Word: essays
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Apart from the editorials, this Advocate is divided between four short stories, an article on "Tea Drinking," and thirteen pieces of verse. Of this the prose on the whole is less important than the verse. The light, little, rambling essay on "Tea Drinking," by Mr. Alfred Putnam, has good comment and observation, but it seems less spontaneous than other contributions of the same author to the Advocate. The four short stories are all very short, with the exception of "The Shadow of Death," by Mr. Emerson Low. This is a story that catches and holds the attention, a story...
...rules governing the award of the Toppan Prize have been changed so that now instead of an annual prize of $150 for the best essay on political science, an annual prize of $100 for the best doctoral thesis on political science and a prize of $200 to be given on alternate years for an essay on the same subject will be awarded...
This is the first year on which the prize for the essay will be given and hereafter it will be awarded every second year. In this way the Toppan Biennial Prize is offered on those years in which no Bowdoin Prize is available in the subjects which the Toppan Prize embraces...
...academic year in the Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences, Applied Sciences, and Business Administration, or who has completed a year of residence in these Schools within a period beginning not more than two years before Commencement Day of the year of the competition, may compete. No essay offered by a graduate may contain more than 15,000 words, and it must be finished...
There are to be three Susan Anthony Potter Prizes for the year 1916-17. A prize of $75 is to be awarded for the best essay on a subject dealing with the Spanish literature of the Golden Age. This competition is open to all undergraduates of the University and closes on May 1, on or before which date all manuscripts must be delivered at the office of the Secretary of the Faculty, University...