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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...kicking contest for the Graduates' Cup will be held on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. This cup will be competed for annually, the date of the contest and the rules governing it being determined each year by the head coach and the field coach. To the winner will be extended the privilege of possession of the cup for one year and inscription of his name upon it. In making their decision, the judges will pay special attention to accuracy and distance...
...Noble and Greenough School made a clean sweep, winning the three Regatta races in which they were entered. Since the new organization of schoolboy rowing established four years ago, they have had the phenomenal record on the Charles of thirteen victories out of a possible thirteen. The closest contest of the afternoon was that between A. Lippitt '19 and C. D. Murray '19 in the Novice singles, which the latter won by the small margin of one foot. N. P. Darling '17 won the Carroll Cup, easily defeating all his opponents. In the wherry race E. Holt...
...first scheduled contest was between the second school four oars. Wind conditions made it difficult rowing and the shells were tossed about considerably. There was some confusion as to the finish line, for the stroke of the winning Noble and Greenough crew at the sound of the launch's warning whistle before going under the bridge apparently thought the race over and stopped altogether. He noticed his mistake at once, however, and in a final drive increased the lead, crossing the line one length and three-quarters in the lead. Brookline High School was second, with a lead...
...prize speaking contest on "International Peace," conducted by the Massachusetts Peace Society and the Speakers' Club, will be held in Emerson D tonight at 8 o'clock. Professor Bliss Perry, Mr. L. L. Cleveland, principal of the Cambridge High and Latin School, and Rev. Edward Cummings '83 will act as judges. The prize of $50 will be either awarded as a whole or divided, at the discretion of the judges...
...Each contestant chooses his own topic from the general field of international peace and will be judged on his subject matter, the style of his English, and on delivery. The contest is open to members of the University, and of the Massachusetts Peace Society. The following men from the University will speak; V. B. Kellett '18, L. B. Lincoln 1G.B., L. P. Mansfield '16, R. A. May '18, A. G. Palne '17, and J. H. Spitz...