Word: trial
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...virtue of the otherwise inexcusable "club state" which enabled it to hold its own for so long was its intelligence in matters of this sort. Its trial elections weeded out in advance all wasteful short sighted nominations. But now that the clubs have given up their slate the responsibility which they used to shoulder falls on the class at large. And this responsibility can never be lived up to unless the separate members of the Senior class exercise caution and self restraint in making as well as in accepting nominations. If it is too late for the nominators...
...final trial of the Freshman Debating Club for the Worcester debate was held last night and resulted in the choice of the following team: C. H. Scovell, A. Black, H. P. Williams, and L.B. Hill, alternate. The contestants each spoke ten minutes on the subject, "Resolved, That the English claims in the present controversy with the South African Republic are justifiable." The judges were W. M. Chadbourne '00, E. Mayer '00 and S. B. Southworth...
...candidates who reported last night for the Freshman Mandolin Club, the following were retained for further trial: Guitars--E. H. Holbrook, S. J. Eddy, L. Albright, F. H. Poor, S. T. Brown. Mandolins--D. Draper, C. S. Perkins, W. S. Bedal, P. Bancroft, S. B. Cummings, N. C. Foot, G. N. Dowse, M. T. Wendell, C. R. Gross Jr., H. P. Brown, W. Tuckerman, J. P. Williams, A. Notman, H. Notman, A. F. Afong, W. Kittridge, H. B. Stevens. The first rehearsal will be this afternoon at 4.45 p. m. in the gymnasium of Ware Hall...
Thirty men spoke last night at the first trial for the team to represent the Freshman Debating Club in the debate against the Worcester Classical High School, and the following fourteen men were retained to speak at the final trial to be held on Friday evening: Black, Fernald, Gilkey, Haber, Hill, Hammerslough, Holmes, King, Lunt, Mann, Scovell, Williams, Swarts and Vernon...
...first trial for the debate with the Worcester Classical High School will be held this evening at 7 in Harvard 1. Speeches will be five minutes in length. Question: "Resolved, That the claims of Great Britain in the present controversy in the Transvaal are justifiable...