CORNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Volume XIII Numbe r 13 Prize Competitions Ithaca, New York Published by the University June I, 1922 For infonnation about th e University Undergraduate Schola"mips and th e scholarships awarded by the State of r-.:ew York. see the General Circular of I IIformation. • PRIZE COMPETITIONS The Woodford Prize, founded in 1870 by the Han. Stewart Lyndon Woodford, is of the value of $100 and is given annually for the best English oration, both matter and manner of delivery being taken into account. The prize is in the form of a gold medal, but the winner may. if he choose, receive instead $100 in money. I. The competition is open to any student in good standing who does not already hold a baccalaureate degree from this institution or from any other of like rank and who is to fulfill the requirements for graduation before the next contest. No student may compete more than once, 2. Every competitor is required to submit, at the Registrar's office, at Of before 12 o'clock noon of the day on which work is resumed after the Easter recess, an original oration upona subject which shan have been previously approved by the head of the Department of Public Speaking. J. The competing orations shan be limit€d to fift€en hundred words and shall be typewritten. 4. The orations submitted shall be examined by a committee appointed by the President, and shall also be read by their authors before the committee, which shall select the best, not exceeding si x in number, for delivery in public. 5. The contest for the prize shall be held on the evening of the first Friday in May, under the direction of the Presidt.nt of the University.• The winner of the prize shall be determined, and the prize shall be awarded by a committee of three appointed by the President. The committee shall consist, whenever practicable, of persons not residents of Jthaca. 6. Two copies of each oration sel€ct€d for the competition shall, within two weeks after the selection, be deposited by its a uthor with the head of the Depart· mcnt of Public Speaking, who, after the completion of the compet,ition , shall deposit one copy of each oration in the University Library. Each oration shall be typewritten in a way suitable for such deposit, and shaH be fastened within a rna· nita cover or otherwise bound , The Horace K. White Prizes, established in 1872 b y Horace K. White of Syracuse, are awarded annually to the most meritorious students in the graduating class of the New York State Veterinary College, as follows: To the first in merit. SIS; to the second in merit $10. Sibley Prizes in Mechanic Arts. Under ' the gift of the Han. Hiram Sibley, made in 1884, the sum of $100 is awarded annually to those students in the Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering who in the opinion of the Faculty of that institution show the greatest merit in their work. The '86 Memorial Prize, the income of a sum of money left as a memorial by the ciass of 1886, and amounting to $86 annually, is an 3 • •• 4 PRIZE COMPETITIONS undergraduate prize in declamation. to be awarded at a public contest held in May of each year. I. The head of the Department of Public Speaking is empowered to se1ect from the students who are pursuing or who have completed the WOf'k of the second term of Course I in Public Speaking, ten speakers whose general excellence in his judgment. warrants their competing for the prize. 2. The contest for the prize shall be held on the evening of the third Friday in May, under the direction of the head of the Department of Public Speaking. 3. The prize shall be awarded by a committee appointed by the President of the University. . The Barnes Shakespeare Prize. The Shakespeare Prize. founded in 1887 by Mrs. Alfred Smith Barnes of Brooklyn. consists of about $50. the annual income from her gift of SIOOO. 1. In accordance with the wish of the founder, competition is open to all undergraduates in the University. An undergraduate, in the meaning of thi& cJause, is any person who is registered in Cornell University as a candidate for a fiTSt degree and who has not already received an academic degree that would entitle him to register in the Graduate School. 2. The winner of the prize shaH not be eligible for subsequent competition. 3. Each competitor shall submit a prose essay of his own composition, not more than eight thousand words in length. 4. In accordance with the wish of the founder, the essays must be upon the writings of Shakespeare. The choice of subject is left to the discretion of the writer. 5. Essays submitted in competition must be typewritten, on one side of paper 8 by 10}1 inches in size, and double-spaced. Minor corrections only may be made in writing; corrections involving five or more words must be typewritten. Each essay must be signed with an assumed name. The real name is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope, superscribed with the assumed name. 6. The essays and envelopes are to be deposited with the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of April 15 of each year. 7. The essays shall be read and the prize awarded by a committee of three professors, appointed by the President from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 8. The successful essay shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the University library and the library rules regarding the circulation of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The essay sha11 be typewritten in a way suitable for deposit in the library, and shall be fastened within a manila cover or otherwise bound. The university reserves the right of publishing the essay. 