Word: essay
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...standing the test of Oxford competition well in all studies, except the classics. Last year they took five out of the seven first honors in jurisprudence. They won nine university prizes, some of them of great importance--the Gladstone memorial prize, the Mathew Arnold prize for an English essay, the Oldham prize for a classical essay, and the Beit prize in colonial history...
Joel Dibble Austin '16, of Dorchester, won the first prize of $250 for the best undergraduate essay. His subject was "A Defense of Debussy." Joseph Vincent Fuller '14, of St. Paul, Minn., and Herbert Aaron Friedlich '15, of Toledo, O., were each awarded a second prize of $100. Their essays dealt respectively with "The Congresses of Troppau and Laybach," and "Taine's 'Origines de la France Contemporaine...
...Group IV, Modern Languages and Literature, John Gilbert D'Arcy Paul 1G., of Baltimore, Md., was awarded a $200 graduate prize for his essay on "Mr. Henry James: A Sauntering." In Group VI, Philosophy, Education, and Fine Arts, Norbert Wiener 4G., of Cambridge, won a prize of $200 for his essay on "Relativism." No award was made in Group V, History, Government, and Economics...
Tomorrow is the last day for receiving essays for the Argentine Republic Prize of $100 offered to any student in the University for the best essay on any subject relating to the resources of the people, the history, development or relations of Argentina. Manuscripts must be left with J. G. Hart, secretary of the Faculty, University...
...National Municipal League has established an annual prize of $250 to be awarded for the best essay on municipal government by a post-graduate student who is or has been registered within a year preceding the date of the competition in any college or university in the United States offering distinct and independent instruction in municipal government. This is the Hull Prize, founded by Hon. M. D. Hull '89, of Chicago, Professor W. D. Munro '01, has been appointed chairman of the committee, and all students interested in the contest should consult him for subjects and detailed information...