The 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 the first prize of one hundred dollars, in compliance with the rule that the prize could not be awarded to any one outside of Harvard University. The young lady was, however, awarded the maximum prize of the Annex-thirty dollars-in consideration of the excellence of her essay. For the daily press to set up a how at this, and declare that the young lady paid seventy dollars for the privilege of being a woman, is distinctly wrong, and an injustice to the University and to Prof. Torrey, which we cannot allow to pass unnoticed.