Word: contested
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Tonight, for the first time in their existence, the two rival debating societies will meet in a public contest. The year has seen a remarkable increase in the interest in debate, and the two societies have never been so prosperous nor contained so much ability as at present. The committee in charge have made the most careful and extensive preparations for the event. Hon. William A. Bancroft '78, Mr. Ernest L. Conant '84, and Mr. George P. Baker '87, will act as judges. The meeting will be presided over by Herbert C. Lakin...
...Sargent spoke first, showing how, with the development of competitive sports and light gynastics, interest in heavy gymnastics has steadily decreased. He dwelt on the benefits of hard, regular gymnasium work, and outlined the plan of a gymnastic association - an organization made up of several teams, which would contest at public meetings...
...which it was already finally committed, but as an attempt, however late, to put such committal out of the question. If in the end the challenge is accepted, the club will find none more earnest than we shall be in supporting its efforts to make the first freshmen contest in debate a success...
There will be a meeting of the Prohibition Club in 46 College House next Thursday night to make arrangements for choosing Harvard's representatives in the Harvard-Yale contest. The competition will be restricted to the members of the club, of whom there are at present eighteen. Each man will deliver an oration. The one giving the best oration will represent the Harvard club in the state contest and in the Yale contest; he will be assisted in the Yale contest by the man who gives the second best oration. In the Yale contest the men will be judged...
...been decided to hold the Harvard-Yale Prohibition Club contest in Hartford, the first week after the Easter recess. A preliminary contest will be held by the Harvard club in the near future to select representatives for this contest and for the state contest...