Word: boylston
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Charles Townsend Copeland '82, hitherto an Associate Professor of English, was appointed a full Professor to become Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory next year. Dean Briggs has held this professorship, perhaps the most highly prized in the University, since 1904. The office of Dean of the Faculty, which he has held since 1902, will go to Clifford Herschel Moore '89, now Chairman of the Committee on Instruction and Professor of the Classics...
...became an Assistant Professor of English, and five years later a full professor. The next year he began his long career in University Hall when he was appointed Dean of Harvard College. In 1903 he was chosen Dean of the Faculty, and two years later was awarded the coveted Boylston Professorship. From 1903 until 1923 he was President of Radcliffe College, and for many years he was chairman of the Athletic Committee, from which post he resigned a year ago. Miss Comiscock is an able successor as Radcliffe President, Mr. Pennypacker is now leading the Athletic Committee. Professor Copeland will...
...three competitions are open to undergraduates and will close on April 1. Next Tuesday will be the closing day for the Lee Wade and Boylston prize competitions for Elocution...
...Lord Cowdray, Lady Leicester, Lord Colebrook, Lady Northcote, Premier and Mrs. Baldwin and Foreign Secretary and Mrs. Chamberlain. Among the Americans present were Ambassador Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Cora, Countess of Strafford, Lady Astor, Frederick Sterling, Counsellor of the U. S. Embassy; Ray Atherton, First Secretary; Boylston A. Deal, special attache. The men were dressed in court costume, the ladies in expensive gowns. The banquet over, the King and the other gentlemen stayed to crack the usual jokes and discuss the usual topics over their port and nuts. The King, said to be particularly struck with...
...Wade Prize of $50 was established in 1915 by Dr. Francis Henry Wade in memory of his son. The two Boylston Prizes of $35 and $25 respectively were established in 1817 by Ward Nicholas Boylston. The competition is open to Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores of good standing in the college for excellence in elocution. Dean Briggs requests that competitors submit their selections to him for approval not later than February...