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...awards, which amount to approximately $14,000 every year, have been offered annually since 1923 by the late Edward Bok, journalist and philanthropist, for the best advertisements in various classes, submitted by any individual or organization. There are four classifications under which the advertising matter will be judged; for distinguished services to advertising a gold medal will be given, for the most outstanding individual advertisements there will be four prizes of $1000 each, for excellence of advertising campaigns four premiums of $2000 each are offered, and an individual prize of $2000 will be adjudged for research work in advertising...
Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist, financier (Sears, Roebuck & Co.), newlywed (to Mrs. Adelaide Rau Goodkind, his eldest son's mother-in-law), let it be known last week that he will award a prize of $10,000 to the person who best explains how "Judaism can, without impairing its integrity, best adjust itself to and influence modern life." Those who wish to compete must send their theories in the form of an essay (between 15,000 and 100,000 words) to the Julius Rosenwald Essay Contest, No. 71 W. 47th St., New York City. Included must be an outline...
...advertising awards, which amount to approximately $14,000 every year, have been offered annually since 1923 by the late Edward Bok, journalist and philanthropist, for the best advertisements in various classes submitted by any individual or organization. They are given with the conviction that advertising is an effective art, calling for the highest standards of illustrations, text, and typography. The awards were established in the belief that higher standards of effort in the planning and execution of advertising might be stimulated thereby. This scheme affords not only an educational opportunity through the focusing of public attention upon advertising of excellence...
Died. Edward William Bok, 66, publisher, philanthropist, onetime editor of The Ladies' Home Journal; of heart disease; on his estate near Lake Wales...
...Carnegie Corporation last week, that engineers have applied their science far less to buildings than to motor cars. A car twice as good as one built a few years ago now costs half as much. The building situation, he declared, is "just about reversed." President Keppel recommended that some philanthropist create a "foundation devoted to the study of housing problems and equipped to experiment in different types of design and construction...