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PRIZES FOR LITERATURE.
The Century Magazine's Offer to Graduate Students.
The WEEKLY is in receipt of the following circular letter, which will be of interest, perhaps of value, to students of English composition:
To the Editor.
DEAR SIR: We call your attention to the enclosed circular, which we venture to think will prove of interest to you and to your readers. Brief announcement of the offer has been made in the columns of the daily press, but from the inquiries we have received we learn that there is a general desire among college men to know the full particulars of the contest. For this reason, we append the following note. If you can make any use of it in your columns, we shall be obliged.
Very truly yours.
THE CENTURY CO.
THE CENTURY PRIZES FOR COLLEGE GRAD-
LATES
With the aim of encouraging literary activity among college graduates. The Century Magazine offers to give, annually, during four successive years, three prizes of $250 each, open to the competition of persons who receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts in any college or university in the United States during the commencement seasons of 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900.
1st. $250 for the best metrical writing of not fewer than fifty lines.
2d. $250 for the best essay in the field of biography, history, or literary criticism, of not fewer than four thousand or more than eight thousand words.
3d. $250 for the best story of not fewer than four thousand or more than eight thousand words.
On or before June 1, of the year succeeding graduation, competitors must submit type-written manuscript to the Editor of the Century Magazine, marked, outside and inside. "For the College Competition," signed by a pen-name, and accompanied by the name and address of the author in a separate sealed envelope which will not be opened until the decision has been made. The manuscript submitted must be the production of literary work come after graduation, and must not have been published. A circular giving full details concerning the competition will be sent to any address by the Century Co., Union Square, New York.
Since the first announcement of the prizes in the public press on July 24, 1897, letters have been received asking that the privileges of the competition be extended to persons receiving the degree of Ph. B., on the ground that in certain cases it is equivalent to the degree of B. A. A similar request has also been made in behalf of graduates of the United States naval and military colleges. But, on careful consideration, it has been decided not to make any change in the present series of prizes, which will be awarded, as originally stated, to graduates receiving the degree of B. A.
The terms of this prize competition were formulated after consulting with some of the leading educators of the United States. In some respects the proposition differs from the usual prize offer. It is meant to cover a wide range of belles-lettres, and to stimulate interest in purely literary production on the part of college graduates. It may be said that "short story" writing needs no extraordinary stimulus in this country. The "output" is already large, and much of it is of excellent quality. Perhaps in this case the demand has had the usual effect upon the supply. There has always existed, we believe, a tendency to decry "magazine poetry," even when a large part of it was written by those who were regarded as our "great poets." But then and now much of the poetry of the American magazines has probably been of finer quality than indiscriminate criticism would concede. The department of literature perhaps most in need of stimulus is that of the essay. There would seem to be fewer well-equipped and accomplished critics and essayists than our literature needs.
The Century's offer naturally brings up consideration of the often-noticed fact that so few of our literary men, since the earlier days, have been college graduates. The editor some years ago made up a list of about forty of the then-living prominent American authors. A very small portion of these were found to be college graduates. The proportion of that class of writers appears to be gradually increasing; but if a list were made of a
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dozen or fifteen of the men and women now at the head of American literature, the public would be surprised to find that there were more A. M's. L. H. D's. and LL. D's. more than B. A' s. among them.
The direct efficacy of academies in the creation of artists in general will always be a matter of di pute, as well as the question of the benefit of the academy to the individual genius.
Debatable also is the question of the value of prizes in stimulating literary activity of a high order. One of our advisers remarked that such prizes have not worked well among undergraduates in a certain university, as the young men have preferred to put their work on the regular subjects of instruction. But such a result of prize methods among undergraduates does not imply a similar result among graduates, as the conditions are, of course, entirely different. Others of our educational advisers are very hopeful concerning the experiment. At any rate, the experiment appears to be well worth trying, and we trust that substantial good will come of it.
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THERE IS A HITCH IN THE DBATE
ARRANGEMENTS.
Who Small Pay the Expenses of Contee Missouri or Kansas?—Each Committee Insists on Its Own interpretation of the Rules.
The joint committee met Tuesday noon. Several matters of importance were considered. At the conference between representatives from Missouri and Kansas at Kansas City Thanksgiving day, the rules of the Kansas-Nebraska debate as far as applicable were accepted as controlling the Kansas-Missouri debate. This action was taken subject of course to ratification by the debate committee of each university.
