SEVEN NEW MEN JOIN PHILO RANKS Winners of Debating Prizes Were Announced at Last Night's Meeting. FIRST AWARD FOR PALMER Philolexian Society held its annual Freshman Night in East Hall last evening. Of the twenty-one men who spoke before the society for membership, the following seven men were elected: L. M. Townsend 'lB, whose subject was "John Charles McNeale, a Unknown Poet," A. A. Cree 'l9, speaking on "The Budget System Applied to U. S. Finance,' H. Rau 'l9 on "The Futility of the Volunteer System," R. Westwood 'l9, on "The Attractions of Journalism," R. Hawkins 'l9 on "Richard Harding Davis", W. S. Robinson 'l9 on "The Warfare of the Skies" and J. H. Randall 'l9 on "An Important Factor in War Prevention." The society voted on the distribution of prizes for debating at last night's meeting. The first prize was awarded to H. W. Palmer 'l7, the captain of the team that…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1916-05-04 →

PHILOLEXIAN MAKES FURTHER ELECTIONS Eleven Men in All Elected.—To be Initiated at Banquet Next Wednesday Evening. Four more men were elected to Philolexian Society at a special meeting held yesterday noon in Earl Hall. Eleven men were elected in all, seven men having been elected at the regular meeting Wednesday night. The four new men are Roland L. Loiseaux 'lB, R. L. Peek, Jr., 'l9, F. R. Sanborn 'l9 and H. L. Friess 'l9. The seven men who were elected Wednesday night are L. M. Townsend 'l7, R. C. Hawkins 'l9, H. L. Rau 'l9, W. S. Robinson 'l9, R. W. Westwood 'l9, J. H. Randall 'l9 and A. A. Cree 'l9. The eleven men will be initiated at a banquet to be held next Wednesday evening. The annual oratorical contest will also be held at the banquet, the two winners of the contest to receive the annual awards which are made for excellence in oratory. The essay awards will also be…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1916-05-06 →

LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR PHILO HOUSE Will be Located Next to Furnald and Will be Two Stories in Height. $10,000 MUST BE RAISED A campaign for a Philo House on the campus which will cost $lO,OOO was launched at the annual initiation banquet of Philolexian Society at Keen's Chop House last night A committee consisting of F. G. Dunham 'l5, as chairman, Dr. J. Ackerman Coles '64, honorary chairman, John B. Pine '77, Frederic R. Coudert '9O and Wayne D. Heydecker 'll will meet immediately, and perfect the plans for the raising of the funds. Located Next to Furnald. The house will be located on the foundation already built beside Furnald Hall. Pell Hall, the next dormitory, will be located on the South side of the Philo House. The University has given its consent to the proposition, and only the collection of the funds is necessary. Of the $lO,000 which will be needed $1,500 has already been…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1916-05-11 →

PHILOLEXIAN ASKS THIRTY TO SPEAK Three Minute Talks Will be Delivered by Candidates For Admission. At the meeting of the Philolexian Society last night it was decided to invite thirty men to speak for admission to the Society at the meeting next Wednesday evening. Twenty-three of these men are Freshmen and the other seven are members of the Sophomore and Junior classes. It was also decided to dispense with the requirement of essays to be submitted by the candidates. The meeting next Wednesday will begin promptly at 7:30 p. m., and after the business of the society has been transacted the candidates will be called to speak. The speeches will be limited to three minutes each. The candidates will have free range of the subjects on which to speak, and the men are requested to hand their subjects to C. P. Ivins 'lB, or to C. G. Proffitt 'l7, in Spectator office tomorrow noon. The…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1917-05-03 →

BARNARD GIRLS NOT TO COACH PHILO PLAY "Wigs and Cues" Withdraws Its Offers to Assist Male Enchantresses In Graceful Arts. Wigs and Cues, of Barnard, has withdrawn its offer to coach the male enchantresses of the Philolexian Play cast in the art of graceful cutseying and mincing walking. Last year the members of this girls' dramatic society volunteered to assist Philo in its annual revivals of an Elizabethan play. Always, true to the Elizabethan tradition, Philo has placed all the female roles in these revivals, tragic or comic, in the hands of men. Wigs and Cues enthusiastically agreed with Philo that bringing the work of Shakespeare's compeers to lighr was a worthy undertaking, and they wera anxious to aid the cause. Philo admitted that the graces of its "women" were annually a cause for despair, and readily accepted the preferred assistance. Accordingly, Hunter, Merritt, 'lB, J.…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1917-11-08 →

