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...final competition last evening for the first and second cups offered by the Speaker's Club for the best original ten-minute speeches on any subject whatever, the first cup was awarded to St. J. Perret '10, who delivered "A Eulogy over the Tomb of Father Turgis, a Chaplain of the Southern Army in the Civil War, on the Occasion of a Reunion of Confederate Veterans." B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 was awarded the second cup for a speech on "Social Life at Harvard." The judges were E. Bernbaum '02, F. W. C. Hersey '99, and A. H. Lyber...
...held in the New Lecture Halls this evening at 8 o'clock. J. C. Bills '09, A. S. Ford Sp., St. J. Perret '10, and B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 have been retained from the trials and will compete in the finals tonight. Each contestant will make an original ten-minute speech on any subject whatever, preferably one of University interest...
From the twenty-seven men who competed yesterday in the trial speaking contest for the Boylston Prizes in Rhetoric and Oratory, the following ten have been retained for the final competition, which will be held tomorrow: P. W. Illman '09, H. W. Joyner '09, H. von Kaltenborn '09, O. L. M. Lyding '09, J. L. Merrill '10, D. M. Osborne '09, H. M. Potter '10, C. R. Small '09, J. E. Waid '10, and F. A. Wilmot...
Among the stories, "Pete La Farge" by Mr. Ernst is notable as a triumph over limitations of space. Though but a trifle over three pages long, it lacks scarcely one of the properties which the current practice of our best ten-cent magazines proves helpful toward securing publication. Local color, uncouth dialect, primal passion, heroic resignation, a moral struggle, and a savage fight march in perfect order to an artistically vague ending. A fit companion to "Pete La Farge" is "The Morrigan." Mr. Schenck piles on lurid horrors with the ungrudging hand of love. Beside his sketch, Mr. Proctor...
...baseball team defeated Exeter Saturday afternoon on Soldiers Field in a close game by the score of 4 to 2. The batting of both tams was weak, and all the runs made by the Freshmen were due to errors. Potter at second base played a very fast game, accepting ten chances without an error, and getting two hits out of three times...