9. In case none of the essays submitted in any given year shall, in the judgment of the committee, Teach a sufficiently high degree of excellence, the: prize will not be awarded. The Boardman Senior Prize Scholarship. A Senior Law Scholar- ship of the value of $100. the gift in 1888 of Judge Douglas Boardman. the first dean of the College. is awarded annually in June to the junior • PRIZE COMPETITIONS 5 who has, in the judgment of the Faculty, done the best work in law subjects to the end of his junior year. It is available during the senior year and is payable in the same way as are other University undeIgladuate scholarships. This scholarship may be forfeited in case the Faculty is satisfied that the holder has not maintained a high standard of work, or has been guilty of conduct unbecoming the holder of such a scholarship. The Fuertes Medals, two gold medals established in ,893 by Professor E. A. Fuertes, each of the value of one-half the amount of the income provided by the endowment fund, are awarded under the following conditions: I. One of these medals will be awarded annually by the University Faculty to the student in the School of Civil Engineering who shall be found, at the time of graduation, to have maintained the highest scholarship in the courses of his college, provided he has been in attendance at the University for at least two years. The other medal will be awarded annually by the Faculty to that graduate of the School of Civil Engineering who shall write a meritorious pa~r upon some engineering subject tending to advance the scientific or practical interests of the profession of the civil engineer. The papers shall be presented on or before April 15. If a paper is submitted in printed form, it will not be received if it has been printed earlier than the next preceding April IS. 2. Neither medal shall be awarded unless it appears to the Faculty of the School o~ Civil Engineering that there is a candidate of sufficient merit to en· title him to such distincti~. Candidates will be nominated annually to the University Faculty by the School of Civil Engineering. 3. When no medal is awarded, the money thus left unexpended shall be added to the principal of the Fuertes fund ; or it may, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be given to aid needy and meritorious students in a'1y college or department of the University. The' 94 Memorial Prize, the income of a fund established by the class of ,894 and amounting to about $94 annually, is an undergraduate prize in debate to be awarded at a public contest held in January .of each year. I. Any member of the junior or senior class in any of the colleges of Cornell University may become a competitor for this prize. 2. A committee appointed by the President shall select the debaters, not to exceed six in number. to take part in the final competition. 3. The final competition shall be a public debate to be held annually, under the direction of the President of the University, on the evening of the loth of January. unless that day shall fall upon a Sunday. in which case the debate ahall be held on the evening of the 9th. 4. The question for each preliminary competition shall be selected by the head of the Department of Public Speaking. 6 PRIZE COMPETITIONS 5· The prize shall be awarded by a committee of three judges appointed by the President of the University to that competitor who shaJJ be deemed by them the most effective debater, account being taken both of matter and of expn:ssioo. 6. Any undergraduate who has already taken the prize may be selected by the committee as an additional speaker, but the prize may not be awarded to him. I_The Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal, founded in by the family of Charles Goodwin Sands of the class of '90, is awarded for work of exceptional merit in any of the advanced courses in the College of Architecture. Two grades of medals are recognized, the silver medal and the bronze medal. The bronze medal may be awarded at anytime; the silver medal may be awarded only at the end of the academic year. The Clifton Beckwith Brown Memorisl Medal was established in 1901 by Mr. John Harkness Brown in memory of his brother Clifton Beckwith Brown, killed on the field of battle at San Juan Hill. A silver replica is awarded to the senior in the College of Architecture attaining the highest standing in design during his senior year, and a bronze replica to the senior taking second place. These medals are not awarded, however, solely for order of merit, the award being withheld unless the standard reached in design is considerably higher than that required for graduation. The Corson Browning Prize, founded in 1902, by Professor Hiram Corson, consists of a gold medal of the value of $50, to be awarded annually for the best competitive essay on Robert Browning. The prize will be given in money if the winner prefer. J. Competition shall be open to junior, senior, and graduate students. 