Word: essays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Allen D. Sapp, Jr. 1G, the George Arthur Knight Prize for the best composition in instrumental music; Allen P. Sindler '48, the James Gordon Bennett Prize for his essay "Political Demagogy in the Lower South"; Harry H. Eckstein '46, the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for an essay entitled "The Sociology of Politics: A Study of Max Weber's Political Thought...
Also: Detlev F. Vagt '49, the Philip Washburn Prize for an essay entitled "The Trial of the Hebertists and the Rise of Revolutionary Nationalism"; Charles M. Gray '49, the History and Literature Prize; and Ernest J. Meyer '50, the Barrett Wendell Prize...
Edward D. McDougal III '48 captured the George B. Schier Prize of $250 for an essay entitled "The Ideal of Neo-classic Poetic Diction: Translation and the Homeric Model." Honorable mention went to Eleanor M. Millard, Radcliffe '48, Richard Haven '50, and Arthur W. J. Becker...
Five short papers--1000 to 1500 words--and one longer one might be the standard. The key to their success would be the assignment of definite topics, with perhaps several to choose from, for each essay. Instead of the small and specialized subjects that are found in most "term papers," these essays would deal with broad aspects of that part of the course which had already been covered. The topics could, in fact, be drawn from the reserve of final examination questions. The student could "agree or disagree with above statement, using examples from the material of the course...
...nearing the deadline for Scripps-Howard's San Francisco News. And dapper Jack Burket, editor recently turned columnist, was blank of ideas. Just in time, he found one, and turned out an essay on the moods of San Francisco at dawn and dusk. Over at the rival Hearst Call-Bulletin, the column seemed to stir memories. Leafing through files, the Hearstlings found an April 23 piece by A.P. Columnist Hal Boyle-on the moods of Manhattan at dawn and dusk. They reprinted the columns side by side, under the heading HO HUM. Sample quotes...