DARTMOUTH SECOND IN TRIANGULAR DEBATE

The eighth annual debate of the New England Triangular Debating League, held simultaneously at Providence, Hanover, and Williamstown, was won by Brown. The latter team defeated Dartmouth at Providence, and Williams at Williamstown. Dartmouth was victorious over Williams at Hanover, however, and took second place. The question for the debates read as follows: Resolved: That state constitutions should be so amended as to provide that, when an act passed by the state legislature under the Police Power of the state shall have been declared unconstitutional by the courts, (a) the legislature shall after six months and within two years, submit to the people whether "they wish the act to become law, and (b) a majority vote in the affirmative shall have the effect of establishing as law the act in question."

The main speeches were ten minutes in .length, and the rebuttal speeches were limited to six minutes to each man. Each negative team debated at home.

The judges at Hanover were: Prof. John Corsa of Amherst, Prof. P. B. Kennedy, and J. C. Brodsky, Esq., both of New York City.