Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following is the order for the final competition in the Boylston prize-speaking contest next Thursday...
...will contest in the semifinals are Fitz of Newton High School, Whitman of Hopkinson's, Ware of Roxbury Latin, and Butters of Concord High. All of these men did some good playing during the day, and the finals should be very interesting. Ware is last year's champion, but is not quite up to his old form. Whitman won his five matches with only the loss of two games, and may give Ware a hard fight...
...exciting; if Harvard wins she will have just cause for pride. We believe that out of the list of entries on another page, men will be found to outdo the best athletes whom Yale can bring against them; and we are glad that so interesting and important a contest is to be settled where all Harvard...
Yale has met another defeat in joint debating - this time from Princeton. The contest Wednesday evening was extremely close and the decision of the judges was not unanimous. The Yale Union in not discouraged but believes that with the rapid improvement in debating here the long line of defeats will be broken before very long...
...Both classes had bands on the field and vied with each other in making noisy demonstrations in favor of their teams. During the game the seniors made a successful attempt to capture the large '96 flag and, in turn, the '95 flag was captured but re-taken. The whole contest brought out a fine display of class feeling and will be long remembered...