Essays for the Bowdoin prizes must be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty, University 5, on or before Wednesday, April 1. The Bowdoin prizes for dissertations in English are as follows: a fist prize of $250, and two second prizes of $100 each, offered to undergraduates; and three prizes of $200 each offered to graduates. For dissertations in Greek and Latin, two prizes of $50 each, offered to undergraduates for translations into Latin or Greek, and a prize of $100 offered to graduates for an original essay in Latin or Greek.

Competitions for the Boylston elocution prizes must enter their names with the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory on or before Monday, April 30. There are two first prizes of $60 each and three second prizes of $45 each, offered to Juniors and Seniors in the College.

The competitions for the Dante, Sargent and Political Science Prizes close May 1. The Dante prize of $100 is given for the best essay on a subject drawn from the life and works of Dante, written by a student in any department of the University, or by a graduate of not more than three years standing. The Sargent prize of $100 is for the best metrical translation of an ode of Horace, and is open to Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. This year's subject is the seventh ode of the fourth book.

The three prizes offered in Political Science are the Toppan, Sumner and Bennett prizes, all of which are due on May 1. The Toppan prize of $150 is for the best essay on a subject in political science, and is open to students of the Harvard graduate schools who have received an academic degree, and to graduates of not more than three years standing. The Sumner prize of $100, for the best dissertation on plans and prospects of universal peace, is open to all students in the University. The Bennett prize of $40 is offered to College students and third or fourth year special students, who have taken courses in political science and English literature.

The George B. Sohier prize of $250 is offered to undergraduates, Harvard graduates in the Graduate School, and Radcliffe students, and will be awarded for the best thesis written by a candidate for honors in English and Modern Literature.

All wishing to compete for the Sales prize of $45, for "the best scholar in Spanish who has commenced his study at Harvard," must notify the Recorder on or before May 1. The competition is restricted to undergraduates in the College and Scientific School.

The Phillip Washburn prize of $75 is open to candidates for degree of A.B. with distinction in History and Political Science, and is offered for the best historical thesis.

Candidates for the Ricardo prize scholarship of $350 must be Seniors or in the Graduate School. All competitors must submit their names and a list of their previous studies to the Chairman of the Economics Department not later than May 15, and the competition will be held about June 1.

The David A. Wells prize of $500 is offered to members of the Senior class of the College or Scientific School, or to graduates of not more than three years standing. The essays must be in the field of economics, and must be submitted to the Chairman of the Economics Department before October 31, 1908.

Competitors for the Jeremy Belknap prize of $50, for the best French composition written by a first-year student in the College or Scientific School, must submit their names to the Recorder on or before May 1.

The Lloyd McKim Carrison prize of $100 is offered to undergraduates for the best original poem on one of the following selected subjects: "The South"; "The West" "New England"; "The Philippine," Manuscripts must be left with the Secretary of the Faculty on or before April 15.