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RETAIN 14 IN BOYLSTON AND LEE WADE CONTESTS

Ten Finalists Will Be Chosen Monday By Packard--Awards To Be Made After Finals Wednesday

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Fourteen speakers now remain in the Boylston and Lee Wade Prize Speaking contest, as the result of elimination trials held yesterday afternoon. The ten finalists will be chosen at 4 o'clock Monday in Emerson D. F. C. Packard '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking, with the aid of W. S. Howell, instructor in the same department, is taking charge of the awards this year.

The 14 men retained in the contest are: Albert Allen '33, B. J. Boorstin '34, P. H. Cohen '32, D. B. Edmonston '32, A. L. Gordon '34, M. F. Lowenstein '32, T. I. Moran '32, H. D. Patterson '34, S. M. Peyser '34, A. E. Phillips '34, Charles Sedgwick '34, Leo Srole '33, D. M. Sullivan '33, and J. C. Willis '32.

The final contest will probably be held in the large lecture room of the Fogg Museum, and will take place on Wednesday, March 30. This year 47 men reported for the first try-outs, the largest number since 1927. The winner will be awarded the Lee Wade prize of $50, while the next best speaker will receive the first Bolyston prize of the same amount.

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