Word: two
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...adjudged the best speaker in all three trials. The main speech of each man will be twelve minutes long; five minutes will be allowed for rebuttal. Of these six men, three will be chosen for the team and one as an alternate who will act with the remaining two as a second team to assist in the preparation...
...speaking of the symbolists, Mr. Babbitt stated that there are two kinds of symbolism, one of ideal of thought, introduced by Emerson, and the other of ideal of dreams, introduced by Rousseau and Chateaubriand and defined by Verlaine. The French symbolists or "decadents" belong to this latter class. They employ a very vague form of symbolism, endeavoring to make their verse musical, and paying little need to coherence. In this respect they are nearly akin to Wagner, the great symbolistic composer. The symbolists have trespassed against all rules of poetry, and for this reason are not recognized as good authors...
...eight-oared crew of the Baltimore Athletic Association, which Mr. Vail also coached, won the eight-oared championship. In 1989 Mr. Vail had charge of the Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia, whose crew defeated that of the Philadelphia Barge Club, the holder of the United States championship for the two years previous...
Still less convincing is J. G. Forbes' "Two Points of View." The matter is not original, the treatment reminiscent, the atmosphere uncertain. The sketch, however, is not lacking in good points and some of the repartee has a very collegiate tone--"What's the use of a roommate if you can't insult him?" Jack asks Bill. To which Bill meekly replies he's glad to be of use. The characters for so slight a composition are sketched with considerable skill...
...second round of the whist tournament the eight remaining pairs have been divided into two sections. Only one couple will play in the final round. The sections are as follows...