Word: essays
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stories there are in the number three: "A Newly Discovered Fragment from a Voyage to Lilliput," by F. D. Roosevelt; "In the Morning," signed P. Blair; and "Scraggy," by R. G. Fuller. The last is the most original in conception and the best told. A short essay, "Identity," by Judson Greely, is sincere without being either pompous or ministerial, thanks to a rather bright way of putting things...
...Northwestern University Law School, and is now dean of that institution. The prize was established in 1898 by Julian W. Mack LL.B. '87, and consists of a sum of $400 and a medal. The prize is awarded every four years for the most meritorious law book or legal essay written in the English language and published not less than one nor more than five years before the award; but if no essay merits the prize no award will be made...
...November number of the Monthly has for its main article an essay by W. H. L. Bell '04, called "Maurice Hewlett: Impressions." The general effect produced by the essay is that of a clear cut, earnest effort in literary criticism, although its style might be improved by a simpler and less fantastic choice of words. Of the two stories in the number, "Old Parness," by L. M. Crosbie '04, presents a strong incident simply told, while "Her Kings," by V. Van M. Beede '04, contains rather too much French to be thoroughly enjoyable. "Our Contemporary Poets," by Ernest Bernbaum...
Bowdoin prizes are offered this year as usual for dissertations in English, in Greek, and in Latin. For the English dissertations two prizes are offered to undergraduates, the first of two hundred and fifty dollars and the second of two hundred dollars. Undergraduates may write essays on any subject proper for treatment in literary form and approved by the chairman of the Standing Committee on Bowdoin Prizes. Theses forming a part of the regular work of courses may be offered, with the consent of the instructor, or, subject to such consent, may be written for the prize competition. For graduates...
...prize of one hundred dollars is offered to graduates for an original essay in either Latin or Greek of not less than three thousand words on any subject chosen by the competitor. The competitor, however, must have been in residence in the Graduate School for one full year within the period of 1900-1903 and must hold an academic degree...