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Preliminary trials for contestants for the Lee Wade II Prizes will be held at 7.30 Monday evening, April 14, the place to be announced later. The prizes are "awarded annually in three prizes,--one first prize of twenty-five dollars, one second prize of fifteen dollars, and one third prize of ten dollars,--to those students of the Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes, who show their excellence in reciting a selection in poetry or prose which shall be chosen by the donor or those appointed by him." They were established in 1915 by Dr. Francis Henry Wade in memory...
...dinner either in the Union or in the Colonial Club will be given by the University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on March 11, at which the fifteen Seniors and eight Juniors recently elected will be initiated and given their keys. Any members of other chapters of the society in the University urged to be present...
...United States-to keep out of world politics. A country like ours, with possessions in Asia, in the North Pacific, in the Caribbean, in Central America, simply cannot carry out a policy of isolation. Nor can the richest country in the world, with enormous products and exports, with nearly fifteen million foreign born persons living within our boundaries, communicating daily with swift ships to all parts of the world, bound in a network of cables and wireless, now a creditor in thousands of millions, to many European governments, owner of immense values in foreign securities, keep out of the complications...
...team defeated the Tufts matmen by the score of 10 to 7. Captain J. A. MacDonell '21 was the mainstay of the team, winning his first bout by a fall and gaining a decision in the deciding match of the meet with the opposing captain who outweighed him by fifteen pounds...
...Fifteen Seniors and eight Juniors have been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. In pre-war years it has been the custom to elect 22 Seniors in addition to the Junior eight in November, but this year, owing to the conditions arising from the military regime at the College, the first election was postponed until February. Because several men who were in line for election have not yet returned to College, the number of Seniors elected has been reduced from the customary 22. Men whose names are not upon the present list because they do not hold a degree...