Word: wade
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tonight at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre, the speaking for the Lee Wade and Boylston Prizes will take place. As a result of preliminary trials, ten men have been chosen to compete for the awards; and each one of these will be allowed six minutes in which to give his oration. F. A. O. Schwarz '24, will introduce the speakers and preside at the meeting, which is open to the public free of charge...
...Boylston Prizes were founded in 1817 by Ward Nicholas Boylston in honor of his uncle, Nicholas Boylston, who established the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory. These prizes have been awarded continuously for 107 years, and are one of the oldest institutions in the University. In 1915, the Lee Wade Prize was established by Dr. Francis Henry Wade, in memory of his son, Lee Wade II '14 who while in college was especially interested and took part in the contests for the Boylston Prizes...
...candidates have been chosen to compete on Thursday, May 8, for the Lee Wade and Boylston Prizes for elocution. The judges to select these men were Dean L. B. R. Briggs '75, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Professor F. L. Winter '86, Associate Professor of Public Speaking...
...Wade Prize of $50 was founded in 1915 by Dr., Francis Henry Wade in memory of his son, Lee Wade, 2d, of the class of 1914. The two Boylston Prizes of and $25 respectively were founded in 1917 by Ward Nicholas Boylston in honor of his uncle, Nicholas Boylston, who established the Boylston Professorship now held by Dean . The competition for these prizes is open to Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores, of good standing in the College...
Seward marked 2,900 miles traveled out of the 27,000 necessary to encircle the globe. Another 450 miles landed Lowell H. Smith, Erik Nelson and Leigh Wade at Chignik in spite of more "hardboiled" Alaska weather in the shape of snow squalls and high winds. Even the hardy aviators showed every sign of exhaustion, increased by anxiety at the disappearance of their Commander Major Frederick L. Martin. In spite of fatigue and weather they were preparing to seek their comrade, when news arrived of his rescue in Portage Bay by the U. S. destroyer Hull. A leaky tank...