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...Bowdoin prizes, of $50 each, for dissertations in Greek and Latin, have been awarded to Harry Wheatland Litchfield '07, for a translation into Attic Greek of a passage in Green's "Short History of the English People," and to Frederick Livesey '08, for a translation into Latin of a passage in George Eliot's Middlemarch...
...George B. Sohier Prize of $250, for the best thesis presented by a successful candidate for honors in English or in modern literature, has been divided between Hermann Hagedorn, Jr., '07, for a thesis on "The Plays of the English Comedians in Germany, and the Reasons underlying the Mutilation of the Elizabethan Originals," and Samuel Monteflore Waxman '07, for a thesis on "The Don Juan Legend in Literature...
...professors and instructors in the University have received leave of absence for the academic year: Dr. J. W. White '78, professor of Greek; Professor Charles Gross h.'01, of the History Department; Professor H. W. Smyth '78, Eliot professor of Greek literature; Professor G. P. Baker '87, of the English Department; Assistant Professor I. Babbitt '89; Assistant Professor G. A. Reisner '89; Professor W. H. Schofield '93, and Dr. J. H. Woods '87, instructor in philosophy...
This prize is awarded to the successful contestant in an annual debate on a subject drawn from contemporary French politics, the debate being conducted in English. Due notice will be given of the time of the debate and the rules governing...
...prize of $100 and a silver medal is offered for the best poem on a subject which will be announced later by the department of English. All undergraduates in the University will be eligible to compete for this prize...