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Dates: during 1910-1919
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William Lloyd Prosser '18, of Washington, D. C., has been awarded the Coolidge Prize of $100, which is given annually to the best speaker in the system of trial debates which are held before the triangular contest between the University, Yale and Princeton, which took place on March 22 this year. Prosser has been a member of the University debating team for the last two years. Both years he was judged the best speaker in the contest in Sanders Theatre; against Yale in 1917, and Princeton in 1918. He was also a member of his Freshman team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1921 DEBATING TRIALS TUESDAY | 4/3/1918 | See Source »

...patriotic mass meeting to promote food conservation, to be held in Sanders Theatre tonight at 8 o'clock. The aim of the meeting, which is under the auspices of the Cambridge Branch of the Special Aid Society on Food Conservation, will be to show how saving may best be obtained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOD SAVING PLANS OUTLINED | 4/2/1918 | See Source »

...student must learn that concentration on the work at hand is the best preparation for war. He must learn that thoroughness in the execution of civil and military duties is essential. He must not, by his slovenliness, practice sabotage with existent machinery. He must strive to make college more valuable than usual. He must carry on. --Michigan Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carry On. | 4/1/1918 | See Source »

Food conservation will be promoted at a patriotic mass meeting in Sanders Theatre tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, when two speakers will address all those interested on the subject of conservation, and will tell how this saving may best be applied. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Cambridge Branch of the Special Aid Society, and the Women's Committee on Food Conservation. All members of the University are cordially invited to attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROMOTE FOOD CONSERVATION | 4/1/1918 | See Source »

...have done admirable work, but I am not competent to speak on what is being done at the present time. As to what boys should do about enlisting I can only say what my own four boys did is what I believe to be the best policy. I am exceedingly proud of the course which they followed and the cause for which they are fighting. "If I had my way, every young man from 19 to 21 years of age would be put into a training camp forthwith and required to go into the army when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROOSEVELT WANTS ALL MEN OVER 19 IN TRAINING CAMP | 3/30/1918 | See Source »

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