The announcement of the conditions of the Sargent prize for the best translation of one of the epodes of Horace, is well calculated to stimulate an interesting competition. While the date which has been fixed is somewhat unfortunate, sufficient time will be allowed for any earnest writer to complete the work. This prize will serve as a valuable supplement to the Bowdoin prizes and offer a premium for excellence in poetical composition. Some complaint has recently been expressed that rhythmical construction is totally neglected in all our English composition courses, and that college poetry is wholly an affair of college periodicals. The Sargent prize will serve to elevate college poetry to official recognition, and offer an inducement to the college poets to pause for a moment from their "pessimistic wailing." We would suggest that if the prize is henceforth permanent, the date at which the papers are due should be in the early autumn, and not in the middle of a college term.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.
