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Vote of the Committee on Debating.

At a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Debating held Wednesday night the following vote was passed:

Voted, That in the opinion of the Advisory Board the assistance of instructors in Harvard University in competitive debates, except in the case of the instructor in elocution, should be limited to pointing out material, giving information, and suggesting the general analysis of the subject. They should not arrange lines of argument, criticise the speeches of members of the teams, or debate against them.

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