At the meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences held last Tuesday it was voted that the rules for the Toppan Prize be amended by substituting for the first paragraph of the present announcement the following: This prize, the gift of Robert Noxon Toppan, of Cambridge, of the Class of 1858, is awarded in two parts. (1) An annual prize of one hundred dollars is offered for the best doctoral thesis of the year upon a subject in Political Science. In making the award, emphasis will be laid upon literary excellence. (2) A prize of two hundred dollars is offered in alternate years for the best essay of not more than fifteen thousand words on a subject in Political Science. The literary quality, as well as the substance of the essays submitted, will be taken into account in making the award. This prize will be offered in 1916-17 and thereafter every second year. It is to be noted that the conditions governing this part of the Toppan competition are identical with those for the Bowdoin Prizes for graduates. The Toppan biennial prize is offered in those years in which no Bowdoin Prize for graduates is available in the subjects within the Division of History, Government, and Economics.

It was also voted to approve the following new course of instruction: Education 20j. Education in France and in Neighboring Countries. Half-course (second half-year). Wed., 3.30-5.30, Professor Dupriez, of the University of Louvain. (VIII) The course will consider elementary and secondary education, professional education, and particularly university education in France, with references to education in neighboring countries. It will not limit itself to the study of the organization of schools and the methods and programs in use, but will attempt to show how organization, methods, and programs are adapted to the social, political, and economic conditions of the countries of continental Europe.

Professor Dupriez is giving this course at the invitation of the Division of Education. It will be held in the Education Seminary Room (Room P) of the Widener Library. The course will be conducted in English and may be counted by properly qualified students as a half-course toward the degrees of A.B., S.B., and A.A. and toward graduate degrees. It will be open through Radcliffe College to women students and may be taken by teachers in service registered in the department of University Extension.