BOARD ELECTIONS BEGIN Balloting to Continue Three DaysTwo Men From Each Division —Polls in East Hall Voting for the three members of the Student Board who will be selected previous to the general election begins today and will be continued tomorrow and Friday. The polls will be open in the Registrar's office from 9 to 5 daily. In accordance with the recent resolution of the Student Board the names and records of the candidates are submitted as follows: From College: H. A. Calahan: Cane spree team (1), (2); Freshman lacrosse team goal (1) manager (1); Freshman hockey squad (1); Lacrosse association (1) ; Sophomore lacrosse team (2); Coach, Freshman cane spree team (3); Candidate, Varsity hockey team (3); Class secretary (2); Freshman debating society (1); Executive committee (1); Class debating team (1), (2); Sophomore interclass debate committee (2); Newman club (2), (3);…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1911-03-01 →

STUDENT BOARD NOMINEES New Election Opens this afternoon — Separate Ballots to be Provided for Each School The regular Spring elections to the Student Board will begin today. Balloting will be held from 11 to 2 to-day, to-morrow and Friday in Room 202 East Hall. Separate ballots for each school and an effective individual check will be used. One man from each School, College, Science, and Law, will be elected. In accordance with a recent regulation of the Student Board, Spectator publishes the following nominations and records: College H. A. Calahan: nominated by A. J. Grimm '11; seconded by R. J. Trimble 'l2, C. W. Peterson 'l4, V. S. Mallory 'l2, A. B. Brenner 'l2, W. D. Ahearn 'l2, W. E. Baker' 12, W. V. M'oore 'l4, W. C. Dorr 'll, D. V\ Broderick 'l2. Record: Cane spree team (1), (2); Freshman lacrosse team goal (1) manager (1); Freshman hockey squad (i); Lacrosse…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1911-03-15 →

ORATORY POPULAR UPSTATE Interscholastic Speaking Contest Arranged by Columbia Invokes Strong Competition Very gratifying results have attended the University's state-wide Interscholastic Speaking Contest. In response to letters sent out last fall graduates organized speaking contests at eight different points throughout the state and picked men to appear in the contest which will be held on the campus. The plans of the Columbia authorities were to hold competitions wherever enough enthusiasm could be aroused. The first elimination of speakers occurred at the prep school, a second elimination was made in a public preliminary trial at various local centers. The winners of the second competition are to speak here next week. The prizes are fifty, thirty-five and fifteen dollars. The expense of each .schoolboy will be paid and each will receive a commemorative medal. Aside from I the…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1912-01-13 →

TO TRY FOR CURTIS MEDALS Winners in Elimination Contest to Speak Tonight—Competition Promises to be Close. Tonight at 8:15 the annual oratorical contest for the Curtis Medals will be held in Earl Hall. An associate of the late George William Curtis in the work of Civil Reform has established an endowment fund of $l,OOO for the award to Juniors or Seniors in Columbia College of two medals of gold and silver for excellence in public delivery of English orations. On March 9th the preliminary trials were held for the elimination of all but four men who will speak tonight. The four men selected for the final competition are H. A. Calahan 'l2, F. J. Brown 'l3, H. J. Farrell 'l3, and J. L. Rothschild 'l3. Brown will deliver the opening address on the subject of "Workman's Compensation." He will be followed by Farrell who will treat the many phases of the "Trust problem." The third…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1912-04-02 →

SPEECH ON WAR WINS MEDAL "Real War" Wanning in Curtis Medai Contest—Address on "Trust Problem" Second A defence of war was the winning i>f*eech in the Curtis Medal Contest last aight. Ht, A. Calahan the successful orator contended that the • main objection to war today is its expense. He pointed out the possibility of so regulating war that the expense would be reduced, His main idea was based on a statement that the wars of the past were beneficial w the final analysis to the nations engaged. If by regulating the form ol armament adopted by the powers, war could be placed on the same basis as of old, then we would have real war which would be a contest of inert brawn. This kind of a contest would have a constructive force on the countries engaged. H. J. Farrell, the winner of the second p.*;ze advocated trust regulation in his speech on the "Trust Problem.' He covered much…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1912-04-03 →

COLUMBIA NOW HOLDS DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP Varsity and Minor Teams Victorious — Recognition for Debaters Urged by Coach Pearce. With a record of defeats before them at the beginning of this year the debating authorities decided that new methods must be introduced. The Debating Council, consisting of A. W. MacMahon, Pg., R. R. Powell, 'I4L, D. Campbell, 'l5, A. Levitt 'l3 and J. K. McCormick 'l3, Manager, started to work to obtain a coach. They had an idea the Columbia Debating Coach should be a professional coach, an experienced one and moreover, a winning one. Success was the result of their endeavors. The man to fill the bill was found right in our own Law School. Mr. Charles C. Pearce, U. of Wisconsin 'O9, was selected by the Debating Council as Columbia's first professional coach. Mr. Pearce is an old-time debater of the University of Wisconsin, where he made his debating…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1913-06-04 →

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.