Word: boylston
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...oratorical contest for the Lee Wade and Boylston Prizes was won last night by Arthur Gustave King '26 of Cambridge, who delivered Edgar Allen Poe's "The Bells". Edward Adams Sawin '25 of Cambridge, who recited "The Revelation" by Robert Service, was awarded the second prize' of $35, and James Harry Smith Jr. '25 of Tiptonville, Tennessee, the third prize of $25. Lee Wade Prize, won by King...
Coming at any other time the trials for the Lee Wade and Boylston prizes could be justly dismissed as an inescapable heritage from the period when oratory and elocution flowered on every schoolhouse platform. But at present, when the days of the Senior are made black by the thought of orals, the competition does not seem quite absurd in view of the fact that it undoubtedly develops self-confidence. It is decidedly upsetting to the Senior who has received no training in oral argument and discussion to be called before what in effect is a bench of judges...
Tonight at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre, the speaking for the Lee Wade and Boylston Prizes will take place. As a result of preliminary trials, ten men have been chosen to compete for the awards; and each one of these will be allowed six minutes in which to give his oration. F. A. O. Schwarz '24, will introduce the speakers and preside at the meeting, which is open to the public free of charge...
...Boylston Prizes were founded in 1817 by Ward Nicholas Boylston in honor of his uncle, Nicholas Boylston, who established the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory. These prizes have been awarded continuously for 107 years, and are one of the oldest institutions in the University. In 1915, the Lee Wade Prize was established by Dr. Francis Henry Wade, in memory of his son, Lee Wade II '14 who while in college was especially interested and took part in the contests for the Boylston Prizes...
...Wade Prize, which is for $50, and the two Boylston Prizes, which are for $35 and $25 respectively, are awarded by the President and Fellows on the recommendation of three judges. The men who will serve in this capacity tonight are Professor Manley O. Hudson G. '07, Professor of International Law, Assistant Dean Kenneth B. Murdock '16, and Dr. Francis Peabody Magoun...