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Clarence Crane Brinton '19, of Springfield, has been awarded a double first prize of $500 in the Bowdoin Prize Essay Competition for the present college year. This is the first time since the Bowdoin Prize was founded in the 18th century that such an award has been made. The extraordinary excellence of Brinton's essay on "Acton's Philosophy of History" led the committee of judges to grant him this honor...
...unlikely that the committee will decide to award the "H" on a pre-war basis to all competing teams, but it is not improbable that in special cases men may receive their letters. Yale and Princeton are awarding insignia in all sports, but the Athletic Committee has repeatedly expressed itself against awarding...
...very important matter which will come up before the Athletic Committee for discussion tonight is the award of some form of insignia to the members of the various teams which have represented the University during the past year. Both Princeton and Yale have granted the full letter to their athletes and it is time that the University revoke its former decision and vote some kind of athletic acknowledgement tonight...
...question thus resolves itself into giving no letter or taking a middle ground and awarding a modified insignia. Ordinarily such a middle course inclines to be a weak one, but in the present instance this does not hold true. The men who have given their time and energy to athletics and who have represented the University to the best of their ability, be it on river or gridiron, diamond or rink, deserve recognition of some sort. This acknowledgement should be of a special kind, to exist only for the duration of the war, and to be superseded by the regular...
...exercises will be opened with a short prayer by Professor Edward C. Moore, chairman of the Board of Preachers at the University. President Lowell will then deliver his address to the graduates. He will be followed by Admiral Wood, who will award the diplomas, and Commander Lundy, who will conclude the exercises with his talk. Arrangements have been made to provide music between the various speeches...