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Debates.

On the evening of April 3 Virginia
won a unanimous decision in a debate
with Johns Hopkins, and lost by two
votes in three in a similar contest with
North Carolina. The question, "Resolved,
that national banks should be permitted
to issue, subject to tax and government
supervision, notes based on their
general assets," was affirmed by Virginia
in both contests. The debaters against
the Baltimore team were Messrs. T. S.
Settle, Maurice Hirsch, and D. R. Fon
ville; the last of the law department, the
other two of the college; those speaking
against the Chapel Hill team were Messrs.
S. C. Williams and G. W. Fry, both
of the law school. President Alderman
was in the chair in the debate with Johns
Hopkins, which was held at the University
of Virginia; the contest with North
Carolina was held in Richmond, and was
presided over by Mayor Carlton McCarthy.