The National League of College Civil Service Reform Clubs offers the following cash prizes for essays on the subject of civil service reform written and submitted by members of the league:

A first prize of one hundred dollars.

A second prize of seventy-five dollars.

A third prize of twenty-five dollars.

The following conditions and directions are to be observed:

1. All essays entered in competition for the prizes must be in the hands of the undersigned, secretary of the league, not later than June 20, 1896.

2. Every such essay must be signed with an assumed name.

3. Accompanying every such essay must be a sealed envelope containing such assumed name, the writer's real name, address, college, and class, together with a certificate, signed by the president, secretary, or other qualified officer of the local college club of which he is a member, that such writer is a member of such club in good and regular standing.

4. The league reserves the right to the first publication of the prize essays, and to reject all essays if none are found worthy of the award of the prizes.

The judges will be selected from prominent men identified with the civil service reform movement, who will pass upon the essays without knowledge of the writer's name or college.

Address,

FRANKLIN BUMP, Secretary, Ann Arbor, Michigan.