Both Dartmouth debating teams were awarded the decisions in the eighteenth annual triangular debate between Williams, Brown, and Dartmouth, held Friday evening, March 24. The teams were composed of the following men: affirmative, C. C. Coffin '16, E. Cranston '16, W. C. Biel '16, and W. A. Barrows '17 alternate; negative, S. B. Emerson, 2nd '17, M. E. Bernkopf '16, C. P. Merryman '16, and J. E. McDonough '18 alternate.
The question discussed was: "Resolved: That the city manager form of Government should be adopted by all New England cities of over 100,000 population, except Boston." The Dartmouth negative team successfully defended its side of the question against the Brown affirmative team at Hanover, and the Dartmouth affirmative was accorded a 2-1 victory at Williams.