CURTIS MEDAL CONTEST IS FAST APPROACHING Event in Charge of Philolexian Society Takes Place Next Wednesday— Dance to Follow Speeches Final arrangements are being made to hold the Curtis Medals Contest next Wednesday evening in Earl Hall. For several weeks the contestants have been practicing diligently under the guidance of Professor Tassin, and now nothing remains but the finishing touches. The five aspirants for honors who were selected from the twenty-five candidates, together with the subjects they will speak on are: J. Baron 'l5, "Scholarship and the Student"; E. O. Bohm 'l5, "The Initiative and Referendum": O. Herson 'l5, "The Juvenile Courts"; S. Rosenman 'l5, "Human Nature and Peace"; and I. B. Levine 'l6, "The Honor of the Nation". This year's contest will be conducted under the auspices of the Philolexian Society which alternates annually with the Barnard Literary…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1914-04-08 →

CURTIS MEDAL CONTEST TONIGHT Dancing to Follow Honor Speeches The long awaited Curtis Medal Contest, under the auspices of the Philolexian Society, will take place tonight at eight o'clock in Earl Hall. Two hundred tickets for the event have been printed, and a great many distributed. The remaining tickets may be had at the Columbian dask in Earl Hall at noon today. Admission is free to both the contest and dance following, but the number of those attending has been restricted to the above. The five aspirants for the honors, who will speak tonight, were chosen from a list of twenty-five in the preliminary contest last month. Their names and subjects are as follows: J. Baron 'l5, "Scholarship and Student"; E. O. Bohm 'l5, "The Initiative and Referendum"; O. Herson 'l5; "The Juvenile Courts"; S. Rosenman 'l5, "Human Nature and Peace"; and I. B. Levine 'l6, "The Honor of the Nation". The…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1914-04-15 →

CURTIS MEDALS AWARDED TO COMMENDABLE ORATORS Delivery and Subject of Speakers Good in General—Dance Program Follows Contest Wind and rain blighted the hopes °f" the Philolexian Society for a large audience at the Curtis Medals Contest last night. Those who did come, howeverwere more chan repaid for their hardihood, as the contest was a brilliant success. The victor was I. B. Levine 'l6 with S. Rosenman 'l5 as the recipient of the second medal. The complete list of speakers with their subjects is as follows: O. Herson 'l5, "The Juvenile Courts"; J. Baron 'l5, "Scholarship and the Student"; I. B. Levine 'l6, "The Honor of the Nation";S. Rosenman 'l5, "Human Nature and Peace"; E. O. Bohm 'l5, "The Initiative and Referendum". Dr. E. Stagg Whitin was the presidng officer, and Messrs. E. Palmer, A. B. A. Bradley and O. R. Houston acted as judges. The final speakers were picked at a…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1914-04-16 →

MEDAL ASPIRANTS CONTEST TONIGHT Annual Struggle for Curtis Prizes in Charge of Barnard Society DANCING TO FOLLOW One of the biggest non-athletic events of the year will take place this evening when the final competition for the Curtis Medals is held in the auditorium of Earl Hall at 8:15 o'clock. Orations will be delivered by four speakers, each of whom has prepared an eloquent speech under the special tutelage of Professor Tassin. No admission will be charged, and a large audience will no doubt be on hand to hear the speakers and to dance after the contest. The contestants who will compete this evening were chosen to speak in the final competition from a list of eight in the preliminary contest held recently. The names of the speakers in tonight's contest and the topics on which they will declaim are as follows: Milton Kupfer 'l5, "Adequate Preparedness." Pry or McNeal Grant 'l5,…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1915-03-19 →

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