Word: contest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to a mutual agreement settled before the debate, and according to the principle governing all debates participated in by Northwestern University, there were no judges of last night's contest, and no decision was rendered by the audience on the merits of the debate. In a vote at the finish of the regular 18 minutes speeches, after several of the audience had aired their views on the subject, however, the audience went on record as in favor of the laws...
Coach E. J. Brown '96 is now getting his men in shape for the race with M. I. T. on May 5 and will stage another trial contest in the Basin on Saturday to condition his crews for the straightaway pull. After this work-out, he will select the coxswain for the first University crew. The four leading candidates for the steersman's post are, at present, D. F. Baum '30, J. H. McCollum '28, C. H. Pforzheimer '28, and L. L. Wadsworth...
...members of the Harvard team had been notified at the beginning of the week that they had been selected to compete, but the authorities had intended to defer public announcement of their names until after the contest in order to avoid publicity which might be detrimental to the competitors. In view of the fact, however, that the Yale team had been announced it was decided yesterday that to put the teams on a completely equal footing the names of the Harvard men should also be released...
...that too much of the team against team spirit would be detrimental to the purpose of Mrs. Putnam's donation, and undoubtedly such a danger does exist. Realizing that such difficulties might arise, Professor Tat-lock in yesterday's CRIMSON said that "this is the first year of the contest, and it is likely enough that methods may be altered another year." A change that would put the awards more definitely within the grasp of the hopeful many would perhaps serve better the cause of scholarship...
Yesterday, while the University eights were cruising upstream for trial sprints, the two 150-pound crews held a half-mile contest under the supervision of Coach C. S. Heard '25. The first boat, stroked by James de Normandie '29, managed to overcome a length handicap in the distance but could not pull away from the seconds, paced by W. J. Shearer...