THE BENNETT PRIZE.

1. The proper relations of the United States with Hawaii.

2. How should postmasters be elected?

3. The advantages and dangers to the U. S. of a powerful Navy.

4. The effect of executive commissions on State government.

THE PAINE PRIZE.

(a)

1. The scientific treatment of city slums.

2. The housing of the working classes.

3. The child-problem in great cities.

(b)

1. The history and prospects of labor organizations in the U. S.

2. The history and prospects of productive cooperation in the U. S.

3. The duty of the state to the laboring classes.

The Sargent prize will be offered this year for the best metrical translation of the fifth Ode of the third Book of Horace.