New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-09
HARVARD.

cambr,lge Mass March S-The debate between
Harvard and Princeton will take place in Cambridge
al Sanders Theatre on Friday next Inc suolect
for debate s Resolved. That Congress should take
immediate steps toward the retirement OF al 'he
ereonbacKs" Harvard chose the question ana
Princeton the side. Princeton having selected the
affirmative +, remains for Harvard to support inc
negative This is contrary to the general doctrine
laid down b. the Harvard department OF economies
but the Harvard debaters think they have strong
line OF argument to present The Princeton speaM-
ers will be Herbert IRE. &C.; Robert McNutt Mor'i-
row &C. and Frederick William Loetscher, 10 mar
ward will be represented by William Sterling Young
man. l.. S: Joseph III Warren. 90. and rletcher
Dobyns '9S The Harvard alternate is F. X. Stew
ard 90 Each Of the six speakers VIII nave a
speech Of twelve minutes. after when each VIII
have five minutes for reDuttal The Judges nave
not yet all been agreed upon Professor hauey' oi
Yale. VIII be one The presiding officer VIII prob
ably be General Francis A. Walker president oi
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alter
the debate there will be banquet in honor OF the
6ebaters in the Empire Hotel Boston Ihe SPEAK
ers will be President Eliot. Actlng-Goverhor "oi-
colt ex-GovArnors John y Long and William r.
Russell
When debating began at Harvard neither students
nor professors took any particular interest bu'
now the, all consider 1t as important to win the
debate az 10 win the football game in the fall Inc
professors started the idea OF having an aaNl'o'y
committee debating. TO take iuii chaise VI al
intercollegiate debates. This committee mas oee'i
organized and consists of three sradun'es moi NOT
professors and three undergraduates IL was no,
organized EARL enough TO take charge Ni 'H in
Princeton debate, but FOR the coming ba seect the
May It will choose the judges, VINO shai os,ion
Harvard representatives. decide on tie 1890:
coach tho debaters, and VIII ma'aSe ,b rId There
are now three debating societies Whle MY 20 ~
but on whea their debating o sSidnT I'VE an exhibit of
photographs taken by members OF me ui,v ' Ely
ures The winners are p +. Sharpies' "'
and C. p. NJ. Rumford. 81 s.r, o NAV
in I 4Sa III With the Has'y Pudding club title
is The The Aicayde" The lbre,to is by G. s. T;
by F. f. Barry. 81. and ]. A. Lord. 49, The play
will be given in Cambridge twice. Boston twice ~
AFR Mr Watson coach Of the Varsity crew. will
star; on Wednesday for England. to remain until
after the oxford Cambridge boat race, Iate IN
March. lie proposes TO amend the stroke OF the
Harvard crew after the English idea.
to the retremcnt of two OF the most promising
men, Moulton and Dunlop. This leaves only eleven
soNs Stroke 07aeE
5 Perkins; J. HOLSTER; 3; BulIard: Hayes; bow.
new men.
year. one has already been finished by Hartwell.
Of South Boston; the sSc9nd 1niinshed; is IN the
and is entirely thing. New methods of con-
struction are being used. which the makers decline
narrower and deeper than any other boat yet made
for college crew. The Boston boat weighs go
pounds The Worcester boat will be somewhat
lighter, The measurements are as follows Wor-
cester boat-Leng'h. CT feet beam. % inches. body
depth 10 inches extreme depth. 1874 inches: depth
aft 5a inches; depth forward g.. inches: scag 3D.,
Inches body depth. 9S inches: depth aft 5i2 inches
depth forward 6i2 inches scag feet.
The Worcester boat will have a novel steering de-
vice make steering easier for the coxswan and 70
prevent him from jamming the rudde: over In case
one side Of the boat rows harder than the other ~
means OF an arrangement attached 10 the ruddcr
there Is dial between tho coxswain and stroke
oar by which either tell where the rudder Is
pointed. In that way the coxswain can be made 10
tell the side or the other TO row harder
instead of jamm!ng over the rudder and making the
progress of the boat more difficult.