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Professor Theobald Smith of Harvard University is the representative of the United States selected as a member of the international committee to award the first of the Emil Chr. Hansen prizes for research in medical micro-biology. The other two members of the committee are Professor Gaffky of Berlin, Germany, and Professor Calmette of Lille, France...
According to Section 5 of the Ames Competition Rules, "the judges in making their award shall consider the ability shown in preparing briefs, in presenting arguments, in accurately and succinctly stating the authorities cited, and in meeting questions put by the court during the argument." The relative weight to be given to the various factors is entirely in the discretion of the judges...
...best one-act play by a student of Harvard, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Vassar College, Cornell, Barnard College, Yale, Bryn Mawr College, the U. S. Naval Academy or the U. S. Military Academy. No limitations as to the type of play are imposed, but in making the award those plays which, in the opinion of the committee, conform to the policy of the Princess Theatre to produce plays unique or unusual in theme or treatment, will be most seriously considered. Because a play is a good piece of work or interesting does not insure its production...
...John Craig Prize of $500 for an original play by a student of dramatic technique at Harvard or Radcliffe will not be awarded this year. The judges, John Craig, Professor G. P. Baker '87, and H. B. Stanton '00, were unanimous in their decision to withhold the award for the present year...
...Noble prize for literature has recently been awarded to the British Indian poet, Mr. Rabindranath Tagore. This is the first time that the award has been made to other than a member of the white race. Last spring Mr. Tagore gave a series of lectures in English at Emerson Hall, dealing with subjects of far-eastern philosophy...