Gilbert Kahn '32, Russell Maloney '32, Melvin Leon Anshen '33, and Richard Norman Clark, Jr., have received first, second and third prizes, and Honorable Mention, respectively, in the competition for the Bowdoin undergraduate award for a "Dissertation in English."

"The Poetry of Thomas Hardy" is the subject of the winning essay. Kahn is from New York City, was in Group III at the end of last year, and is now the part holder of a scholarship from the Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch bequest. He prepared at the Manual Training High School in New York City.

Maloney, the winner of the second prize, wrote on "Aldous Huxley and the Novel of Ideas", in which he pointed out the limitations of the novel of ideas, but illustrated its individual importance as the caprice of a fertile mind. Maloney lives in Newton Center and prepared at the Newton High School. He has contributed an article to the forthcoming June issue of the "Graduates' Magazine", entitled "Minority Report on the Untouchables."

Anshen won Group II scholastic standing last June and is now the holder of part of the Thomas William Clarke scholarship. He lives in Brighton, and prepared for Harvard at Brookline High School. His essay topic was "Stained Glass Windows; A Study in Mediaeval Romanticism."

Clark, who received Honorable Mention, was recently awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for two years of study at Oxford. He has also acted as chairman of the Senior Album Committee during the past winter.

The first prize is accompanied by $500, the second by $200, and the third by $100. Each prize winner will receive a bronze medal in addition to the bequest.