Word: tried
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...current issue of the Advocate appear two thoughtful bits of essay, some stories and verse, little better than mediocre, and a flourish of well-turned play reviewing. The array is by no means despicable. One hopes, however, with the editors, that the three months' Tri-collegiate Competition proposed for next year, will aid in raising the standard of contributions...
...purpose of the "Tri-collegiate Literary Competition" is explained in Mr. Thayer's leader. He believes that "the idea of beating another college should evoke more zeal than that of winning from a personal friend." Excellence in intellectual pursuits craves the approval of the masses, however seldom it gets such approval; and since effort in an intercollegiate competition is sure to win some degree of recognition from the undergraduate masses, the new plan may prove effective. The second essay is a plea by Mr. Peters to have enrolled upon the Memorial Hall tablets the names of Harvard men who died...
...infusion of the element of keen competition into undergraduate literary work is promised by the commendable plan of a tri-collegiate prize to be instituted by the literary magazines of Harvard, Yale and Princeton. The CRIMSON has more than once advocated the establishment of a literary prize to be competed for by undergraduates of Harvard and Yale, and has pointed out that the stimulus of competition resulting would do a great deal to raise the standard of literary endeavor in both colleges. The tri-partite competition now planned should stimulate even keener rivalry and call out contributions of distinct merit...
...Tri-collegiate Literary Conference recently held in New Haven under the auspices of the Harvard Advocate, the Yale Literary Magazine, the Yale Courant, and the Nassau Literary Magazine, it was decided to establish a competition between the three colleges for the best short story, poem, or one-act play...