Word: awards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mobilized at the beginning of the war, French Novelist Philippe Heriat found himself on duty guarding the Goncourt subway station in Paris. Fortnight ago, the name took on a new meaning for Novelist Heriat. He won the Goncourt Prize (5,000 francs), France's highest annual award for fiction...
Most Naval officers sided with the Admiral. They still had tongues in cheek when Charles Edison finally had the Navy award prizes for the best U. S. mosquito and subchaser designs (TIME, April 10), later let contracts to U. S. manufacturers for four 110-to 174-foot chasers eight 59-to 81-foot mosquitoes. Last week the Navy's Brass Hats ate crow. They conceded that: 1) their civilian Secretary was right, and 2) they now had to turn to the British for the best mosquito boats...
Garfield H. Horn '40 of Winthrop House and Long Beach, California was cited by the House scholarship committee for general "intellectual merit" at the Christmas dinner last night. President Conant made the award, a pair of silver candlesticks...
Funds are available in sufficient amount to grant 20 scholarships of $1000 each, but it is expected that the average award will be slightly less than this figure. The amount granted to each successful applicant will depend on his financial need...
...annual $300 award is given to the Senior (or Seniors) who best exemplifies the qualities of character and leadership of the late Richard G. Ames '34 and his brother Henry R. Ames '38, who were lost at sea in 1935. The Ames Memorial Fund was set up by the Student Council four years...