2 . The subjects shall be assigned by the head of the Department of English, in accordance with the directions of the founder contained in his letter of donation. 3. The winner of the prize shall not be eligible for subsequent competition. 4. The essay must be typewritten, on one side of paper 8 by IO~ inches in size, and double-spaced. Minor corrections only may be made in writing, corrections involving five or more words must be typewritten. Each essay must be signed with an assumed name. The real name is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope superscribed with the assumed name. -. S. The essays and envelopes are to be deposited with the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of April 15 of each year. 6. The essays shall be read and the prize awarded by a committee of three professors appointed by the President from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In accordance with the wish of the founder of the prize, the head of the Depart- ment of English shall always be a member of this committee. 7. The successful essay shall be deposited by the Seaetary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the University Library and the library rules regarding the circulation of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The essay shall be type- PRIZE COMPETITIONS 7 written in a way suitable for deposit in the library, and shall be fastened within a manila cover OT otherwise bound. The University reserves the right of publish. ing the essay. 8. In case none of the essays in any year shall, in the judgment of the committee, reach a sufficiently high degree of excellence, the priz~ wil1 not ~ awarded. The Corson French Prize, founded in '902 by Professor Hiram Corson in memory of his wife, Caroline Rollin Corson, consists of a gold medal of the value of $50, to be awarded annually for the best essay on a subject in either French Philology or French Literature. The prize will be given in money if the winner prefer. J. Competition is open to undergraduates and to graduate students, not holding academic appointments as instructors, who are in residence during the term when the prize is awarded. l. The subjects shall be assigned by the head of the Department of the Romance Languages and Literatures, in accordance with the directions of the founder contained in his letter of donation. 3. The winner of a prize shall not be eligible for subsequent competition. 4. The essays must be typewritten, on one side of paper 8 by IOU inches in size, and double-spaced, and shaH contain not less than three thousand words. Minor corrections only may be made in writing; corrections involving five or more words must be typewritten . Each essay must be signed with an assumed name. The real name is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope superscribed with the assumed name. 5. The essays and envelopes are to be deposited with the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of April 15 of each year. 6. The essays shall be read and the prize awarded by a committee of three professors appointed by the President from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In accordance with the wish of the founder of the prize, the Professor of the Romance Languages and Literatures shall always be a member of this committee. 7. The successful essay shan be deposited by the Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the University librarY and the library rules regarding the circulation of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The essay shall be typewritten in a way suitable for deposit in the library. and shall be fastened within' a manila cover or otherwise bound. The University reserves the right of publishing the essay. 8. In case none of the essays shall, in the judgment of the committee, reach a sufficiently high degree of excellence, the prize will not be awarded. The Guillord Essay Prize, founded in '902 by the late James B. Guilford to promote "a high standard of excellence in English prose composition," consists of about $1 SO, the annual income from his bequest of $3000. I. Competition is open to all undergraduates in the University. An undergraduate in the meaning of this clause is any person who is registered in Cornell University as a candidate for a first degree and who has not already received an academic degree that would entitle him to register in the Graduate School. • 8 PRIZE COMPETITIONS 2. The winner of the prize shall not be eligible for subsequent competitioa. • 3· Each competitor must submit a prose essay of his own composition. oat less than five thousand nor more than eight thousand words in length. 4. The choice of the subject is left to the discretion of the writer. 