Word: contested
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...preliminaries of the oratorical contest for the Medal France-Amerique will take place in Sever 36 at 8 o'clock on the evening of April 30, it was announced last night by Professor L. J. A. Mercier...
...group of CRIMSON editors were entertained for an hour yesterday afternoon by the unique story of Frank Fielding, Radio Keith Orpheum's traveling usher, who is on his feet all but two hours each day and is one of six survivors in the International Collegiate Endurance Contest. Clothed in a light silk shirt, and white duck trousers, with a blue sash about his waist, the 19-year old Californian student appeared at 14 Plympton Street and told of the gruelling grind which hope of sharing in a $70,000 award is inducing him to continue until April...
...endurance contest, which Fielding terms "damn foolishness", was started two years ago by G. F. Thomson, a Los Angeles doctor, in the hope of determining the body's ability to stand up under, continued exertion, exposure, and insufficient sleep...
...studying on route, and hope to graduate at the end of our contest. Once a week we are required to write summaries of R-K-O pictures, which, however, we seldom get a chance to see. My stunt in the theatres is roller skating and skip roping, which earned me the title of 'skipping fool...
...rather tired of running, standing, eating 24 eggs a day, sleeping in theatres during midnight matinees, and awaking next morning for another 50 mile run. The first day after the contest is ended I'll put a sign on my door 'Don't Disturb. Sleeping by day for first time in three years...