Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...short essay of Mr. Curtis Guild, Jr., on "Political Reform and Political Reformers" occupies the place of honor. The keynote of the whole is contained in the quotation at the beginning of the article, "Corumpunt Oita corpus." Mr. Guild says that there are two ways in which a plain American citizen who is in earnest can be of measurable assistance in the promotion of political reform. Both necessitate trouble, The first method is the creation of public opinion; the second, going into politics. Mr. Guild urges upon Harvard men especially the necessity of active participation in politics and in political...
...Harvard Law School Association offers a prize of one hundred dollars for the best essay on any of the following subjects...
PAINE PRIZES.Two prizes of $100 each, are offered by Hon, Robert Treat Paine "for the best essay by any students of the University on the ethical aspect of the modern social questions." One prize will be assigned for the best original investigation of some definite form of Chartly-work, with practical conclusions drawn therefrom. The other prize will be assigned for the best original investigation of some special phase of the Labor Question, with practical conclusions drawn therefrom. It is the intention of the founder to encourage first-hand research into present social conditions, and he indicates, though he does...
...Burton Harrison, whose most recent title to fame is the authorship of "The Anglomaniacs" attempts to write an essay in a novelist's style with unfortunate results. Her subject is "Maidens and Matrons in American Society." The maidens receive further attention in a symposium "Shall our Daughters have Dowries?" by C. S. Messinger, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Amelin E. Barr, Mrs. Beecher, Mrs. Livermore and Mrs. Rollins...
Lachmann's Essay on the Nihelungenlied...