Among these rules was included the provision that the university where the debate is held shall bear all necessary expenses of the debate. This provision has never been construed by Kansas and Nebraska to include the traveling expenses of the visiting team, but has been interpreted as meaning only the local expenses of the debate and the traveling expenses of the judges. When the acceptance of the Nebraska rules was reported to the committee for ratification, it was suggested that as the wording of the rule was somewhat ambiguous it might be well in sending notice of ratification to Missouri to state that we should hold to the interpretation given by Kansas and Nebraska. The result was a letter from Missouri, insisting that the opposite construction had been placed upon it by mutual consent at the Kansas City conference. Our committee then voted to hold to our construction and to notify Missouri of our action, at the same time informing them that as we were compelled to the expenses of our debaters to Nebraska, it would work a hardship to us to way the expenses of the Missouri team here.
The above was the situation at the time of the committee meeting Tuesday. At that meeting the secretary read a letter from Missouri, regretting the mutual misunderstanding, but stating that as Missouri was to have a debate with Nebraska this year, and by their agreement with the Nebraskans were to pay the traveling expenses of the Nebraska team to Columbia it would be as much of a hardship for them to pay two sets of expenses as for us and suggesting as a way out of the difficulty that we ask Nebraska to alter their arrangements with us and pay the fare of our men to Lincoln. Each University would thus bear the full expenses of the debate held under its own auspices.
Prof. Hodder suggested that since our arrangement with Nebraska was of some years' standing, while the Missouri — Nebraska debate was being established for the first time, it might be easier for them to change their rules to conform to ours than to induce the Nebraskans who had already paid the expenses of two teams here while we had sent but one to Nebraska to accept the Missouri proposition. The secretary was then instructed to make this as a suggestion to Missouri.
A letter was also read from Nebraska accepting the more definite statement of the question selected for debate suggested by our committee. A motion was carried to allow the Snow, Adelphic, and Kent clubs each two representatives in the final preliminary for the preliminary for the Missouri debate and to limit the representation in that debate to those three societies. The meeting ten adjourned.
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STRATEGIES.
But this year the little rascal, found per han
That he needed both to slay me;
So he laid a sweeping arrow.
On the hillside, and he hid In a lot of maiden's hair.
In a lot of maiden's hair
I that he needed to stay in
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For he made his arrows out of poison-
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Charles Kellogg Field.
The University circles were much surprised at the announcement of the engagement of Miss Elizabeth Stone and Mr. Arthur T. Walker. Miss Stone is a popular University girl, active in all branches of college interest, and while Professor Walker has not been in Lawrence a great while he has a large circle of acquaintances who heartily congratulate him.
Since the first of the week there has been another engagement much talked of. This one is only rumored, although it is authentically watched for by several very intimate friends. The younglady lives in south Lawrence, and is rightly termed one of the University's "swellest girls." She is an art student, decidedly blond, and noted for her charming manners. The other pa.ty comes from Shawnee county, is well built, dark, and popular. Each is a member of a prominent fraternity.
Another match of comparatively recent date has interested those fond of Cupid's pranks. The two in this case are easily described. Both are tall and slender, both are rather light, and both frequently wander down the hill the same way.
Much talked about; are two graduates of June 97. The young lady lived on the east side of one of the prettiest residence streets. She is vivacious and fond of entertaining. The young man while here was active in church work and generally acknowledged as a good conversationalist. He is now busy in one of Kansas City's new enterprises.
Not lacking in interest is the engagement, announced some time ago, of Miss Martha Snowd and Mr.Wm Harvey Brown. This promises to one of the first weddings.
If observations are reliable, one might associate the name of a certain Phi Psi and a pretty west Lawrence society girl now attending finishing school in New York City.
Early in the fall a small class that met at 10 o'clock, watched with interest two tall English students. She particularly was noted for her excellent themes, and will graduate this year, probably a Phi Beta Kappa. He well—he in this case—well dressed, and lives in the neighborhood of the "Spooner" club.
At a subscription party last week, another interesting announcement was anticipated. This takes in a young woman still in her teens, she is indeed one of the University's youngest FI Phis. She is at present, however, enjoying vacation from her studies. The young man fortunately—unlike every other young man yet mentioned—is a brunette and a new son of K. U.
In December the engagement of Prof. H. Foster Jones and Miss Moore of the city schools was announced.
Next ___?
Next ___?
Professor Blake.
One reads these, and wonders, if all this happened in the quiet term of study what may be the outcome of the annual parties, and still worse the result of the spring months, when meandering couples climb the hill to meditate—yet thoughtlessly, or thoughtfully permits the moon and the stars—all nature—to lead them on.
If Juliet Tompkins of Vassar wrote
"It's not announced, but then we know it on."
it's on
It's simply low—another good man
done."
What could she say of a co-educational institution?
Students desiring to enter my Virgil class will meet in Latin room Monday, December 6, at 4 o'clock.
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