Word: valedictorian
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...Tomorrow" and is well equipped to talk on social and economic problems. Mr. Thomas was the La Follette candidate for governor of New York in 1924 and this fall figured prominently as the Socialist candidate for Mayor of New York. While at Princeton where he graduated in 1906, as valedictorian of his class, he was on the debating team; of late years he has spoken several times at the Union. Today's meeting is open to the University...
Class Day was started in 1760 by the election of one members of the Senior Class to deliver a valedictory address to the college, in Latin. It is interesting to note that at the first meeting to choose a Valedictorian, every members of the class brought a bottle of wine in his pocket. History relates there was "disorder...
Since Mr. Wilson's resignation over a year ago, Dr. Hibben has been the candidate most favored by Princeton alumni for the presidency and is very popular with the undergraduates. When at college he was president and valedictorian of his class in his senior year, and since his graduation has taken great interest in all undergraduate activities...
...vote of the faculty the class of 1904 will be the last to have a valedictorian and salutatorian. The reasons given for this change are that under the present elective system considerable risk of injustice is involved, and also that it seems desirable to avoid the element of rivalry and hard feeling which has sometimes marked the struggle for first place...
...Prize Debate last year, and this year won the Baird Prize for delivery. He has also been managing editor of the 1901 "Bric-a-Brac," and editor-in-chief of the Princetonian. He was on the debating team which defeated Yale this year, and has been chosen Valedictorian of the Senior Class for Commencement...