5. Essays offered in competition must be typewritten, on one side of paper 8 by JOM inches in size, and double·spaced. Minor COn ections only may be made in writing; corrections involving five or more words must be typewritten. Each ~y must be signed with an assumed name. The real name of the competitor is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope, superscribed. with the assumed name. 6. The essays and envelopes are to be depOsited with the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of the first Monday of March of each year. 7. The essays shall be read and the prize awarded by a committee of three professors, appointed each year by the President from the University Faculty. 8. The successful essay shaD be deposited by the Dean of the University Faculty in the University library and the library rules regarding the circulation of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The essay shall be typewritten in a way suitable for deposit in the library, and shall be fastened within a manila cover or otherwise bound. The university reserves the right of publishing the essay. 9. It is a condition imposed by the donor "that in case none of the essays submitted in any given year shall, in the judgment of the Faculty, reach a high standard of literary excellence, the prize shall not be awarded, and the income for that year shall be constituted a special scholarship to be assigned to that graduate student at the University, who in the judgment of the Faculty. writes the best English prose." The Luana L. Messenger Memorial Prize of $, 50, the annual income of a fund of $5,000, founded in '902 by Mr. Hiram]. Messenger, is awarded in accordance with the tenns of the gift, to that student of the University who submits the essay "giving evidence of • the best research and most fruitful thought in the field of hwnan progress or the evolution of civilization during some period in human history Or during hwnan history as a whole." I. Competition is open to all students of the University. 2. The choice of subject within the field prescribed by the founder, as quoted above. is left to the discretion of the writer. 3. E ssays offered in competition must be typewritten, on one side of paper 8 by lOY, inches in size, and double·spaced. Minor corTections only may be made in writing; corrections involving five or more words must be typewritten. Each essay must be signed with an assumed name. The real name of the competi· tor is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope superscribed with the assumed name. 4. The essays and the sealed envelopes are to be deposited with the Registrar on or before 12 o'clock noon of May I of each year. S. The essays shall be examined and the prize awarded by a committee of three appointed by the President from the University Faculty. 6. The successful essay shan be deposited by the Dean of the University Faculty in the University library and the library rules regarding the circulation PRIZE COMPETITIONS 9 of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The essay shall be typewritten in a way suitable for deposit in the library. and shall be fastened w~thin a manila cover or otherwise bound. 7. The University reserves the right of publishing the essay, or of authorizing its publication. S. In case pone oC the es!oays shall. in the judgment of the committee, reach a sufficiently high degree of excellence, the prize will not be awarded. The John Metcalfe Polk Prizes. In memory of John Metcalfe Polk, an instructor in the Medical College, who was graduated from the Medical Department of Cornell University, on June 7, ,88g, and died on March 29, '904, three prizes aggregating $500 are presented at each Commencement to members of the graduating class who have completed the full course of study in Cornell University Medical College. These prizes are distributed as follows : To the student having the highest standing, $300; to the student having the second highest standing, $'25; to the student having the third highest stand- ing, $75· The Sherman-Bennett Prize was founded in '90S by Philo Sherman-Bennett of New Haven, who, by provision inhiswill bequeath- ed to William J. Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska, a fund to found prizes in twenty-five colleges or universities to be selected by him. The prize, consisting of $20, the income of $400, to be awarded "for the best essay discussing the principles of free government," may be competed for under the following conditions. I. Competition is open to all students of the University. 2. The choice of subject within the field prescribed by the founder, as quoted above, is left to the discretion of the writer. 3. The winner of the priee shall not be eligible for subsequent competitions. 4. Essays offered in competition must be typewritten on one side of paper 8 by IOU inches in size, and double-spaced. Minor corrections only may be in writing; corrections inVOlving five or more words must be typewritten. Each essay must be signed with an assumed name. The real naIlle of the competitor is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope superscribed with the assumed name. S. The essays and envelopes are to be deposited with the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of April 15 of each year. 6. The essays shaH be e,;.:amined and the prize awarded by a committee of three appointed each year by the President from the University FaCUlty. • 7. The successful essay shall be deposited by the Dean of the University Faculty in the University library and the library rules regardirJg the circulation of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The essays shall be typewritten in a way suitable for deposit in the library, and shall be fastened within a manila cover or otherwise bound. The University reserves the right of publishing the essay. 