News

HMS Is Facing a Deficit. Under Trump, Some Fear It May Get Worse.

News

Cambridge Police Respond to Three Armed Robberies Over Holiday Weekend

News

What’s Next for Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative?

News

MassDOT Adds Unpopular Train Layover to Allston I-90 Project in Sudden Reversal

News

Denied Winter Campus Housing, International Students Scramble to Find Alternative Options

FINALS IN SPEAKING CONTEST

EIGHT COMPETE FOR LEE WADE II PRIZES TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK.

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

The final speaking for the Lee Wade II Prizes will be held in Sanders Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock. It is open to the public. The following men, chosen on the basis of the preliminary competition, will speak, the order being determined by lot: Joseph Low '18, Walter Llewellyn Bullock '17, James William Davenport Seymour '17, Joseph Auslander '17, Vernon Brown Kellett '18, Myron Zobel '19, Eugene Leon Coates Davidson '17, and Mayo Adams Shattuck '19. All will deliver Mark Antony's oration from Shakespere's "Jullius Caesar."

The three awards of $25, $15 and $10 respectively will be presented to the best speakers by Dr. Francis Henry Wade, the founder of the prizes.

The judges of the contest will be the following: the Reverend W. H. Van Allen, rector of the Church of the Advent, Boston; Mr. J. M. Chappelle, editor of the National Magazine; Mr. Otto Fleischner, librarian of the Boston Public Library; Mr. E. S. Krandon, of the Boston Transcript; and the Honorable Wendell Rockwood, mayor of Cambridge.

Between speeches music will be rendered by Signorina Wilhelmina Lavino at the Piano and Mr. Walter Zapolski on the violin, Beethoven's Minuet and Lisxt's Rhapsodie Hongrols No. 2 will be among the numbers given.

Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

Tags