Word: first
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...voters in the class, 379 took part in the election. The rule regarding the election of marshals was as follows: "Every elector shall vote for three candidates for Marshals, indicating his preference for First, Second and Third Marshal. Of the three elected, that candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast for First Marshal shall be First Marshal, of the other two elected, that one whose total vote for First and Second Marshal is the greater, shall be Second Marshal; the other candidate being Third Marshal." The votes for the various nominees follow: Secretary. Spalding, 221 Phillips...
...first performance of "Le Pedant Joue" was given last night in Brattle Hall. Considerable credit is due H. B. Stanton '00 and his assistants who have taken a crude, old fashioned play, cut it down, and remodelled it into something fit for the modern stage. But more remodelling and curtailing might have further improved the performance. Throughout the first and second acts there was a tedious succession of long monologues and one-sided conversations in which the speakers, as a rule, overacted their parts. Meanwhile the rest of the cast stood inactive and apparently inattentive...
...claims in her controversy with the Transvaal are justifiable." The question was selected by Harvard, and Princeton having the choice of sides, decided to defend the negative. The order of the Harvard speakers will be E. Mayer '00, R. C. Bruce '02 and W. Morse '00, for both first speeches and rebuttals...
Kirtland, who has become exhausted with the work of preparation, is too ill to speak tonight and his place will be taken by Mayer. This is the first time in the history of intercollegiate debating that an alternate has spoken in place of a regular member of a team. The order of the Princeton speakers will be Weston, Hill and Jones, and in the rebuttal, Hill, Jones and Weston. Each speaker will be given twelve minutes for his first speech and five for his rebuttal...
...Mount Vernon, Me, and prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vt. He entered Princeton in 1895 and has since been active in debating. In his sophomore year he won second prize in the second competitive debate in Whig Hall. In his junior year he won the first prize in the junior debate, the junior extempore speaking contest in Whig Hall and was one of the speakers in the junior oratorical contest. During his senior year he won first prize in the first competitive debate and the French medal contest in Whig Hall and the class...