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BOYLSTON AND LEE WADE FINALS ARE HELD TODAY

Competitors for Elocution Prizes Speak at Sanders Theatre--Ticknor Heads Evening Affair

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Tonight at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre the ten Boylston and Lee Wade finalists. selected by a series of elimination contests, will compete for four prizes. The judges of the contest, which will be open to the public, are: R. W. Boyden '85, a former unofficial representative of the United States on the Reparations committee; R. T. Bushnell '18, former District Attorney of Middlesex County; and I. L. Winters '86, Associate Professor of Public Speaking, Emeritus. B. H. Ticknor '31, First Marshal of the Senior Class will preside.

The men who will compete tonight are: W. S. Baskerville, Jr., '32, from "Creation," by J. W. Johnson; R. N. Clark '32, from "Morte d' Arthur," by Malory; D. I. Cooke '31, on the "Ecclesiastes; D. B. Edmundson '32, from "New England Weather," by Mark Twain; R. S. Fitzgerald '33, from "The Heart of Darkness," by Conrad; G. E. Lodger '32, from Plato's "Apology;" T. I. Moran '32, from "American Isolation," by O. D. Young; P. C. Reardon '32, from "The Highwayman," by Alfred Noyes; J. J. Ryan, Jr., '31. from Wilson's first inaugural address; and D. M. Sullivan '33, from "Moon Island," by Stephen Vincent Benet.

The man who is considered the best speaker of the evening will be awarded the Lee Wade Prize of $50. The next three prizes to be awarded are the Boylston Prizes, including one for $50, and two for $35.

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