Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...American Economic Association offers two prizes: a first of $1,000 and a second of $500, for the most meritorious papers on the subject of "What Can a Man Afford to Give?". The donor of the prizes, Mr. E. A. Karelsen, believes that a general discussion of the rational basis of contributions for altruistic purposes will do great good, and hopes that competition for the prizes may be nation-wide. Any American citizen is eligible to compete. The essays are to be submitted in typewritten form on or before October 1, 1920, to the secretary of the American Economic Association...
...Morosco offers a prize of $500 for the prose dramatic composition of at least three acts adjudged by a committee of three to be the best suited for professional production. Plays submitted must be the absolute property of the author and not subject to any copyright or other claim by or in favor of a third person...
...classical group two prizes of $50 are offered to undergraduates as specified above, one of which is for a translation in Greek and the other in Latin. The subject for the Greek of the passage in J. B. Bury's "History of Greece," Chapter 12, Section 1, beginning with "Sparta had achieved the task," and ending with "from a friend of Lacedaemon...
Essays offered in competition for these prizes may be on any subject approved by the Chairman of the Committee on Bowdoin Prizes. Theses that form part of the regular work in an elective course may be offered in competition, with the consent of the instructor in the course, or, subject to such consent, may be rewritten for the prize competition...
...Edward Grey, British Ambassador to the United States, last evening before the largest audience that has crowded the Living Room of the Union this year. The speech, which was one of the three to he delivered in the United States by Lord Grey this year, was on the subject of "Recreation." After being introduced by President Lowell, Lord Grey first told of the great interest he had in Harvard, due largely to his very close friendship with William Richardson of Boston, a Harvard man, and with his acquaintance with President Roosevelt...