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At 8.15 tonight in Sanders Theatre, a University debating team will uphold against Princeton the negative side of the question: "Resolved, that limitation of enrolment of undergraduates in American Colleges and Universities by means other than exercising the standards of scholastic attainment is justifiable." At the same time, another team will face Yale at New Haven, presenting the affirmative side of the question.
The team which will debate with Princeton in Sanders Theatre will be composed of the following men: W. D. Morton Jr. '27, from Madisonville, Ky., Morton Arnold '25, from Cleveland, Ohio, P. W. Williams '25, from New Bedford, with R. A. Barton '25, from Passaic, N. J., and A. G. King '26, from Cambridge as alternates. The Princeton speakers will be J. B. Darby, C. A. Capen, and Carl Kopf, with M. A. Sellers as alternate.
The University will be represented in the debate with Yale at New Haven by H. Parker Sharp '25, from Pittsburg, Pa., D. L. Davidson '27, from Lakewood, Ohio, and H. C. Davidson '26, from Louisville, Ky., who will speak in the order named. J. Y. Cole '25, from Toronto, Canada, will act as alternate. The Yale team will be composed of J. G. Becker, T. C. Hume, and W. S. Harris.
Freshmen Take Part
Although it is very unusual for Freshmen to represent the University in debating competition, two members of the class of 1927 are included in the personnel of this year's squad. D. L. Dickson '27, who has had but one year's experience in debating, will go to New Haven with the team upholding the affirmative. W. D. Morton Jr. is the other Freshman to secure a position on the team, and he will be the second speaker for the University in Sanders Theatre. Morton is an experienced debater, having won the individual state public speaking championship of Kentucky last year, and has been a member of the championship preparatory school debating team.
As has been the custom in debates in Cambridge this year, there will be no consultation between the judges prior to their rendering a decision. This is done in order to prevent a complimentary unanimous vote being given when one of the three judges may have disagreed. The audience will also vote, and while their ballots are being counted, the chairman will give a brief speech.
Allen Will Preside
Mr. Frank G. Allen, President of the Massachusetts Senate, will be chairman of the evening, and the judges are Dean Harry Seymour Ross of Emerson College, Professor David Vaughan, of the Boston University School of Theology, and James T. Williams Jr., Editor of the Boston Transcript. Members of the Freshman Discussion Club will act as ushers, and the visiting team will be entertained by members of the Student Council.
Following the debate in Sanders Theatre, a banquet will be given at the Pickwick Arms for the presiding officers, judges, and all the debaters.
Tickets may be procured at Leavitt and Peirce's, and at the Harvard Cooperative Society. A limited number of reserved seats will be reserved for people desiring to sit as near to the platform as possible. These may be secured on application to the head usher at Sanders Theatre tonight.
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