The Messrs. Mallinckrodt of St. Louis have offered the sum of $500 for the year 1906-07 to a student of chemistry in the Graduate School, on condition that he serve the subsequent year in the Mallinckrodt Chemical works at a suitable salary. The student must have taken at least Chemistry 5, 6, 9, and 10, and must take or have taken Chemistry 11. Preference will be given to a man wishing a broad theoretical training in research as a foundation for the subsequent practice of technical chemistry, and only students of unusual ability will be considered. It is understood that the holder of this stipend will do no other work, such as tutoring, or proctoring in examinations; but a laboratory assistant may receive a part of the stipend, or it may be divided between two assistants who conform to the above conditions. Applications should be made before March 31 to Professor C. L. Jackson, Boylston Hall.
National Municipal League Prize.
The National Municipal League has established an annual prize of $100, called the "William H. Baldwin Prize," to be given to the author of the best essay on a subject connected with municipal government. For the year 1906-07 the competition will be limited to undergraduate students registered in a regular course in any college or university of the United States offering distinct instruction in municipal government. The prize will be awarded by judges selected by the executive committee of the league, and the name of the winner will be announced at the next annual meeting.
The subject of the essay for 1906-07 is "The Relation of the Municipality to the Water Supply." Those entering the competition are expected to treat of a number of subdivisions, which, with particulars, can be obtained from C. R. Woodruff, secretary, 705 North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Washington University Law Prize.
The Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence of the George Washington University has offered for the year 1906-07 a prize of $100, to be awarded to the writer of the most meritorious essay on a topic of comparative law, assigned by the Faculty. Competition is open to all bona fide law students regularly matriculated in any of the law schools of the United States and Canada.
The subject assigned for 1906-07 is: "A discussion under English, French and German law of the respective rights of parties to a contract, entered into under a mistaken apprehension on the part of one or both of the parties as to its legal effect."
The committee of award is composed of Professor S. Williston '82 of the Harvard Law School and Dean Wigmore of the Northwestern University Law School. All essays must be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty of the George Washington University before March 1, 1907. The award will be announced on June 1.