1885 is, "The Political Consistency of Daniel Webster." The subject for the essay of 1886 is, "The Opinions and Influence of Thomas Carlyle." The essays must be left with the Professor of Rhetoric on or before the first Monday of the Third Term. The Harrington Prize will be awarded to that member of the Senior Class who shall excel in History. The subjects for the examination of 1885 are:-1. The Studies of the Department for the Senior year; 2. The Reigns of Charles II., James II., and William III., of England. The Wise Prize, the gift of Rev. Daniel Wise, D. D., will be awarded to that member of the Senior Class who shall excel in Moral Philosophy. The Joseph D. Weeks Prize, the gift of Joseph Dame Weeks, M. A., will be awarded to that member of the Senior Class who shall write the best essay on Political Economy. The subject for this year will be, "Cotton Manufacturing in the United States." The essays must be left with the Professor in the Department on or before the first Monday in May. The Peirce Prize, the gift of Rev. Bradford K. Peirce, D. D., will be awarded to that member of the Senior or Junior Class who shall excel in Natural Science. The examination for this prize this year will be in Geology. A Prize, the gift of G. Browne Goode, M. A., will be given for the best Original Investigation in the Department of Natural History. The Camp Prize, the gift of Samuel T. Camp, will be awarded to that member of the Junior Class who shall excel in English Literature. The Weeks Prize, the gift of Joseph Dame Weeks, M. A., will be awarded to that member of the Junior Class who shall excel in Logic. The Miller Prize, the gift of Mrs. L. P. Miller, will be awarded to that member of the Junior Class who shall excel in Debate. The Walkley Prize, the gift of Webster R. Walkley, M. A.,— In Memoriam David Hart Walkley, graduated June, 1878; died September 16, 1878,-will be given to that member of the Junior Class who shall excel in Metaphysics. The Parker Prize, the gift of Rev. John Parker, for excellence in Elocution, will be awarded to the best speaker in the Junior and Sophomore Classes. The Scranton Prize, the gift of Simeon S. Scranton, will be awarded as a second prize for excellence in elocution; but, in the competition for it, selections of a dramatic character, and from poetry, will be excluded. The Spinney Prize, the gift of Mrs. Joseph S. Spinney, will be awarded to that member of the Sophomore Class who shall excel in the Greek language. The Phi Beta Kappa Prize will be awarded to that member of the Sophomore Class who shall excel in the Latin Language. The Rice Prize, the gift of Rev. William Rice, D. D., will be awarded this year to that member of the Sophomore Class who shall excel in Mathematics. The Sherman Prize, the gift of Rev. David Sherman, D. D., will be awarded this year to that member of the Freshman Class who shall excel in Mathematics. The Hibbard Prize, the gift of Professor Ralph G. Hibbard, M. A., will be awarded to that member of the Freshman Class who shall excel in Declamation. The Ayres Prize, the gift of Daniel Ayers, M. D., LL. D., will be awarded to that member of the Freshman Class who shall be found, upon a special examination, to have attained the highest excellence in the studies preparatory to admission to college. The Taylor Prize, the gift of Rev. George Lansing Taylor, D. D., will be awarded to that student, in either of the college classes, who shall write the best English poem. The poem must be left with the Professor of Rhetoric before the Senior Examination. The designation of the classes to which the prizes are offered respectively, is made with reference to the arrangement of studies in the Classical Course. Students in the other courses, and special students, may compete for prizes in any department with the class with which they have been associated in that department. The several Committees of Award will withhold either of these prizes, if, in their judgment, no one of the exercises presented in competition for it possesses the requisite merit. The prizes were awarded last year as follows: The Joseph D. Weeks Prize, to George Alexander Carnahan. The Ferry First Prize-Junior Exhibition, to Frank Bourne Upham. The Ferry Second Prize-Junior Exhibition, to Saul Ober Curtice. The Camp Prize, to Wilbur Everett Rowell. The Weeks Prize, to Levi Oscar Kuhns. The Miller Prize, to Arthur Eugene Sutherland. The David A. Walkley Prize, to Ida Rachel Gridley. The Herbarium Prize, to Lorenzo Nickerson Johnson. The Parker Prize, to Julius Carl Converse. The Scranton Prize, to Herbert Welch. The Spinney Prize, to Herbert Welch. The Phi Beta Kappa Prize, to Herbert Welch. The Ayres Prize for the present year has been awarded to Fred Alexander Hillery. Honors. The speakers at the Junior Exhibition and at Commencement are selected according to the standing in Composition and Declamation subsequent to the Freshman Year. There are two grades of honor conferred at graduation, based upon the general standing of the whole course. Eighty eight per cent of the maximum standing entitles a student to the first grade of honor, and eighty-three per cent to the second grade. * Special honors are also given at graduation in each of the following departments: Latin; Greek; Modern Languages; Rhetoric and English Literature; Logic, Psychology and Ethics; Political and Social Science, including History; Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; Natural History, including Geology. The candidate for special honors must apply to the officer or officers of the department in which he proposes to take honors, not later than the first Monday in May of the Junior Year. He must pass, at the regular or special examinations, in all the studies (both required and elective) in the department in which he proposes to take honors, and must maintain in that department an average standing not lower than eighty per cent of the maximum. He must, in addition, pursue such a course of collateral reading or investigation as shall be prescribed by the officer or officers in charge of the department. The evidence of his proficiency in this collateral course shall be given by an examination, oral or written, by a thesis or essay, by the exhibition of scientific specimens, preparations, or processes, or by two or more of these methods combined, as the officer or officers of the department shall prescribe. The case of each candidate shall be decided by the Faculty. The honors, both general and special, are stated in the diploma; and the names of students who take honors are printed on the Commencement scheme. At the last Commencement, honors were awarded as follows: HONORS IN GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP. First Grade.-George Alexander Carnahan, Lorenzo Nickerson Johnson, Franklin Henry Taylor, Edward Burr Van Vleck. Second Grade.-Ella Virginia Burr, Howard Abbott Clifford, Jacob Francis Cooper, Frank Clasen Hoyt, William * The scale of marking in practical use is such that the best students in any department receive about ninety-two per cent of the absolute maximum. Armstrong Richard, Herbert Edwin Russell, Albert Raddin Sweetser, Fred Elmer Tasker, Albert Perry Walker. HONORS IN SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS. Greek. To Frank Henry Taylor. Latin.-Suetonius, Life of Tiberius; Propertius and Tibullus, Pindar's Selections. An essay on The Influence of Greece " upon Roman Literature"; an essay on "Roman Aqueducts as an Index of Roman Civilization, with an Account of their Present Condition." To Carrie Matilda Hills, Fred Elmer Tasker. Modern Languages. To Frank Henry Taylor. English Literature.-The Writings of Edmund Burke. An essay upon Burke's Attitude towards the Revolution in France." To William Armstrong Richard. Political and Social Science.-Macaulay's History of England, and a Thesis. To George Herrick Dains, David George Downey. Metaphysics.-The Philosophy of Sir William Hamilton. To George Alexander Carnahan, Howard Abbott Clifford, Fred Elmer Tasker. Natural History.-Mineralogy and Lithology. Examination on optical portion of Dana's Text-Book of Mineralogy, and on lithological portion of Geikie's Text-Book of Geology. Microscopic study, description, and drawing of a suite of slides illustrating the more common and important types of rocks. To Lorenzo Nickerson Johnson. Physiology.-Examination on Foster's Text-Book of Phys iology. To Cary A. Roe. Mathematics.-The New Higher Algebra. To Edward Burr Van Vleck. |