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Show (!mnt or l.ec. At the meeting or tho Lyceum Society So-ciety laat evening rrealdeut N". Y. Hcl td.U In lli chalr-the auUrrt of tleUlewaa! "llreolved, That ltoharl i:. Le. mi a greater military general then riuUlyeaeiB. Grant." Affirmative, Affirma-tive, J. M. llailow ami J. Ilurroiti; liegatlve, II. It. I.yonand IVter l:illolt. The chair appointed the following gert-tlenienloaoiaejuditea: gert-tlenienloaoiaejuditea: Johu Jamea, I). J. Walte auJ Jaiuea T. Dunbar. Mr. Harlow opened tb. debate, f hieing hie-ing ft thorough underatandlne; of the iiueillona at laiue. I In declared that General 1 never waa defeated, and dearrlbcd In graphic manner Ilia battle of aetlyaburg end Ilia achieve- Bruente of l.t. Mr. I.yon, far lha negative, eald: If being walled In and eennliu three ruleelvea la Hunt, Mead anil Hherlden Hiking for aa.latauce n not a defeat, than ha would concede tba palm to tha affirmative. Mr. Ilurruwe, continuing fur tha afltnietlv.,al 1 no iloutt Urtnl waa a greet Amtrlcan eoMler. To romare tha two, In tha language of General IJerly, u Ilka comparing lliepriamldaof Ugypt to a pigmy on Mount Atlaa. Haqnutedfromvarloui mircee'ln luppo't or hla argument. Mr. J.lllolt fur the negative, gate a definition of what oon.llluted great geoeralahlp. Thejudgea wel. unanl- . inoua for the animallve. . The Lyceum will inMt Jilully neit Tuceday evening, the Will Inal., Willi the V.M.U. A. debating .oclely aud det-alo tbe qucetlou,"Are theatre, mole beneficial tutu lnurloua?" |