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PRIZES FOR 1904-05

List of Those Offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The following prizes for undergraduates and graduates are offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for the year 1904-05:

THE BOWDOIN PRIZES

(For Dissertations in English.)

(a) For undergraduates, three prizes, a first prize of $250 and two second prizes of $100 each are offered. Essays offered in competition may be on any subject approved by the chairman of the committee on Bowdoin Prizes as a proper subject for treatment in literary form. Essays must be limited to 10,000 words, and must be handed in by April 1, 1905.

(b) For graduates, three prizes of $200 each are offered for essays of high literary merit belonging to a special field of learning. Any holder of an academic degree in arts, literature, philosophy or science, who has been in residence in the Graduate School for one full year within a period beginning not more than two years before the time when the prize is to be awarded may compete.

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Topics for essays must be approved in advance by the Committee on Bowdoin Prizes and the essays must be handed in by April 1, 1905.

(For Dissertation in Greek and Latin)

(a) For undergraduates, two prizes of $50 each are offered, one for translation into Attic Greek of a selection from lamb's "Tales from Shakspere," and the other for a translation into Latin of a passage in Motley's "Rise of the Dutch Republic." These translations must be written by undergraduates of Harvard College in regular standing in 1904-05 and must be handed in not later than April 1, 1905.

(b) For graduates, a prize of $100 is offered for an original essay in either Latin of Greek of not less than 3000 words on any subject chosen by the competitor, written by a holder of an academic degree who has been in residence in the Graduate School for one full year within the period 1902-05. Essays must be hand April 1, 1905.

THE BOYLSTON PRIZES FOR ELOCUTION.

These prizes are awarded to Seniors and Juniors in Harvard College at public competition on the second Thursday in May. The selections must be from English, Greek or Latin authors; the proportion in English to be at least two out of three, and they must be approved by the Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory. Competitors must enter their names with the Boylston professor on or before the last Thursday in April.

There are two first prizes of $60 each, and three second prizes of $45 each.

THE PASTEUR MEDAL.

This prize is awarded to the successful contestant in an annual debate on a subject drawn from contemporary French politics, the debate being conducted in English. Due notice will be given of the time of the debate and the rules governing it.

THE COOLIDGE DEBATING PRIZES.

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