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...Pasteur Medal was founded in 1898 by Baron Plerre de Conbertin as a prize to be awarded to the winner of an annual debate, the subject of which is to be drawn each year from contemporary French politics. The administration of the Prize is in the hands of the French Department which may call in members of other departments, as the Department of Public Speaking, to aid it in the administration of the prize. The question which was chosen for this year is Resolved. That the Briand Proposal for a European Union is for the Best interests of international Goodwill...
...Pasteur Medal was first given in 1898, by Baron Pierre de Conbertin, to be awarded annually thereafter to the successful candidate in a debate on a subject to be drawn from contemporary French politics...
This prize was founded in 1898 by Baron Pierre de Conbertin, in the form of a medal "to be awarded to the successful contestant in an annual debate; off a subject drawn from contemporary French politics...
After a lapse of about two thousand years the Olympic games are to be renewed, in the interest of international amateur sport. The prime mover in this revival is a young Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Conbertin, who is well-known both in his own country and in America, as an enthusiast in athletic sports. He brought about the international athletic convention in Paris last June, the result of which was an arrangement whereby quadrennial meetings will be held, beginning next year in Athens. Besides all modern athletic contests an effort will be made to revive some of the old Greek...
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