10 PRIZE COMPETITIONS 8, ~n case ~one of the essays shall, in the judgment of the committee, reach a sufficiently ' high degrceof excellence . the prize wiU not be awarded I the unexpend_ ed Income for the year bemg added to the principal. The Morrison Trophy Cup Prize, founded in 1\)06, is awarded to students in the winter courses for proficiency in debate. The Whiting Prizes, Two prizes, the first of $50, the second of $'5, have been offered since 1908 by Professor Frederick Whiting, to the two students in the graduating class of the Medical College, to be designated by him, who make best records in the practical and theoretical work in otology. The James T, Morrison Prize, founded in 1909 by James T. Morrison of Ithaca, and consisting of a gold medal of the value of $100 or of $roo in cash, at the option of the successful competitor, is awarded annually for the best original poem, or poems. 1. Any regularly registered studoent who does not already hold a first degree may be a competitor. 2. Every competitor is required to submit to the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of March I, an original poem, or poems. 3. The competing poems must be typewritten. 4. The poem or poems submitted shall contain not less than one hundred lines. 5. The prize shall be awarded by a committee of three to be appointed by the professors of the Department of English. 6. The reading of the successful poem or poems shall be held on the evening of the first Friday in May, undzr the direction of the President of the University. 7. The poems shall be read either by their authors or by other readers appointed by the committee, in its discretion. S. Aher the completion of the competition, the successful poem or poems shall be deposited in the University library by the Dean of the University Faculty and the library rules regarding the circulation of manuscripts shall apply thereto. The poem or poems shall be typewritten in a way suitable for deposit in the library, and shall be fastened within a manila cover or otherwise bound. 9. In case none of the poems shall, in the judgment of the committee, reach a sufficiently high degree of excellence, the prize will not be awarded. 10. If in the opinion of the committee of award two competitors are equal or nearly equal in merit, the prize may be equally Or appropriately divided; but in event of the committee deeming no competitor worthy of a first prize no second prize shall be awarded. The Eastman Prizes for Public Speaking. With the object of developing qualities of personal leadership in rural affairs, Mr. A. R. Eastman of Waterville, New York, established in '909, in the College of Agriculture, an annual prize of $100, for public speaking on country life subjects. In 1917, Mr. Eastman gave the University $3000 in • PRIZE COMPETITIONS 11 bonds of the Second Liberty Loan, to endow two prizes, a first prize of $'00 and a second prize of '20. The tenns of the gift provide that the Dean of the College of Agriculture shall administer the fund. Competition is open to any regular or special students in the College of Agriculture. The Sampson Fine Arts Prize. This prize was founded in '909 by Professor Martin Wright Sampson and is awarded annually "to that student in the University who shows the most intelligent appreciation of the graphic and plastic arts and of architecture." The prize is not given for practical proficiency in painting, drawing, or designing, but for natural or acquired ability to appreciate artistic beauty. The prize, which is the income of a fund of $rooo, is awarded under regulations administered by the Professor of Aesthetics and is to be expended in books or reproductions. The competition will consist of written criticism of a number of reproduced masterpieces of the fine arts displayed in the room in which the competition is held. These criticisms are to be passed upon and the prize awarded by a committee of three members of the University Faculty appointed by the President. The competition wiU be held between z p.m. and 5 p.m. on the fourth Satur- day in April, and students desiring to compete must give their names to the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon of the second Saturday in April. The Fraser Senior Prize Scholarships. Two scholarships of the value of $100 and Sso, respectively, the gift in 19I1 of an alwnnus of the College of Law, in memory of Alexander Hugh Ross Fraser, fonner librarian of the College, are awarded annuaJly about the beginning of the college year to seniors whose law course has been taken entirely in Cornell University. They are awarded to students who have most fully evidenced high qualities of mind and character by superior achievement in scholarship and by those attribute. of manliness which earn the commendation of teachers and fellow students. The award is made upon recommendation of the senior class by vote from a list of members submitted by the Faculty as eligible by reason of