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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This evening at 7.30, the winners of Bowdoin Prizes will read the successful essays in Harvard 1. R. M. Green '02 will read part of his essay on "Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp," and G. H. Montague '01 will read parts of his essay on "The Rise of the Oil Monopoly." The reading is expected to occupy about one hour. The rules of the Faculty provide not only that the essays shall be read publicly, but that the names of the winners shall be noted on the Commencement Programme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading of Bowdoin Prize Essays | 6/18/1901 | See Source »

...Reading of Bowdoin Prize Essays. The Rise of the Oil Monopoly. Mr. G. H. Montague. -- Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp. Mr. R. M. Green. Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 6/15/1901 | See Source »

...undergraduates, the first prize of $250 was awarded to R. M. Green '02, of Boston. His essay was on "Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp." G. H. Montague '01, of Springfield, was awarded the second prize of $200 for an essay on "The Rise of the Oil Monopoly." For graduates, the prize of $300 was awarded to G. J. Blewett, Ph. D., of St. Thomas, Ont., for an essay on "The Philosophy of Spinoza with especial reference to its Historical Position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Award of Bowdoin Prizes. | 6/12/1901 | See Source »

...then went on to say that legislation has one great fault,--it is at best mechanical, and can rise no higher that its source. In good hands it is effective for a time; but it may be turned with equal ease to bad purposes. Unfortunately the system of nomination prevalent in the United States today tends to aggravate peculiarly this inherent weakness of law making; for it gravitates directly and inevitably to the "boss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lecture by Bishop Potter | 4/23/1901 | See Source »

...World's Work"--"The Ratio of Education to Production," by C. W. Dabney '44, President of the University of Tennessee; "The Rise of the Russian Jew," by Hutchins Hapgood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Magazine Articles by Harvard Men. | 4/5/1901 | See Source »

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