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...preliminary contest for the Boylston Prizes will probably take place in Sanders Theatre, on the 12th or 13th of June. Mr. Riddle, Professor A. S. Hill, and some other gentlemen not yet selected are to act as judges...
...first contest was the run of two hundred cubits, and many athletes contended, tall and strong, and there was much rivalry among them...
...thereupon, then, followed the contest of leaping over barriers while running; and two contending, the swiftest conquered, as was likely...
...number of competitors for the Boylston Elocution prizes is so great that there is to be a preliminary contest on the 8th of June. Besides thinning the ranks, this plan will have the advantage of giving those who remain some idea of each other's powers. This is such an obvious improvement over the old method, that we wonder it has not been adopted before. Three or four years ago there were so many candidates that the Faculty decided to exclude Sophomores; perhaps they might now be allowed to compete; but if this does not seem advisable, we respectfully suggest...
...preliminary contest, as we have already said, takes place on the 8th of next month. The judges have not yet been appointed, nor has the number to be admitted to the real contest been settled...