Word: wade
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contestants for the Lee Wade and Boylston prizes for elocution must register for the competition before Monday, February 25, according to an announcement given out yesterday. These contests are held annually in Sanders Theatre during the first week of April, and always attract an excellent group of speakers, over 54 students participating in last year's competition...
...Boylston prizes, which consist of one $50 and two $30 awards, were founded in 1817, while the Lee Wade prize, a single award of $50, was established in 1916. The terms of the awards call for the repetition by some member of the three upper classes in College, of a memorized selection of poetry or prose chosen from a piece of standard English Latin, or Greek literature...
Adolphus Busch, whose beer is not as potent as it used to be, and the late Festus John Wade, banker, have had two public schools in St. Louis, Mo., named for them. Last week, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union protested, because Brewer Busch's onetime beverage "is now outlawed by the Constitution of our country" and because Banker Wade was a Roman Catholic...
...summary follows. HARVARD SECONDS YALE SECONDS Harding, l.e. r.e., Gile Upton, l.t. r.t., Smith Dwinnell, l.g. r.g., Simmons Warner, c. c., Gwin Brown, r.g. l.g., Wade Johnson, r.t. l.t., Hitchcock Lewis, r.e. l.e., Fiske Owens, q.b. q.b., Cruikshank Pierce, l.h.b. r.h.b., Conklin Kiser, r.h.b. l.h.b., Wiener Coveli, f.b. f.b., Ward...
HARVARD YALE SECONDS SECONDS Lewis, l.e. r.e., Gil Upton; l.t. r.t., Smith Dwinnell, l.g. r.g., Simmons Warner, c. c., Givin Brown, r.g. l.g., Wade Johnson, r.t. l.t., Hitchcock Harding, r.e. l.e., Lambert Covel, q.b. q.b., Wells Owens, l.h.b. r.h.b., Conklin Kiser, r.h.b. l.h.b., Wiener Pierce, f.b. f.b., Ward...