Word: contest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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California, with a primary imminent, was claimed for Candidate Smith ahead of Candidates Walsh and Reed. Here, really, was a crux of the Smith candidacy which its supporters were taking on a surprising amount of faith. The California primary, first direct contest between the leading candidates, is of great importance psychologically as well as numerically. California is farthest from New York. California contains a curious mixture of wet Protestants, dry Catholics and vice versas. Thousands of Republicans were registered to vote in the Democratic primary. To predict a decisive Smith victory in California the margin of 10,000 votes quoted...
...Witwer Day." The newspapers had editorials and there was a concert. In the concert a girl sang to the sound of an orchestra. The girl's name was Kathryn Witwer, she was the daughter of a Gary, Ind., mechanic, she had won a young girl's singing contest, she had sung from the stage of the Chicago Opera Company, her voice had been mildly praised by competent critics, she wanted to go abroad and study music but she had no money. This last fact accounted for the existence of Witwer Day. The good folk of Gary were eager...
With approximately a third of their scheduled contests behind them, the University diamond forces have yet to taste defeat at the hands of a college nine. The single downfall suffered by the Crimson team was in the contest with the still undefeated Quantico Marines...
...announcement of the contest was released Tuesday but it was found last night that College authorities had not sanctioned the proposal...
...preliminaries for the France Amerique Medal Speaking Contest in French on any topic relating to France will take place in Sever 36 on the evening of May 4, at 8 o'clock, and the finals in Paine Hall on May 25, at 8 o'clock...