COLLEGE HONORS.

PRIZES.

The following prizes will be awarded during the present year:The Rich Prize, the gift of Mrs. Isaac Rich, will be awarded to that member of the Senior class whose oration at Commencement shall be deemed best in composition and delivery. Each oration must contain not more than twelve hundred words, and must be left with the Professor of Rhetoric on or before Tuesday, June 17th.

The Olin Rhetorical Prize, the gift of Mrs. Julia M. Olin, will be awarded to that member of the Senior class who shall excel in English Composition. The subject for the essay of 1890 is, "The Influence of Puritanism upon American National Character." The subject for the essay of 1891 is, "The Relations of Art to Morality." 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. It will be given in 1890 upon a special examination in the history course marked III. in the present catalogue, page 35.

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 the essay of 1890 is, "The Nature of Wages, with especial reference to the relations between Wages and Profits." The essays must be left with the Professor of 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, Junior, or Sophomore class

who shall excel in Natural Science. The examination for this prize this year will be in Chemistry.

The G. Brown Goode Prize, the gift of G. Brown Goode, M. A., will be given for the best Original Investigation in the Department of Natural History.

Two prizes will be awarded as a first and second prize, respectively, to the two members of the Junior class who shall present the best orations at the annual Junior Exhibition. In the decision of these prizes, both the composition and the delivery of the orations will be considered.

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. A prize 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 Psychology.

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, in the same classes, 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 Greek.

The Phi Beta Kappa Prize will be awarded to that member of the Sophomore class who shall excel in Latin.

The Rice Prize, the gift of Rev. William Rice, D. D., will be awarded 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 Greek.

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 Ayres, 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 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 Rich Prize, to Fred Morgan Davenport.
The Olin Prize, to Mary Graham.

The Harrington Prize, to Arthur W. Partch.
The Wise Prize, to Fred Morgan Davenport.
The Joseph D. Weeks Prize, to Mary Graham.

The Peirce Prize, to Lillie Belle Conn.

The G. Brown Goode Prize, to William Bradford Eaton.

The Romig Prize, to Eugene Allen Noble.

The George E. Reed Prize, to Wendell Phillips Parker.

The Camp Prize, to Martha Josephine Beach and Frederic Samuel Goodrich.

The Weeks Prize, to Edward Arthur Bawden.

The Prize for Debate, to Edgar Smith Furnel.

The David A. Walkley Prize, to John Andrew Bergström.

The Parker Prize, to Wilson Wallace Thompson.

The Scranton Prize, to Richard Ellsworth Bell.

The Spinney Prize, to Ernest Loren Meritt.

The Phi Beta Kappa Prize, to Isaac Merwin Rayner.

The Rice Prize, to Frank Bowers Littell,

The Sherman Prize, to Edward Loranus Rice.

The Hibbard Prize, to Albert Lyon Crowell.

The Ayres Prize for the present year has been awarded to Linwood Beede Jones.

APPOINTMENTS FOR JUNIOR EXHIBITION AND

COMMENCEMENT.

The speakers at the Junior Exhibition are selected according to the standing in Composition and Declamation subsequent to the Freshman year. The speakers at Commencement are selected according to the standing in Composition and Declamation after the beginning of the Junior year. The number of speakers at each of these public exercises is limited to ten. The speakers appointed last year were:

FOR THE JUNIOR EXHIBITION,-William Wellington Alexander, Francis Asbury Bagnall, Edward Arthur Bawden, Richard Ellsworth Bell, Edgar Smith Furnel, Frederic Samuel Goodrich, Walter Everard Morse, Eugene Allen Noble, Wendell Phillips Parker, Edwin Sloan Tasker, Lewis Gardiner Westgate.

FOR COMMENCEMENT,-Fred Morgan Davenport, Mary Graham, George Frederic Kettell, John Elijah Loveland, Henry Frank Mandeville, Rowland Miles, Harry Summerfield Noe, Arthur W. Partch, William Claflin Prentice, Frank Rollins, William Emory Smyser.

HONORS IN SCHOLARSHIP.

I. HONORS IN GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP.-There are two grades of honor conferred at graduation, based upon the general scholarship of the student throughout his 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.*

2.

HONORS IN SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS.-Special honors are also given at graduation in each of the following departments:

Latin; Greek; Modern Languages; English; History, Political and Social Science; Philosophy; Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; Biology; Geology.

The conditions upon which these special honors are given are as follows:

(1.) The candidate must apply to the officer of the department in which he proposes to take honors, not later than the first Monday in May in the Junior Year.

*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.

(2.) He must pass at the regular or special examinations in such studies of the college course as are prescribed for honors in the several departments by the schedule given below; and in such studies he must maintain an average standing of 83 per cent after the beginning of his Sophomore year; provided, however, that if he maintain a standing of 88 per cent in such of these studies as he pursues in his Junior and Senior years, the standing of the Sophomore year may be ignored. (3.) No student shall be given special honors who shall fail to pass in any study of the last two years of the course.

(4.) In addition to the studies regularly prescribed by the schedule below, the candidate must pursue such a course of collateral reading or investigation as shall be prescribed by the officer 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 of the department shall prescribe. The case of each candidate shall be decided by the Faculty.

(5.) In addition to other requirements, every candidate for special honors shall be required to pass a general examination covering the whole field of study in the department in which the honor is given; this examination shall be oral, and shall be conducted in the presence of a committee of the Faculty.

(6.) No examination for special honors shall be given, and no thesis or other work in preparation for special honors shall be received, after the second Saturday preceding Commencement.

The following schedule gives the studies required of candidates for special honors in the several departments:

Latin.-I. In Latin, (a) Courses I.-III. inclusive, (¿) of Courses IV.-VI. at least one, (c) Course VII. pursued with change of subjects for two successive years.

2. In Greek, the required courses, and one elective course, which shall not be that in Biblical Greek.

But students in the Latin-Scientific Course, who are candidates for the special honor in Latin, may substitute for the courses in Greek all the courses at present offered in Modern Languages.

Candidates who pursue satisfactorily the above-mentioned courses may be awarded the special honor in Latin without submitting to further tests. It will be noted that under these conditions prospective applicants for the special honor should elect III. Latin in the Sophomore year.