Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...good one, and compared favorably with the exhibitions of skill and muscle in former years. The entries were: H. Swain, '88; A. T. Dudley, '87; G. L. Barney, s. s.; F. B. Myers, '90, and R. T. Osgood, '87. Osgood performed some very dexterous feats, and was given first prize; Dudley was second...
...Clark, '87; E. H. Rogers, '87; A. T. Perkins, '87; T. D. Davidson, '88; F. B. Lund, '88; J. H. Slade, Jr. '90; A. T. Dudley, 87, H. Swain, '88, contested in the vault and in the parallel bars, which were among the events counted towards the general excellence prize. When the bar was at 6 feet 7 3-4 inches, Slade, Davidson and Perkins were the only men who had not failed. All three cleared it, Perkins on the third trial. The bar was then raised, and Perkins won the cup by a vault of 6 feet...
PARALLEL BARS.The entries for the parallel bars were C. E. Loud, '87, and A. T. Perkins, 87. A. T. Dudley, '87, and H. Swain, '88, were the entries for the general excellence prize...
...Lippincott prize" of $50 for best article on "Social Life at Princeton" was won by E. M. Hopkins, '88. The "Lit" poetry prize was given to Drummond, '88. In the Whig Hall soph. oratorical contest, Mitchell took first medal; Chase, second. J. Williams, in Whig Hall senior prize essay, first prize; Whittaker, '88, favorable mention. Freshman prize essay Whig Hall, first, Baxter; second, Charlton. Clio Hall, first, Chambers; second, Jeakle...
...powers that be know that a room in the yard is a Harvard man's greatest prize, the value of which increases in geometrical ratio as his years in college advance. Is it fair, then, that every one of the four hundred boarding-school boys in various parts of the United States who are intending to come to Harvard next year, but who have absolutely no connection with college, many of whom never will be here or will be plucked in the examinations, should have an equal chance at the limited number of rooms available, with fellows who have been...