Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...National Municipal League announces that the William H. Baldwin Prize of $100 will be given to the author of the best essay on a subject connected with municipal government...
Continuing in its precedent set last year, the Harvard Advocate announces three prize competitions for the best story, essay or sonnet submitted by any undergraduate of the University not a member of the Advocate Board. A prize of $25 is offered for the best story presented on or before December 1, 1920. Similar prizes will be given for the best essay and the best sonnet, which are due March 2 and June 1, 1921, respectively. The essay should be preferably on some undergraduate topic of current interest, while the sonnet may be on any subject except love. The full regulations...
...terms of the award provide that the essay must not exceed 10,000 words and must be typewritten in duplicate. They should contain marginal or footnote references to the authorities consulted. Essays must be mailed in duplicate, or delivered to an express company not later than April 15, 1921. They should be addressed to H. W. Dodds, Secretary of the National Municipal League, 261 Broadway, New York city, and marked "For the Baldwin Prize." The name of a competitor should not appear on the essay. A fictitious name or some other designation must be given instead, and the real name...
...essay which has already been published will be considered as eligible for the prize. For additional details concerning the scope and conditions of this competition, inquiries may be addressed to the Secretary of the League, or to the Chairman of the League's Committee on Prizes at 261 Broadway, New York city...
Maine gave the University little trouble in stopping its plays. Not once, strange to say, reverting to forward passes or open plays of any variety, the Pine Tree Staters seemed content to plug away at a stone-wall line or to essay futile swings around the end that usually were broken up before they reached the line of scrimmage. Only once was anything other than a straight play tried; and this criss-cross play was unmercifully smothered for a five-yard loss. Courtney was the lone star of the Maine offense, his clever dash up the sidelines just before...