Word: manuscripts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Each manuscript must be indorsed with a pseudonym and accompanied by a sealed envelope indorsed on the outside with the pseudonym and containing the real name of the writer inside...
Poems need not be restricted to 50 lines. The manuscript should bear an assumed name and should be accompanied by a sealed letter containing the true name of the writer and super-scribed with the assumed name...
...prize will be awarded only in case a composition is submitted which the judges consider worthy of reward. The title page of each manuscript should be signed with a motto or pseudonym. The true name, classification, and address of the competitor should be sealed in an envelope bearing on its face the pen name or device...
...fellowship carries with it a stipend of $2000 a year. Applications should be made on a blank provided for the purpose and should enclose a letter from some one who knows the candidate's character and ability, an essay or manuscript typical of the applicant's work, and a statement of the study he should like to pursue. The award will probably be made early in February, 1923. All communications should be addressed to Mr. W. H. Hamilton, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass...
Occasionally, in hunting a back number of the "Manchester Guardian" for History 12 or looking up the "Revue des Mondes", a student misses his way in Widener and finds himself not among the Periodicals but in the Treasure Room. The name connotes musty manuscript and faded antiques, and few but the bewildered individual above ever venture to stray inside. For those who do, however, the sensation of the discovery is like the delight of a mediaeval forebear, who, after journeying across a continent succeeds in handling the forefinger of a saint...