Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boylston prize speaking, which occurred last evening, offers an opportunity for some criticism upon the methods pursued in the preparation for this annual contest. The Boylston prizes are offered as a reward to those students who upon an annual trial shall exhibit the best command over vocal and dramatic expression. It has been urged that the present plan which allows the cramming of a piece for the declamation in the last few days before the trial, defeats the purpose of the prize. We take strong exceptions to this view, for the simple reason that we deny that any student...
...dates for the "Amateur Championship" games were arranged last evening at the meeting held in the rooms of Mr. Potter. The first game will be played on May 14, between the Bessies and the CRIMSON. A detailed schedule, together with the rules for the contest, will be published in tomorrow's edition...
...class races at Yale take place on May 15 at Lake Saltonstall. The class of '86 will not be represented. The contest is between the three lower classes and the 'varsity, the latter giving a handicap...
This evening the annual competition for the Boylston prizes in declamation occurs in Sanders Theatre, and judging from the ability of the speakers, and the nature of the selections, a very interesting contest may be expected. The reproach is often made against Harvard and other colleges that the art of public speaking so indispensable to the American citizen, is shamefully neglected; but the custom of holding prize declamations frees Harvard to a certain extent from this reproach. The competition is always close, while the interest taken by the students at large shows that the importance of this branch of education...
...reason why three or four crews should not go out every afternoon at a certain hour. Last year the president of the boat club went out every day with a scratch crew, and the result of his labors has been made apparent in the closeness of the contest last Friday. Let the same thing be done this year on a larger scale, and we can safely predict that our future class and 'varsity crews will be much benefited by the result...