Word: medals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decoration is distinct from a medal, of which the highest is the Victoria Cross-which takes precedence even over the Garter...
...medal offered by the Comite France-Amerique of Paris for public speaking in French on questions pertaining to France, has been awarded to Maurice Hyman Halperin '27 of East Boston, for his dissertation on woman suffrage in France. The judges were Professors Edmond Esteve, Exchange Professor of French Literature from the University of Nancy, Ernest Langley, head of the French department at M. I. T., and Mr. E. L. Raiche, of the French Department at the University...
...clock on the Jarvis Field courts. Nine schools have signified their intention of entering six-men teams, while two others will be represented by individual competitors. The winning team will be awarded a shield, while the individual winner and runner-up will receive a gold and silver medal respectively...
...Jacob Wertheim Research Fellowship for the Betterment of Industrial Relationships has been awarded by the Corporation for the academic year 1925-26 to Mr. William Haber of Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Haber is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he received the John L. Mitchell medal for his thesis on the "United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners...
...apprehensions of the undergraduates' tendency to "ride," through colleges, has more to justify the plan of adherence to specific requirements than has the vociferous liberal's plea for selection. In the first place, the degree must mean something. We don't want candidates at graduation presented with a medal for "spending" four years in college. Nor do we want them lop-sided brain specimens...