Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Advocate's prize of $25 for the best essay written by an undergraduate was awarded to Russell Chapin '21, of Springfield. The subject of the essay was "Education and College." Candidates whose essays were unsuccessful may receive their manuscripts any day this week by calling at the Advocate Building between 7-8 P. M., which are the new office hours for literary candidates...
...annual prize of one hundred dollars is awarded from a bequest of Addison Brown, late judge of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, for the best essay by one of the students in the Law School on some designated subject of Maritime or Private International Law under prescribed regulations. The subject selected for this year are: "Taxation of the Corporate Excess of Interstate Corporations." "A Comparison of the British Marine Insurance Act with American Law," "The Domicile of a Married Woman," "When Does Title to a Prize Pass...
Less than two weeks more remain during which contestants may submit contributions for the Advocate's $25.00 prize offered for the best essay on religion, education, or liberalism. The manuscripts should contain not more than 2,500 words, although more than one manuscript may be submitted, each of which should be signed by the contributor. The judges are Professor Irving Babbitt '89, A. M. '93, and Messrs. Ellery Sedgwick '94, and William Roscoe Thayer '81, A. M. '86, Litt.D. '13. Mr. Sedgwick is editor of the Atlantic Monthly; Mr. Thayer, who was an editor of the Advocate, is the author...
...addition to a number of first editions, among which are included Locke's "Essay on Government," Descartes' "Discours de la Methode," Pasoal's "Pensees," and Kant's "Critique," there are several original manuscripts and volumes annotated by the authors. The notes to one of Fichte's lectures, in his own handwriting, and a letter of Descattes, are two notable examples. The exhibition will be on view for two more weeks...
Some years ago a man, not altogether averse to prominence at the Lake Mohonk peace conferences, offered $100 to the student in any American college who would write the best essay on the peace cause. With a great flourish of trumpets, the donor himself making a magnificent speech, the $100 was finally awarded. Statistics showed that if the prize had been divided equally among the contestants each would have received 82 cents for his labors. Of course, the contest may have been an aid to forceful writing, but the chances are that the same results could have been accomplished through...