Word: essays
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dante Prize of $100 is awarded the best essay by any undergraduate in the United States, or by a graduate of not more than three years' standing, on a subject drawn from the Life or Works of Dante. It closes...
...leading article is a vigorous, unpolished essay by Mr. Denison on "Samual Butler and the Way of All Flesh." It is full of interesting matter, of which a greatest art will be new to most readers. The second literary essay, Mr. Littell's "Imagines and Gargoyles," seems the work of a writer who has not grown up no his vocabulary, but who has things to say and may discipline himself into saying them well. Of the two stories, Mr. Dos Passos's "Pot of Tulips" contains skilful description and an inimitable heroin. Mr. Whittlesey's "Best Laid Schemes" is lively...
...moment into the life of Governor Long as an undergraduate.--before he dreamed of the rewards which were to crown his later efforts. An earnest student whose ability was recognized while still in college, Governor Long in his reminiscences tells of his dreary days in Cambridge. In this essay so gracefully done by Mr. Thayer is an excerpt from Governor Long's writings which is especially intimate and interesting...
Robert L. Wolf '15, who received his degree summa cum laude in Economics, has been awarded the second prize of $200 offered by Messrs. Hart, Shaffner & Marx, of Chicago, for an essay entitled "Some Aspects of the Theory of Value...
...open only to "post-graduate students who are, or who have been within a year preceding the date of the competition, registered and resident in any college or university of the United States offering distinct and independent instruction in municipal government." The Prize is awarded for an essay not exceeding 20,000 words in length on any subject connected with municipal government, provided the subject be submitted to the secretary of the League and approved by him at least 30 days before the time set for the close of the competition. Certain subjects already approved may be obtained from...