Up to fi C 1 1 - ings og( I Tailor made Clothing Pressing I I\ and Cleanina 1 7 1 - 1 1- . W . • S I_l_ ' ,1. - ,' 1 Stuart Block $2OOO in Prizes An opportunity to compete fpr economic prizes amounting to $2 OW 1 has again been given to the stiadenits of the Pennsylvania C ollege. , The invitation comes from Professor J Laurence I,aughlin of the liniveisity of Chicago, who is Icilaiiman of the committee in charge oi the contest, The prizes :haNe been offered from year to year by Hart Schaff ner & Marx fof the past six 3. ears and have brought out so many e.A.- cellent studies of commercial and economic subjects that they are now renewed for the seventh year. The subjects of the essays cover such important topics as. The value of protectionism to American workingmen; The economic reasons for or against building a deep waterway from the Lakes to the Gulf; The valuation of railways, The effect of _modern imbugia tion in the United States,+ dato 1 u mish = 'l\ I(li East College Avenue Ihe'History of the rate of inter est in'the United States rt , e Univ rsities whose students hay, produced winning.essays in the past are VVashington and Lee, Har %aril UniVersitY of Chicago, Ober :ln C..ollege, University of Wiscon sin, University of i Pennsylvania, University l of Illinois, Wesleyan Urliv -rsity,l The Branch Normal Collie of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Norithwestrn University,' Univer sity of Michigan and BotdoinCol lege Some ,0, the es ayS have been of such merit that they hale been published in book form The prizes are to be divided as , , folio Ns. , r 1 1 Cass "A" I first .pri e $1000; second prize $.500., Clads "B", . fit - 4i pr ze *s3oo, ,cco , id prize x s2oo. Class B' includes ii,nlyl t at the tim t e, the Pal:Sets . ST ITP, COLLEGTAN . J 1 The vale of organized specula- are undergraduates of - any American College; Class A includes any other Americans without restriction. A c )ntestant in Class B is eligible to a prize in Class A. - Further information can be obtain ed by communication with Professor J.sLaurence Laughlin, University of Chicago, chairman of committee. Prof. Crockett's Lecture Exceedingly Interesting. , Those who crowded ' the Old Chapel last Friday evening to hear Prof. CroCkett's lecture on Edgar Allen Poe were amply repaid for Ole time they, spent. Prof. Crockett drew a character sketch of this great American Poet which 'was original and I thoroughly enjoyed by his 1 , audi 'nce. His conception of the lite f this saddest cif men was at once - broad and compelling. He anal} zed every trait in Poe's corn ,piex (character with wonderful keen ness and in such a way l as to be readily understood by everybody present Prof. Crockett divided the life of Poe into seven stages of acts, and under each act he discussed his piivate life, This writings and his ambitions. He did not hesitate, whenever possible, to defend Poe against the criticism of some of his successors, for, as he said Poe was a man "mere sinned against than sinning." — Probabl3 the most de lightful part of ,the whole, perfor mance was the reading . of selections froni Poe's Poems by Prof. Crock ett. 1 His reading l of " The Raven" was espealiy noteworthy and was a fitting close to his exdellent lecture. Rain ,Interferes with,Tennis. A week of miserable weathet made tennis sets practically an -ht.= possibility, and consequently but few matches in the tournament were played off. Those who have been victorious! in the sets already played off are anxiously.awaiting clear days, hse, who .....1 to definitely decide the preinier ten nis player] in. college today. re sent in PAGE THREE 1
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