Word: medal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Comite France-Amerique" founded in 1909 by Gabriel Hanotaux, Foreign Minister of France for the purpose of "promoting cordial relations between France and the New World" has offered the University a gold medal as the prize for the "France-Amerique Oratorical Contest...
...Norton '92. Norman Prince had received in addition the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille Militaire before his death in France. C. W. Whittlesey '08, and G. Murtry '99, members of the "Lost Batallion" are the two men who have received the highest American honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor. They were decorated on the Boston Common by General Edwards in December...
...Ames Prize is awarded at intervals of four years. It consists of a bronze medal and a sum of not less than $400, and is awarded to the writer of the most meritorious law book or legal essay written in the English language and published not less than one nor more than five years before the award...
...none other than to send to every past and present member of the university in active military or naval service, or serving abroad in one of the recognized forms of auxiliary service, a small medal--a sort of pocket-piece or lucky penny--on which appears the name of it holder and a few words testifying to the university's appreciation of what he is doing for his country. The cost of each token is only about thirty cents. A coin of the same character was carried by Minnesota men in the Spanish War, and proved a token of association...
...final debate, candidates shall speak for ten minutes before three judges, who shall award the medal on the ground of subject matter and style...