Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present instructor, time and attention is devoted to the requirements of every day conversation, and not to those accomplishments which are justly termed theatrical and which are of value only to those who are to make the stage or public speaking their vocation. The competition for the prize speaking gives every indication of being better than it was last May. We hope that the present prospect will be borne out fully by the result...
...February number of Lippincott's Magazine will be started a series of one hundred questions in literature and matters of current interest. A prize of $100 is offered for the best answer to these questions...
...Among the events of interest proposed is a series of out-door tennis tournaments for both ladies and gentlemen, in singles, doubles and pairs, to be held about the middle of March, for which entries are solicited by the committee. A permanent organization will be effected, and a valuable prize offered by residents for annual competition. A feature of interest is the expected entry of well-known Englishmen...
...Yale "Lit" medal has been given to Herbert Augustin Smith, of the senior class, for his essay on "University Life." The competition for the prize has been poor of late and it has not been awarded since it was given to Pierson...
After President Eliot's address this evening in Sever 11, Maxime Bocher will read his dissertation which received the Bowdoin prize in Group...