Word: essay
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Justice Holmes is the son of the famous Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet and essayist. During his undergraduate life at the University from 1857 to 1861 he evidenced the literary tendency of his family. He did considerable writing and received a prize for an essay on Plato in his Senior year, he was elected class poet...
Today is the last day on which entries in the Union essay contest may be handed in. As announced last month, the essays may be of any sort and subject such as might be printed in a good magazine...
Interest in the call for constructive criticism of the Harvard of today and tomorrow will be stimulated by announcement of the itinerary of the free tour which is to be given to the undergraduate who best answers in an essay the question "What one policy, plan, or improvement would you like to see extended or inaugurated at Harvard...
...CRIMSON essay contest announced elsewhere in these columns should be of interest to every Harvard man. A free trip to Europe--the reward of the successful essay--is not to be had everyday. The nature of the essay, moreover, ought to enlist the best thought of every man who is seriously interested in improving Harvard's facilities as an institution of higher learning...
...opening of three prize competitions is announced today, two of which are the Susan Anthony Potter Prizes. The first of these consists of an award of $75 for the best essay on a subject dealing with the Spanish Literature of the Golden Age, and the second is a prize of $100 and a prize of $50 for the best thesis dealing with any subject in the field of Comparative Literature approved by the Chairman of the Department. The third competition is for the John Osborne Sargent Prize of $100, and will be awarded for the best metrical translation...