Word: matthews
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is encouragement for American scholarship in the recently published annual report of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. American Rhodes scholars at Oxford last year took five first honors in jurisprudence, and captured nine university prizes, among which were the Matthew Arnold prize for an English essay and the Oldham prize for a classical essay. In the classics in general their showing was less good than in other subjects. Outside the field of scholarship, they have done well in athletics, and--strangely enough--an American has been chosen for the first time to the presidency of the Union, which is regarded...
...that everyone intending to go out for the team, should report at this first practice. New material is particularly needed for the 100 and 220 yard dashes and for the diving event. In the future practice will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays under the direction of Coach Matthew Mann of last year's team...
...Oldham Prize for an essay on "The Sean in the Greek Poets." This prize, consisting of sixty pounds, is awarded annually for the best essay on a subject connected with Greek and Latin literature. During the last hundred years it has been won by such men as John Ruskin. Matthew Arnold and Dean Stanley, Greene, however, is the first American to have captured this honor...
...Horgan '14, J. H. Klein '13, J. B. Stenbuck '14, J. S. Tomajan '14, Irving Pichel '14, Joseph Lorenz '14, W. T. Gardiner '14. The judges of the speaking will be Mayor J. Edward Barry of Cambridge, Honorable Louis A. Frothingham '93, Mr. H. S. Grew '96, Mr. Matthew Hale '03, Bishop Lawrence ,71' Mr. T. N. Perkins '91, and Mr. Joseph Warren...
Other guests of honor at the banquet will be Judge A. P. Stone '93, and Matthew Hale '03, both honorary members of the society. Tau Kappa Alpha is an honorary fraternity, membership in which is given to men distinguished in public speaking. To be eligible for membership one must have been a member of a University debating team or must have appeared in an intercollegiate oratorical contest...