superior scholarship. The holder of the Boardman Scholarship is not eligible. The Hollingworth Honorarium. An honorariwn of $50, established in '9ll by Dr. W . G. Hollingworth of Utica, is awarded to a senior in the Veterinary College on his general good standing in the work of the first two years and his proficiency in the first courses in pathology and bacteriology. It requires that the student receiving it shaJl do satisfactory work in the Department of Pathology during his senior year. 12 PRIZE COMPETITIONS The Early English Ten Society Prizes. The Early English Text Society annually donates four of its publications to be awarded as prizes to the students passing the best examinations in Early English. For particulars regarding the conditions on which these prizes are awarded. students should consult the head of the Department of English. The Fuertes Memorial Prizes in Public Spealring were founded in 191 2 by Charles H. Baker. a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering of the class of 1886. Three prizes. one of $125. one of $35. and one of $20. are awarded annually to members of the junior and """ior classes in the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture for proficiency in public speaking. 1. The competition is open to seniors and juniors in the Colleges of Engineer. ing and Architecture. 2. The competition will be held on the evening of the third Friday in April 3. The candidates are required to read a summary of their arguments (not more than four hundred words in length) before a committee representing the Colleges .of Engineering and Architecture. These swnrnaries shall be :read 00 the Monday of the week in which the final competition falls. Competitors, not to exceed eight in number, will then be selected for the final competition, the choice being based on the character of the summaries submitted. 4. The speeches delivered in the competition shan be on technical subjects. and original in character. Any technical subject may be chosen by the competi. tor that may seem to him best suited to furnish an opportwrity for persuasive argu. ment. Questions relating to his profession that would naturally come before semi-technical or non-technical commissions, boards of directors, and conventiODS. are of peculiar fitness. In making the award, both the character of the argument and the manner of presentation will be considered. Each speech shall be limited to fifteen minutes. 5. The delivery shall be without notes, but illustrative material such as diagramS', plans, models, or lantern slides may be used. 6, The prizes shan be awarded by a committee consisting of five members. one selected by the College of Architecture, two selected by the College of Enginel!:!'ing, one selected by the Department of Public Speaking, and one selected by the President of the University from citizens of Ithaca prominent in mercantile or banking business or in public affairs. 7. A student who bas already received the first prize shall not be eligible for subsequent competition. The Graduate Prize in Philosophy, established in 1912, has an annual value of about $25. and is open for competition to all students retrstered in the Graduate School of Cornell University. I. The prize will be awarded to the graduate student who submits the best paper embodying the results of research in the field of philosophy. To be acceptable, the paper must show independent scholarship and research in dealing with PRIZE COMPETITIONS 13 philosophical ideas. The subject of the paper may be either historical, or critical and constructive in character. It may be concerned either with problems of pure philosophy or with the philosophical bearing of the concepts and methods - em, ployed in mathematics or in any of the natural or humanistic sciences. 2. Papers submitted in competition must be deposited in the office of the Dean of the Graduate School on or before the first day of May. Each paper is to be typewritten, and must bear a fictitious signature and be accompanied by the name of the writer in a sealed envelope. 3. The prize will be awarded by a committee appointed by the President of the University. A copy of the successful paper is to be deposited in the University Library by the Dean of the Graduate School. The paper shall be typewritten in a way suitable {or deposit in the library, and shall be fastened within a manila cover or otherwise bound. The James Gordon Bennett Prize of $50, founded in '9[2, is offered for work done on local and generalized anaesthesia. The prize is open to seniors in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The Jane Miller Prize of $50, founded in [9[2, is awarded to the student or students having the highest standing in the subject of Veterinary Physiology. The George Chapman Caldwell Prize of $50 was established in 19[3 by Professor Frank Cary Caldwell and Mrs. Grace Caldwell Chamberlain as a memorial to their father. The prize is awarded annually in money accompanied by a certificate, to a member of the senior class in the chemistry course, for general excellence in chem. istry. The award is made by the staff of the Department of Chemistry. The Ring Memorial Prizes. The interest on the Ring Memorial Fund, established in 1913 