Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...best essay by a student in any department of the University, or by a graduate of not more than three years standing, on a subject drawn from the Life or Works of Dante. The competition is open to students and graduates of similar standing of any college or university in the United States. Essays must be submitted before the first...
...Junior class, was Senior chairman of the school assembly, was business manager of the dramatic club, and was a member of the basketball team. He was first in his district in the national Latin contest of the American Classical League, was third in Illinois in a citizenship essay contest, won first place in a competitive county scholarship examination, won the local high school medal awarded annually by the National Honorary Classics Fraternity, and had high marks in various state and national scholarship tests...
...Murray N. Parker, school book salesman. He ranked first in scholarship in his class. He was president of the student council, was a justice of the student court, a member of the debating team, an editor of the school paper, and was the winner of several prizes for essay writing. He was an officer of a club for the study of the Greek language. He was winner of the annual oratorical contest among the students of five high schools of Columbus on the general subject of the Constitution of the UnitedStates...
...School. He is the son of Fred W. Peel, bookkeeper. He ranked third in his high school class in scholarship. He was editor of the school annual, was class poet, was an editor of the school paper, and was president of the debating club. He won the current history essay contest of Scholastic magazine in 1934, was district winner in extemporaneous speaking in 1934-35, was winner of the local essay contest in 1934, and was third place winner in the State of Kentucky in a world history test...
...lives in the dangerous Yangtze when their plane went over. Last week Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in a disarmingly modest record of the flight, apologized that it had not been more exciting as an adventure, of greater value scientifically, or of more significance geographically, prefaced her book with a little essay on romance...