News
Pro-Palestine Encampment Represents First Major Test for Harvard President Alan Garber
News
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Condemns Antisemitism at U.S. Colleges Amid Encampment at Harvard
News
‘A Joke’: Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Harvard Should Spend More on Legacy of Slavery Initiative
News
Massachusetts ACLU Demands Harvard Reinstate PSC in Letter
News
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Protesters Begin Encampment in Harvard Yard
The "Comite France-Amerique" founded in 1909 by Gabriel Hanotaux, Foreign Minister of France for the purpose of "promoting cordial relations between France and the New World" has offered the University a gold medal as the prize for the "France-Amerique Oratorical Contest."
The contest will be held in French and will take place the latter part of April. It is under the supervision of Mr. L. J. A. Mercier, Mr. E. L. Raiche, and Dr. R. L. Hawkins '03, of the French Department, with W. H. Bassett '20, Y. H. Buhler '20 and P. K. Fisher, 3 Eng., of the Cercle Francais co-operating. The subjects will be the conditions and aspects of French civilization. Final plans and conditions of the contest will be announced in February.
The "Comite France-Amerique" has done much work since its foundation and numbers among its members President Lowell, President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, and Mr. Robert Bacon '80, former French Ambassador.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.