep
feeling.
THE ECONOMIC SIDE PRESENTED.
Herbert Wescott Fisher, ’98, of Con-
necticut, the last speaker for the nega-
tive, was remarkably quick in picking
out the weak points in his opponents’
arguments and in general form he
showed great improvement over his
work against Princeton last Spring.
He dealt with the problem in its econo-
mic aspect. He showed the compara-
tive insignificance of the trade with
Hawaii at present and pointed out the
evil results of a flow of capital from
the United States to a land where
American labor could not compete with
the natives. He dwelt at some length
upon diplomatic complications which
would probably ensue if annexation
were consummated. His argument
closed the opening debate. _
Up to this point it was difficult to
decide who had the better of the argu-
ment. Yale had condemned annexa-
tion as a political, strategic or econo-
mic measure, while Harvard had laid
great stress on the possibility of seizure
of the islands by Japan and had shown
annexation to be the only truly Ameri-
can policy. Harvard had excelled in
form and delivery, Yale in earnestness
and force. The latter, also, was a trifle
more aggressive in presenting argu-
ments.
YALE’S STRONG REBUTTAL.
It was in the rebuttal, however, that
Yale gained an undeniable advantage.
This was all the more surprising since
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rebuttal had, in all the preparatory
work, been regarded as the team’s
weak point. The speakers showed sin-
gularly good judgment in refuting
merely the main arguments of the other
side and in refusing to be drawn into
discussing the lesser and unimportant
phases of the question. Harvard failed
to meet squarely a number of Yale’s
vital points and thereby lost much
ground.
Keith, who had spoken second for
Harvard in the debate proper, opened
the rebuttal by quoting Fitzgerald to
show that Americans could afford to
work in Hawaii if not forced to com-
pete with Asiatic contract labor. He
cited Alaska and Santa Barbara to
prove that the United States had no
absolute policy in regard to annexation,
but was bound to consider each case on
its own merits. As regards expense,
he said, Hawaii was a bargain for the
United States at any cost.
Clark devoted himself entirely to the
aspect of the question which he had
proposed at first and disposed of all the
arguments which the affirmative had
advanced for the strategic value of the
islands. He showed that every officer
whom the affirmative mentioned as
favoring annexation had an_ ulterior
HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.
reason for so doing; he quoted Captain
Mahan at length to the effect that
there was great danger that the United
States would not protect the islands
after annexation, and concluded by as-
serting that the Pacific coast could
much more easily be rendered impreg-
nable than an island two thousand miles
distant.
Mr. Morse reiterated Mr. Grilk’s ar-
gument that the United States had no
right to continue her happy-go-lucky
policy. Since the United States had an
increasing navy he thought its policy
should be to make it more and more
efficient. Annexation would improve
the population and give it a permanent
base of supplies. His rebuttal was
mainly a summation of the case already
presented by the affirmative.
Mr. Fisher was the quickest of the six
in his replies and confined himself en-
tirely to an attack on his opponents’
position, leaving to Mr. Jump the sum-
mation of the argument. He showed
that the interference of other nations
was hardly possible under the present
state of affairs, and that the official
documents of the United States for
sixty years back had not for a moment
implied that annexation was the con-
summation of our policy toward the
islands. 7
REBUTTALS CLOSED.
The rebuttal for Harvard was closed
by Mr. Grilk. He summed up the main
arguments of the affirmative, commer-
cial and strategic, and claimed that the
quotation from Captain Mahan, which
Clark had read, was not fairly made.
He reiterated the testimony of ex-Min-
ister Castle and showed that it had
never been the policy of the United
States to ask the consent of the people
whose territory it annexed, citing as
examples Texas, Louisiana and Alaska.
Mr. Jump had spoken first for Yale
in the opening debate, but in the re-
buttal he had been reserved till the
last. This move by Yale proved to be
a most timely one, for that speaker not
only had the advantage of closing the
whole argument but he had heard the
entire debate and rebuttal of the nega-
tive, with the exception of Mr. Morse’s
opening speech, without interruption.
