Word: essays
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Professor M. A. Potter has established in his mother's memory two prizes for students in the Department of Comparative Literature. One, of $100, is for the best essay on any topic in Comparative Literature approved by the Chairman of the Department and is open to all students in Harvard University and Radcliffe College The other, of $50, is for the best essay on some topic concerning European literature in the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, and is open only to Harvard undergraduates. These prizes will be awarded for the first time next year...
...Essays for the Bowdoin prizes must be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty, University 5, on or before Wednesday, April 1. The Bowdoin prizes for dissertations in English are as follows: a fist prize of $250, and two second prizes of $100 each, offered to undergraduates; and three prizes of $200 each offered to graduates. For dissertations in Greek and Latin, two prizes of $50 each, offered to undergraduates for translations into Latin or Greek, and a prize of $100 offered to graduates for an original essay in Latin or Greek...
...competitions for the Dante, Sargent and Political Science Prizes close May 1. The Dante prize of $100 is given for the best essay on a subject drawn from the life and works of Dante, written by a student in any department of the University, or by a graduate of not more than three years standing. The Sargent prize of $100 is for the best metrical translation of an ode of Horace, and is open to Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. This year's subject is the seventh ode of the fourth book...
...three prizes offered in Political Science are the Toppan, Sumner and Bennett prizes, all of which are due on May 1. The Toppan prize of $150 is for the best essay on a subject in political science, and is open to students of the Harvard graduate schools who have received an academic degree, and to graduates of not more than three years standing. The Sumner prize of $100, for the best dissertation on plans and prospects of universal peace, is open to all students in the University. The Bennett prize of $40 is offered to College students and third...
...Essays to be considered must be mailed not later than March 15, 1908, and must be addressed to the "Chairman of the Committee of Judges, care of Clinton R. Woodruff, Secretary of the National Municipal League, 705 North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa." marked "For the William H. Baldwin Prize." Each competitor should mark a "nom-de-plume" on his essay, and enclose with the essay a sealed envelope containing the full name, address, class and college corresponding to such "nom-de-plume...