Undergraduate as well as graduate students of Harvard may be surprised to find that a total of $5,180 is given, in varying amounts, to the successful competitors for the 32 prizes which the college awards each year. Though in the majority of cases the prizes are money, a few, such as the Deturs or the Barrett Wendell prizes, are in the form of books.

Several others, among them the prize of the Comite France-Amerique and the Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize, take the form of bronze, silver, and gold medals. The prizes are awarded over an unusually diversified field of subjects which range from political science to drawing and painting.

The following enumeration and description of the prizes has been arranged alphabetically in accordance with the various fields in which the prizes are offered.

Classics

Dante Prize

For the best essay by a student in any department of the University, or by a graduate of not more than three years standing, on a subject drawn from the Life or Works of Dante. The competition is open to students and graduates of similar standing of any college or university in the United States. Essays must be submitted before the first day of May. $200.

Comparative Literature

Susan Anthony Potter Prize

One prize of $100 is to be given for the best thesis by a student (graduate or undergraduate) on any subject in the field of Comparative Literature approved by the Chairman of the Department. The other prize, of $50, is to be given for the best essay by an undergraduate on a subject in the field of Comparative Literature concerning the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. Candidates should submit their subjects to Professor Kittredge early in the academic year. Theses or essays in competition must be submitted or on before the first day of April.

A prize of $75 is also offered for the best essay on a subject dealing with the Spanish Literature of the Golden Age. The competition is open only to undergraduates. Manuscripts must be submitted on or before the first day of April. Further information may be obtained from Professor Whittem.

Drawing and Painting

Bowers Prizes

The following prizes are awards made either for competitions of which the date is still unannounced or for which no formal competition is necessary.

For the best original painting in oil or water color made by an undergraduate in any of the courses in Fine Arts during the year, $100.

For the best drawing in pencil, pen, or wash, made directly from nature, of architectural, landscape, or figure subject, by an undergraduate in any of the courses in Fine Arts during the year, $50.