Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...MELCHER, Secretary.Cambridge, Mass.The above circular was issued under the auspices of the Finance Club; the prize has been awarded to Mr. Homer Gage, '82, who wrote on subject No. 2. The gentleman will read his essay Thursday evening, June 15th, in Sever 13, beginning at 7.45. The public are cordially invited to attend...
...Advertiser, speaking of the recently published prize essays of the Civil Service Reform Association of Boston, says of the late Mr. W. A. Smith of the class of '80: "That of Mr. Walter Allen Smith, which took the first prize, is a paper which will intensify greatly the sorrow and regret at his early death; for a young man who could prepare so broad, so thoughtful and so ripe an essay, expressed in such an easy and happy style, was capable of great things, and his death is a loss to his State and his country...
...good results that can be attained by college institutions established for the encouragement of intellectual pursuits have been amply shown by the success that has attended the Harvard Finance Club. Through the efforts of this society the Cobden Club of London was induced to offer a prize for the best essay on subjects appropriate to the needs and purposes of the organization, and, through the prospect of the prize thus offered, the Finance Club were able to promote great interest and valuable competition in the work in which they are exerting themselves. It is certainly a compliment to the society...
...Pond, [Arlington, Tuesday, the single scull race for the Cambridge Tribune prize cup was won by Stimpson; time, 12m. 15s. A. B. Pitt was second in 12m. 18s. Crosby-Cutler won the double-skiff race, beating Stimpson-Hill by 10s., his time being...
...fight according to the rules of the London prize ring at catch weights for $1000 has been arranged between Bryan Campbell and Tom Walling, in West Virginia, within 100 miles of Pittsburg...