bv bequest of Charles A. Ring of Newfane, New York, is devoted to prizes for horticultural research. A first prize of approximately $30 and a second prize of approximately $20 are awarded to undergraduates in the College of Agriculture who in essays giving reviews of the literature on problems in floriculture, vegetable gardening, or pomology, show the greatest ability to evaluate scientific evidence. A committee representing the three departments named, in the work of which Mr. Ring was especially interested, fonnulated the following rules to govern the award of the prizes: The essays shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty of Agriculture on or before May I of each year. They shall be passed upon by a committee of three, appointed by the Dean, who are members of the plant industry departments in the College. In passing on the merits of an essay the committee shall consider pri- marily ability shown in sifting and weighing scientific evidence. If in any yeat no essay is considered worthy of either of the prizes, then the funds shall be held until the following year, when a first prize of approximately $40 and two st"COnd prizes of approximately $3.0 each, will be offered. 14 PRIZE COMPETITIONS The Stewart Prize of $5°, established in 1913 by Mr. S. L. St.wart of Brookside Fanns, Newburgh, N. Y., is awarded for clean milk production. Mr. Stewart's object in donating this priz. is to stimulate an interest in clean milk production and also to educate young men in the fundamental principles which underlie the production of sanitary milk. The method of donating the prize is determined by the Department of Dairy Industry; in the past the money has been divided into four prizes of $20, $15, $10, and $5, respectiv.ly. The J. G. White Prizes in Spanish. Through the generosity of Mr. James Gilbert White (Ph.D., Cornell '85) three prizes, established in 1914, each of the value of $100, are offered annually to English speaking students for proficiency in Spanish and to Spanish speaking students for proficiency in English. I. Two prizes shall be a warded for excellence in Spanish to undergraduate students who being residents or citizens of the United States, shall not have permanently resided in any Spanish speaking country. although they may have temporarily studied or lived there. One of these two prizes shall be open to members of the junior and senior classes in the Engineering College, who are candidates for their first degree. The other shall be open to members of the junior and senior classes in the other colleges of the University. 2 . The third prize shall be awarded for excellence in English to undergraduates from the Latin-American RepUblics and until June, 1925, but not thereafter, to undergraduate students from Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, who shall not have been permanen tly resident in any English speaking country, although they may have temporarily studied or lived there. 3. All three prizes shall be awarded mainly on the basis of linguistic attainments, in determining which a general knowledge of the language, including its grammar and literature, shall count one-half. and ability to speak the language fluently and correctly shall count one-half. 4. The qualifications of the candidates shall be tested by a special examination. This examination, consisting of oral and written parts, shall provide t~ts in the requirements specified in Section 3· s. In addition to these linguistic and literary qualifications, account shall be taken of the general merit and character of the candidates, as students and citizens. 6. No candidate shall be eligible unless he shall have completed successfully two terms of work in Spanish at Cornell University, and a successful competitor shall not thereafter be eligible for the prize. 7. The prizes shall be awarded by a committee of three professors appointed by the President from members of the University Faculty, and this committee shall set and conduct the examination. 8. In case the standard of proficiency in Spanish"(or English, as the case may be) is not, in the opinion of the committee, of sufficient excellence to merit an award, the prize (or prizes) sllaU not be awarded, and the unawarded money shall be added to the principal of the fund. PRIZE COMPETITIONS 15 9. The committee shall report its award to the Dean of the University Facul- ty for record. 10. The examination for the prizes shall be held annual1y in the second term on the Saturday immediately preceding Block Week, from 2-5 p. m. It. Candidates must hand their names to the Registrar in a sealed envelope, superscribed "J. G, White Spanish Prize" on or before 12 o'clock noon of the Saturday preceding the date of the competition. The Student Medal of the American Institute of Architects has been offered each year since 1915 to the member of the graduating class of the College of Architecture whose record is the best throughout the entire course, and the person to whom the medal is awarded is invited to exhibit his work at the next annual convention of the Institute. The C. Lathrop Pack Prize, established in 1915, is the income on a gift of $500, and is to be used by the Faculty of the Department of Forestry "in the interests