Word: essays
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Prize for an Essay on Franklin's Works...
...subject for this year's competition for the William H. Baldwin Prize, offered annually by the Municipal League, is "The Relation of the Municipality to the Transportation Service." This prize, of $100, is awarded to the author of the best essay on a subject connected with municipal government. For this year the competition will be limited to undergraduates in American colleges which offer separate instruction in municipal government. Last year the prize was won by T. A. Thatcher, Yale '08, with honorable mention to A. E. Pinanski...
...treatment of this subject competitors are expected to base their essays on original work, done preferably in their home towns. The topic should be considered to include elevated, underground; and street railways, but does not include the urban service of steam railways. Essays submitted by contestants must not exceed 10,000 words in length, and must be mailed or delivered to an express company not later than March 15, 1908, addressed to the "Chairman of the Committee of Judges, Care of C. R. Woodruff, Secretary of the National Municipal League, North American Building, Philadelphia," and marked for the "William...
...Country Running at Harvard," M. S. Crosby points out the advantages of this democratic sport and deplores the fact that in the past comparatively few men have participated in it. With the exception of a few awkward sentences, the language is clear and to the point. L. Grandgent's essay, "The Noble Instinct," is a skillful arraignment of the twentieth century huntsmen, without being controversial in form. It would be difficult to disprove the arguments, though more might be said in favor of the hunter. The style is in keeping with the thought, vigorous and dignified. In a "Letter from...
...prize of $250, presented by an anonymous donor for the best essay on Franklin's works written by an undergraduate in History 10, has been awarded to Henry Raven Gilbert...