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...undergraduates-(a prize of $50.) For a translation into Attic Greek of the passage in John Jay Chapman's "Greek Genius and Other Essays," beginning on page 37 with the words, "The next scene is frankly comic," and ending with the chapter...
...prizes are awarded for dissertations in English and in Greek and Latin. Three prizes, a first prize of $250 and two second prizes of $100, are offered to any undergraduate for essays in English on any subject. In addition, two prizes of $50 each are offered for translations into Attic Greek and into Latin of set passages. All manuscripts must be handed in to the Secretary of the Faculty, 20 University Hall, on or before April 1, 1916. The Boylston Prizes for Elocution, two of $30 each and three of $20, are awarded to Juniors and Seniors in Harvard-College...
...second prizes of $100 each. Essays may be on any topic approved by the Committee on Bowdoin Prizes. For Greek and Latin there are two prizes of $50 each, one for a translation of a passage from Walter Pater's "A Study of Dionysus" into Attic Greek, and one for a Latin translation of a passage from Henry Cabot Lodge's "Life of Daniel Webster...
...always easy for people to comprehend that the ordinary accretions of the attic, in the form of family letters, old account books, diaries, pamphlets, narratives written for the information of the family, etc., have often greater historical value than formal printed accounts by secondary historians, or autographs of distinguished men. There is sometimes a failure to perceive that an officer's commission in 1750 as a higher value than a printed county history on that period. The Commission, as its name signifies, is interested mainly in getting together material relating to western history, although a vast deal of this material...
...Dramatic Club, the Debating Union and other undergraduate organizations. The second floor is to be reserved for a proposed honorary society which will recognize literary and artistic distinction. Here will be suitable reading, lounging and reception rooms, and a small audience hall for impromptu dramatics and musicales. In the attic will be rehearsal rooms, while in the basement will be found lockers and storage for the properties of the various organizations...