He quickly defined the position of his
opponents in a syllogism. “Hawaii
would prove advantageous to the
United States; the only method to pre-
serve it, is annexation; hence it should
be annexed.” Harvard had spent her
entire time, he said, on the minor pre-
mise and had failed to prove the ad-
vantages of the islands. He concluded
that annexation would lessen their com-
mercial value, would cause political
expansion at the expense of political
cohesion, would be a strain on Ameri-
can institutions and would not in any
way strengthen our coast defense.
JUDGES DECIDE FOR YALE.
The judges immediately retired to the
room on the right. While they were de-
liberating Mr. Depew entertained the
audience with several stories which
elicited much mirth, and complimented
both Yale and Harvard on their mature
grasp of the subject and marked con-
trol of themselves in the presentation of
the arguments. After a few minutes the
re-appearance of the judges showed
that a decision had been reached and
the hall was deathly still while Mr.
McCook, as chairman of the committee,
made the announcement. When he
stated that the decision was unanimous
in favor of Yale the whole audience
rose with a perfect thunder of applause
and cheers were given for both Har-
vard and Yale.
Soon after eleven a large bonfire
was built in the center of the Campus
in honor of the victory and the under-
graduates gathered around it and cele-
brated with songs and cheers till after
midnight.
The Banquet.
Immediately after the debate a ban-
quet was tendered the Harvard debaters
at the New Haven House. There were
forty present. Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew, ’56, acted as toastmaster.
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart of
Harvard responded to the toast, ‘Har-
vard.” Among other things, Professor
Hart said that no Harvard man con-
sidered it a disgrace to be beaten by
Yale in athletics or any other line. _
The other toasts responded to were,
“Yale,” by Professor Arthur Twining
Hadley; ‘Graduate Coaching,” by Dr.
E. V. Raynolds. Col. John J. McCook,
Professor Nicholas Murray Butler and
Hon. William B. Hornblower, the
judges of the debate, also spoke.
The other invited guests were: Presi-
dent Dwight; Dean Wayland of the
Law School; Professor H. P. Wright;
Professor J. F. Wier; Professor W. L.
Phelps; Professor ©. H. Smith; : Pro-
fessor R. C. Ringwalt of Columbia;
Colonel N. G. Osborn, ’80, editor of the
New Haven Register; C. G. Clarke, ’95;
Chauncey W. Wells, ’96; W. H. Clark,
706; GC. V. Glark, -o73. 1620. Sinth,. 07;
C. H. Studinski, 207; G.-S, McParland,
97 I. S:; Juhan 5S.) Mason, 05:: Mor-
ton L. Fearey, ‘98; H. A. Price, ’98
1. S,; :O. Ho. Dowelk 68:52 6. A.
Fuller, 908 L. S.; the Harvard and Yale
spedkers, F. E. Richardson, ’98, the
officers of the Harvard Union and the
officers of the Yale Union. A quartette
from the University Glee Club, com-
posed of H. M. Dewey, ’99; R. A. Mc-
cee; ‘00: S.: D. Be Hddy; 06; and 2.
T. Noble, ’99, sang the songs of Har-
vard and Yale.
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Yale Alumni of Philadelphia.
The Yale Alumni Association of
Philadelphia held its annual meeting
on December 3d.
The annual report showed the asso-
ciation to be in a very prosperous con-
dition, and a proposition to hold several
informal smokers in addition to the
regular banquet was favorably con-
sidered. It was announced that for
the first time in several years Phila-
delphia would be included in the Christ-
mas trip of the Yale Glee and Banjo
Club.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are: President, William H. Ing-
ham, ’67; Vice Presidents, T. Dewitt
Cuyler, ’74; and G. H. Makuen, 784;
Executive Committee, Sharswood Brin-
ton, *86; George S. Woodward, ’87;
Edward Brooks, Jr., ’90; and James A.
McCrea, tr. os S.
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fire was extinguished by some students
before they arrived. Little damage was
done beyond the burning of the mat-
tress and wainscoting in one of the bed-
rooms.
A Building Committee from the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania inspected the
gymnasium last week, to get ideas for
the new Pennsylvania gymnasium.
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