FRIESS WINNER OF PHILO PRIZE Victorious in Annual Contest With Oration on Eloquence and Progress. The Philolexian Society held its first 1918 meeting last night in the Trophy Room of Earl Hall. First on its program was the' initiation of the newly elected members of the society, over which Dr. Dixon R. Fox, a Philo man of 1901 presided. Dr. Fox gave a very interesting talk on his past experiences in the society, and at the close of the initiation welcomed the new members to the society. Following the initiation, the oratorical contest deferred from last June was held. The judges, consisting of Dr. Fox, Chaplain Knox, and R. Loiseaux 'lB, unanimously awarded the first prize to H. Friess 'l9, for a oration entitled "Eloquence as an Instrument of Progress". Second prize was awarded to H. W. Proffit 'l9, who spoke on "False Charity, a Camouflage of Modern Religion." Practically all…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1918-01-10 →

PHILOLEXIAN WILL ELECT NEW OFFICERS Annual Election Comes Tonight. —Philo "Observer" to be Read and Discussed. Philolexian Society will hold a meeting in the Trophy Room of Earl Hall this evening, at eight o'clock. The most important business to be brought up before the society will be the election of officers jor the next term. At the last meeting, held on January 9, the following men were nominated: For President —R. L. Loiseaux 'lB, H. Friess 'lB, and W. Neale '18; for Vice-President —H. W. Proffitt 'l9, J. H. Randall 'l9, and F. R. Sanborn '18; for Secretary—J. Litt '2O, F. P. Benedict '2O, W. V. O'Sullivan '2O, and E. Kemp 'l9; for Treasurer—H. P. Guiler 'l9, H. Rauchfuss '2O, L. C. Owens '2O, R. R. Conant '2OJ, and C. B. Garland '2OJ. In addition to the election of new officers, the committee which was appointed to arrange a program for the…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1918-01-16 →

WINNERS OF PHILO PRIZES ANNOUNCED Four Cash Awards Will be Distributed to the Successful Competitors. J. H. Randall Jr. 'l9 has been declared first prize winner and H. L. Friess 'l9, second prize winner, in the Essay Contest conducted under the direction ,of Philolexian Society for its members. Both winners will receive cash awards which are given annually to the successful competitors in the contest. In the Poetry contest, F. R. Sanborn 'l9 has been awarded first prize and W. R. Anderson Jr., second prize. Cash prizes will also be presented to both these winners. The Essay and Poetry contests are held annually by Philolexian Society and a committee of three judges selects the winners. In both contests this year were a number of competitors. It has been customary, during the past, also, to hold an oratorical contest at the annual dinner, but*" for obvious reasons this part of the…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1918-05-29 →

PHILO WILL GATHER AT ANNUAL BANQUET Literary Society Will Hold Traditional Affair at Columbia Club. Philolexian will hold- its traditional banquet at the Columbia Club on Saturday, Feb. 1, it was announced by Boris, B. Shishkin '3O, secretary of the Columbia Literary Society. Prominent members of the Faculty and Alumni members of Philolexian will attend the affair which marks the 178 th anniversary of the society's existence. The new members who were elected to the society last November will be formally inducted at the banquet. Two of the newly elected men are editors of Columbia literary magazines. They are Louis Barillet '3O, editor-in-chief of Varsity and Gerard P. Meyer '3O "of Morningside. Others who will be initiated are John Nye Webb '3l of the Varsity staff, Vincent L. Puglisi, Jr. '3l, editor of II Circolino and member of the Spectator staff, John Burke '3l of the debating…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1930-01-20 →

ODELL WILL ATTEND PHILOLEXIAN DINNER Dean Hawkes and Professor Coss Also Represent Faculty at Banquet. Many prominent members of the faculty will be present when the Philolexian banquet takes place at the Columbia Club on Saturday, Feb. 1, according to advance reports. Among those expected to be there are Dean Herbert E. Hawkes, Professor John J. Coss and George C. D. Odell, Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature. Professor Odell has sponsored several Philolexian banquets in the past. The list of faculty members to whom invitations have been extended includes many former Philo men. Among these are John Erskine, Dixon Ryan Fox, Horace L. Friess, Arthur W. MacMahon, John H. RanJr., Parker T. Moon and Irving W. Raymond. Other members of the faculty who have been invited include Jacques M. Barzun, Edward Mammen, Andre Mesnard and Dwight C. Miner. New Members to Attend. New…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1930-01-21 →

Named in Samplings and Chronicles (Barzun, 1927) at the referenced leaf.

J. H. Randall · Confidence: CERTAIN

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