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This evening at 7.30 o'clock in Sanders Theatre the final trials of the contest for the Boylston Prizes for elocution will be held. Mr. T. N. Perkins will preside, and R. H. Oveson '05 will introduce the speakers. The judges will be Professor G. F. Moore, Mr. Bliss Perry, Hon. C. S. Hamlin, Dr. R. B. Merriman, Professor E. H. Warren, Professor T. A. Jaggar, Jr., and Professor D. L. Maulsby of Tufts College. Five prizes will be awarded, two first prizes of $60 each, and three second prizes of $45 each.
The order of speaking, which was determined by lot, will be as follows: W. Tyng '05, "America's Mission," Beveridge; L. Carroll '06, "The Vision of War," Ingersoll; J. W. Russell '06, "Claudius and Cynthia," Thompson; H. S. Deming '05, "The Subjugation of the Philippines," Hoar; A. S. Murphy '06, "The Death of Rodrigues," Davis; J. L. Burns '06, "The Secret of Murder," Webster; W. M. Shohl '06, "A Plea for Cuba," Thurston; W. H. Davis '05, "Oration on Garfield," Blaine; P. E. Wye '06, "General Grant from the Confederate Point of View," Turley; W. O. Hubbard '05, "The Death of the Other Wise Man," Van Dyke; P. H. Noyes '06, "Napoleon the Little," Hugo; R. L. Hale '06, "Ulysses S. Grant," Higginson.
The trials will be open to the public.
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