Debating. PHE Philolexian Society, at a meeting held on Friday, January 7th, elected its officers for the ensuing year. The new officers are : President, Geoffrey Parsons ; Vice-Presi-dent, C. C. Ryder ; Secretary, M. T. France ; Treasurer, Theophilus Parsons. Programme Committee : B. M. E. Ernst and Chas. H. Tuttle. * • The Barnard Society will hold a meeting for the election of its officers, Thursday evening next, the 13th.

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1898-01-12 →

CORNELL DEBATE Columbia and Cornell will argue on the Boer question at Ithaca tonight— Personnel of the teams All final arrangements for the debate with Cornell have been satisfactorily completed. The Columbia team, consisting of C. A. Baker, R. C. Hull and C. H. Tuttle, with J. D Fackenthal, alternate, left New York yesterday on the 12:15 train for Ithaca, where the debate will be held this evening at the Lyceum Opera House under the auspices of the Cornell Debating Society. The subject for debate, seiected by Cornell, is as follows: "Resolved, that President Kruger's ultimatum was justified." Columbia, having the choice of sides, chose the affirmative, and in the trial debates the ground was gone over in a thorough manner, until it seemed that a strong brief had been worked up. The debaters themselves are fairly confident of success. The judges have not yet been definitly…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1900-04-27 →

PENNSYLVANIA WINS Debate Between Columbia and Penn Results in a Victory for the LatterArguments of the Debaters with Their Records. Columbia lost the debate with Penn- J svlvania that took place in ! hiladel-: phia last Thursday night. The Academy of Music, where the debate was held, was fairly well filled with an interested audience composed chiefly of Pennsylvania students. I he subject discussed was: "Resolved, I hat the United States should adopt a system of graded subsidies, based upon the mileage traveled by registered American vessels when engaged in foreign trade." Columbia, by choice, took the negative side. Provost C. C. Harrison gave cordial welcome to the visiting team in the name of the University of Pennsylvania, and introduced the presiding officer, ex-Governor J. A. Beaver. Lester B. Johnson of Pennsylvania made the first speech of the debate. He devoted himself…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1900-12-20 →

CORNELL DEBATE TO-NIGHT Third Contest in the Series to Be Held at Ithaca—Records of the Speakers. The debating teams of Columbia and Cornell Universities will meet in the third and deciding debate of the series to-night. The debate will be held in Ithaca under the auspices of the local University. Cornell will be represented in the contest by M. M. Wyvell, 1903 L.. G. P. Winters, 1902, and F. L. Carlisle, with F. X. McCollum, alternate. The Columbia team will be composed of H. S. Harrington, C. H. Tuttle, and L. N. Wood, with H. H. Gumm, alternate. The Columbia team left for Ithaca yesterday morning. So far as known only two judges have been procured by Cornell —Prof. Walter A. Wyckofif, of Princeton, and Prof. W. H. Mace, of Rochester University. The debate this evening is one of particular importance and no pains have been spared to send to Ithaca a winning team. The…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1902-03-07 →

Named in Cardozo, History of the Philolexian Society (1902) at the referenced leaf.

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Charles H. Tuttle · Confidence: CERTAIN