Word: essays
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Every such essay must be signed with an assumed name...
...School from which institution he was graduated as valedictorian in a class of sixty-three. In his freshman year he won the freshman first honor prize. In his sophomore year besides leading his class he won the class of 1870 English Prize and was second man in the Biddle essay contest. In junior year he secured the Wood scholarship which is the first honor prize of the year; also the Wanamaker prize in English Literature, and the class of 1870 Anglo-Saxon prize. In this year he won first in junior debate in Whig and was one of Whig...
...Honor," by Austin Corbin, Jr., is a decidedly clever essay, though one cannot help feeling that the cleverness is misapplied. The first two paragraphs and the last seem to be written in a serious mood and contain so much truth in such a small space that almost every sentence amounts to a truism. The rest of the essay is written in a sort of flippant, serio-comic vein, which is out of place. Honor is too grave a subject to be flippantly treated...
...competitor for the prizes in Political Science is allowed this year to choose his own subject. With the exception of the Paine prizes the subjects have heretofore been prescribed. The new system will allow those who are writing theses in their courses to choose subjects suitable for a prize essay. The only limitation is that every subject must be approved by the Committee on Prizes in Political Science, of which Professor Hart is chairman, before March 1. It is, however, understood that the committee will approve any subject which falls within the peculiar conditions of the prize sought, and does...
...Bennett Prize, offered for the best essay in English prose on some subject of American governmental domestic or foreign policy of contemporaneous interest, has not yet been awarded. It is open only to members of the senior class and to special students in their third or fourth year who have taken courses in Political Science and English Literature. This prize does not expect so much expert knowledge or depth of research as the others...