Word: contests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...events of the day in some organized lecture course is however, no reason for his ignoring them completely. Inevitably some of them will have an effect on his future life and as a result should call forth a vital interest on his part. If the New York Times contest can help to stimulate this interest, it is fulfilling a role which the college cannot adequately handle and its existence is fully justified...
Among the new plans recently announced by the Academic Council in charge of the annual Current Events Contest are proposals to change the type of essay required, to lengthen the period of time covered by the facts contest, to change the date of the test so as not to interfere with Mid-year or hour examinations, and to bar winners of local contests from competing again until a year has elapsed after their winning...
...contest held this year, H.G. Abdian '30 won the local prize of the University while Harvard received fourth place in the national contest...
...recent meeting in the annex of the Times Building in New York, the Academic Council, composed of representatives from all 20 college entered in the contest, instructed its Executive Committee to make several important changes in the conduct of future competitions. Until the present time, the essays submitted have been in the nature of editorial comments. The proposed plan is to make the essays more informative end interpretive than previously...
...also intended that the contest be held a sufficiently long time after Mid-years and far enough before April Hours so that it will not conflict in any way with either examination period. The probable date will be either in the last week in February or the first week in March...