Word: awarders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Human interest" stories in scientific guise are commonplaces of journalism. But more than commonplace was a late dispatch from Paris, containing an ironic bit of information. Professor Charles Valliant was recently declared the winner of a prize of 15,000 francs, awarded by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences for heroism in the cause of science. He was chosen because, after repeated operations, he has sacrificed both his arms in experimenting with the X-ray. But the Academy has now been obliged to withdraw its award, because Professor Vailliant is physically unable to sign for the money...
...find some reward for these services, or at least to give them their due honor. But if the dispatch is to be credited, there is a sharp difference between the French society and the American. Where one was held back by the flimsiest red tape from giving an earned award, the other has recently gone to the opposite extreme, as the same news-item relates. Another X-ray scholar was Dr. Adolph Leray, who died a slow death in the same cause. The Carnegie Foundation has awarded 40,000 francs for his sacrifice, and has paid the award...
...closes Monday, January 15 at 11 P.M., and they will not be limited as to the subject which they may choose. Manuscripts must not exceed 2,500 words in length, and must be handed in at the Union Library on or before the closing day. The Library Committee will award a first prize of $100, and a second prize...
...This is the twelfth competition for the trophy, which was presented by an unknown donor in 1912. It is open to all students in the School of Landscape Architecture, but members of courses 2b and 3b in Landscape Architecture are required to enter drawings. The jury and date of award will be announced later. These competitions serve to give the students of Landscape Architecture opportunity to put their knowledge to a practical application...
...This is the twelfth competition for the trophy, which was presented by an unknown donor in 1912. It is open to all students in the School of Landscape Architecture, but members of courses 2b and 3b in Landscape Architecture are required to enter drawings. The jury and date of award will be announced later...