Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...daily press of the country has been commenting somewhat unfavor ably of late upon the awarding of the Bowdoin prize. This prize is open to any member of Harvard University, and is a reward for the best dissertation upon subjects given by the committee in charge. The facts of the present case are these: A certain member of the Annex tried for the prize and won it. When Prof. Torrey opened the envelope containing the writer's name, and discovered that the lucky winner was a lady, and not a member of the University, he was naturally forced to withhold...
...Smith of Worcester, Mass., has been awarded the junior exhibition prize at Yale...
...professions must be ruled out. Enormous gains can only be hoped for in commerce. The most celebrated lawyers seldom have an income of over $50,000, and the most famous clergymen and physicians rarely receive more than $20,000 annually. The thing to be considered is not the maximum prize but the chance of success. Literature is comparatively free from the risks of failure to which the merchant is exposed. The young clergyman, lawyer, or physician often has a hard struggle to earn his daily bread but an author who is even decently equipped rarely spends the year without earning...
...from it. The athletics of a college have ceased to be a mere pleasure: they have become hard, earnest work. Should the self-denial undergone by these men be set aside as of secondary importance? Who is to judge-a few individuals or the college at large? The prize offered to stir the athlete is not pleasure-it is honor; it is the satisfaction of being a vital part of a victorious team, and its attendant advantages...
There has been considerable comment and much ill-feeling manifested in regard to the inexcusable delay in presenting the prizes won in the various athletic contests. There is certainly no reason why the persons on whom devolves the duty of providing these cups should not have them ready at least within a reasonably short period after the contest in which they were won. Instances of the failure in question are numerous; the following may be cited: The cups for the H. A. A. fall meetings were not out until six weeks had elapsed since the event, while the cups...