Word: essays
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...National Municipal League announces two prize competitions open to members of the University. The Baldwin Prize of $100 is offered to "undergraduate students registered in any college or university in the United States offering direct instruction in municipal government," for an essay on "Efficient Billboard Regulation." The essays must not exceed 10,000 words, and must be typewritten in duplicate. Both copies must be mailed not later than March 15, 1916, addressed to Clinton Rogers Woodruff, secretary of the National Municipal League, North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa., marked "For the William H. Baldwin Prize. Each paper must be marked with...
...wrecked life. Little Doddy--or Much Wampum, an imitation of George Ade, is the saddest reading in the number and belongs to a generation that prefers colored supplements to Du Maurier and George Ade to Thackeray. To Write or Not to Write is a commendably serious and poorly written essay. The Effect of Plattsburgh is clear and helpful without distinction. The City of Dreadful Life, though marred by more adjectives than are commonly approved and by mismated tenses, shows a talent for writing and a power of expressing colors and smells. In this number of the Advocate...
Prizes amounting to $100 are offered for an essay on the subject "Prisons and Prison Reform," open to all students in colleges or universities in the United States. The prizes are given by Adolph Lewison, President of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor...
...competition is open to all registered students, and is divided into two parts, one for graduates, and one for undergraduates. The prizes consist of one of fifty dollars for a master's thesis and two of twenty-five dollars for an undergraduate essay. Information regarding the competition may be had from the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, Broadway and 116th street, New York City. The judges in the contest will be: Thomas Mott Osborne '84, Warden of Sing Sing Prison; Samuel McCune Lindsay, Professor of Social Legislation at Columbia University; and Dr. E. Stagg Whitin, Chairman...
...Harvard Menorah Society Prize, for an essay on a subject connected with the work and achievements of the Jewish people...