of forestry ." The Charles Lee Crandall Prizes, founded in 1916 by alumni of the School of Civil Engineering, consisting of a first prize of $100, and a second prize of about $25, or the balance of the yearly income from the fund, is awarded each year by a committee appointed by the Director of the School of Civil Engineering for the best paper written by a senior or junior in that School on a suitable subject, provided both the substance and the written form of the paper submitted show real merit. If, in any year, no papers of sufficient merit are presented for these prizes, the income from the fund for that year is added to the principal 'and the additional income used from time to time to increase the amount of the prizes. The fund was established to provide prizes to encourage original research, to stimulate interest in matters of public concern, and to inspire in the students an appreciation of the opportunities which the profession of civil engineering offers them to serve their fellow men as intelligent and public-spirited citizens. The Goethe Prize. The donor of this prize, Mr. Ludwig Vogelstein of New York City, wishing to stimulate the study of the works of the great German poet and thinker, has offered each year since 1917 a cash prize of $50 for the best essay on Goethe. I. The competition is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. 2. One of the foJ1owing subjects is suggested for this year's essay: (a) The Young Goethe, 1770-1775: (b) Goethe's Personality as Revealed in his Letters: (c) Goethe's Rule of Life as it Appears in his Poems. 16 PRIZE COMPETITIONS 3· The essays must be typewritten, on one side of paper 8 by 10,", inches in size, and double-spaced. Minor corrections only may be made in writiac. corrections inVOlving five or more words must be typewritten. Each essa; must be signed by an assumed name. The real name is to be enclosed in a sealed envelope superscribed with the assumed name. 4. The essays and envelopes are to be deposited with the Registrar at or before 12 o'clock noon on April 15. 5. The essays will be examined and the prize awarded by a committee appoint. ed by the President of the Unjver~ity. 6. The essays may be written in the English or in the German language. The A/llmni Prize for Scholarship. To encourage general excellence in scholarship. the Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture established in '9'9 an annual prize of $25. to be awarded to the member of the Junior class showing the best record for the first three years. The award is made by the Faculty. The William M. Polk Memorial Prizes in Gynecology. Two prizes in gynecology. a first of $125. and a second of $75. were founded in 1919 by Mrs. Polk in memory of Dean Polk. • The German Prize. The German Department offers for the year ending June. 1923. likewise for 1924. a prize of $50 to the senior who shall have made the most satisfactory progress in the study of the German language and literature during two years of study at Cornell University. No award will be made except for a high grade of scholarship. The funds for these awards have become available from the residue of the Prize in German Literature established' some years ago by a scholar and friend of the University. '9"The Juliette MacMonnies Courant Prize, was founded in by the late Margaret MacMonnies Courant in m'OIIlory of her daughter. Juliette MacMonnies Courant, A.B.. 1916. The prize consists of $50. either in cash or in books as the recipient may deter- mine. It is a warded annually to that woman student of the senior class whose major subject is French and who shall. in the opinion of the conunittee of award. have made the best record in her four years of work, with especial reference to facility of expression in French. • ,. • • • CORNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Entered as second-class matter, December 14. 1916, at the post office at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Augu!.t 24. 1912. Issued a t I thaca, New York, twice a month (rom December to June inclusive and monthly from July to November inclusive. Thi s series of pamphlets is designed to give prospective students and other persons information about Cornell University. No charge is made for the pamphlet unless a price is indicated after its name in the list below_ Requests for pamphlets should be addressed to the Secretary of the University at Ithaca. Mon ey orders should be made payable to CORNELL UNIVERSITY . 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A nnual Report of the President. •Special depart mental announcements, a list of prizes, etc. Other periodicals are these: The Register, published annually in September, and containing, not announce· ments of COurses, but a comprehensive record of the University's organization and work during the last year. Price, 50 cents. Guide to the Campus. Illustrated. Price, 50 cents. Directory of the University. Price, 10 cents. The A nnouncemt nt of the Medical College may be obtained by addressing:the Cornell University Medical College, Ithaca, N. Y. Correspondence regarding the Cornell University Official Publication should be addressed to THE SECRETARY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORE.