Word: shields
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trophy played for is offered by Mr. I. N. Rice of New York. It has been won twice by Cambridge and Oxford and, unless the American colleges win this year, the shield becomes the property of the English colleges. The game has been usually played by the American colleges in New York, the Associated Press furnishing the cable; but this year Harvard is making an effort to have the match played in Boston...
...transept of Memorial. The subject is a classical one, the young Cornelius Scipio being the ideal instance in both panels. In the first panel he is represented as going to battle, an angel sending him forth; and in the second, returning, kneeling before the angel, with his shield and the two spears of victory. In the base of the first panel is written the word "Honor" and in the second, "Pax." Above the two panels in the small triangular lancet is the class year...
...cups to be presented are of original design and very interesting in detail. Deeply engraved on the front of the cups is the name of the debate and the winner. A quartered Harvard shield is stamped on the top; but instead of the customary open book in the upper left hand corner is the name and date of the first debating organization at Harvard--"The Union" started in 1832. In the quarter diagonally below is the name and date of the "Forum" founded in 1893. A slightly raised band with the inscription "Harvard University Debating Club" encircles the shield...
...schools, Andover won the tournament with a total of 13 points; Hopkinson was second with 11 points. The trophy this year will not be a banner, as in the past, but will consist instead of a silver shield with crossed racquests, mounted on a black walnut slab...
...championship will be rowed during the last week in May in three trial heats, a heat for second crews and a final for both firsts and seconds. The dates will probably be the 28th, 29th and 31st, but they have not yet been definitely decided upon. The shield offered by the B. A. A. is now accompanied by a cup for the crew winning second place, to be held on the same terms...