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Competitors for the Boylston prizes in elocution must enter their names with the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory on or before April 26. There are two first prizes of $60 each and three second prizes of $45 each.
These prizes are awarded to Seniors and Juniors in Harvard College at public competition on the second Thursday in May. The selections must be from English, Greek or Latin authors; the proportion in English to be at least two out of three, and they must be approved by the Boylston...
The preliminary trials to select speakers to compete in the final contest for the Boylston Prizes in elocution will be held in Sanders Theatre at 9 o'clock on Friday morning, May 5, or Saturday morning, May 6. The competition is open of Seniors and Juniors in the College. The...
The Boylston Prizes were founded in 1817 through the generosity of Mr. Wars Nicholas Boylston, of Boston, who made a gift to the University of a fund of one thousand dollars, the income to be used for prizes in elocution. The object of the gift was to "promote the reputation...
The most effective speakers employ the simplest methods. They must have something to say, they must mean what they say, and they must say it so that it can be heard. Sound arguments and plain facts carry more votes than party abuse or flights of rhetoric. Honest purpose, backed by...