Word: whig
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Whig Hall junior essay contest, W. M. Irvine took first prize and W. H. Forsyeth, second. The officers of the tennis association were elected several weeks ago, T. N. McCarter is president. The new Princetonian Board took charge of the paper with the issue of April 22, the first number of volume twelve. The paper will appear with a new heading before long. The New England Association held its annual banquet at the close of last term, and this banquet was a greater success than its predecessors. Dr. Bancroft was drawn from Andover, Prof. Tufts from Exeter and Prof. Gallager...
...Lippincott prize" of $50 for best article on "Social Life at Princeton" was won by E. M. Hopkins, '88. The "Lit" poetry prize was given to Drummond, '88. In the Whig Hall soph. oratorical contest, Mitchell took first medal; Chase, second. J. Williams, in Whig Hall senior prize essay, first prize; Whittaker, '88, favorable mention. Freshman prize essay Whig Hall, first, Baxter; second, Charlton. Clio Hall, first, Chambers; second, Jeakle...
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb., 7, 1887. The winter term at Princeton is marked by literary contests in the societies. Whig and Clio Hall. Since the administration of Dr. McCosh in the college, Greek letter societies have been vetoed, and all interest in society matters has been concentrated in these two literary societies, which are strictly secret in their internal organizations. They pride themselves, and with good reason, on being the finest college literary societies in the United States. Each year, as incentives to literary effort, they each offer to their members between thirty and forty prizes for debate, oratory...
...prize debate which took place in Whig Hall last week was won by Pershing, '88. C. Rouse, '87 and W. Alexander, '89 received honorable mention in the order named...
...Whig Hall boasts as its founder, James Madison, and is something more than a hundred years old. Clio, as her rival is familiarly termed, is a few years older, and sets up that fact as a match for Whig's founder. The truth is that the numbers and influence of both societies remain about equal, and there appears to be no danger of either one's obtaining a preponderance in any direction. In the list of honorary members, Whig and Clio divide nearly all of the professors and instructors of the college, and number besides many of the most distinguished...