Word: essays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London society of which he has such wide and intimate knowledge is the background for his latest essay. People literary, artistic and scientific are his actors,--people who would normally be expected to have lofty aspirations which flub completely in the face of situations and forces quite as common as any existant in a lower social strata...
Last year he gained the honor of being the winner of the Baldwin Prize. This award is made by the National Municipal League to the undergraduate student of government in any college in America who submits the best written essay on some specific subject which is decided upon by the League. He was also last year's winner of the--Harvard competition for the current history prize, awarded annually by the New York Times...
Under the auspices of the College League two prizes of $1000. will be given by Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the former Ambassador to Germany, for the best two essays written by college students or graduates of not more than two years standing on the subject, "Why Alfred E. Smith Should be Elected President of the United States." One prize will go for the best essay submitted by a man and the other for the best submitted by a woman...
...essay on "The Yard" by R. A. Stoat '29 was agreed upon by several to be the most successful in making a newcomer feel the atmosphere of the University, which clings most perceptibly about the original College buildings...
...French. New books are purchased out of a large special fund, and for the benefit of members, suggestions as to what books shall be purchased are welcomed and, wherever possible, followed. Following the spirit of the library, the Union each year in the past, has run an essay contest in January with a $35 first prize...