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106 CORNELL UNIVERSITY REGISTER
class who has made the best record during his course in this University; the latter
is offered for an essay calculated to increase in the public mind the appreciation
of the importance of forestry in the national economy. The former prize was
divided into equal parts in 1924-25 and was awarded to Bernard Frank and
Neale Russell Hamilton; the latter was awarded to N. Gardiner Bump ' with
honorable mention of Neale Russell Hamilton.
The Charles Lee Crandall Prizes, founded in 19 16 by alumni of the School of
Civil Engineering in memory of Professor Crandall, are a first prize of $100 and
second prize of about $25. They are offered each year for the best papers written
by seniors or juniors of that school on suitable subjects, provided both the sub
stance and the written form of the papers submitted show real merit. The object
of the offer is to encourage research, to stimulate interest in matters of public
concern, and to create in students an appreciation of the opportunities which the
profession of civil engineering holds for the exercise of public spirit. Not awarded
in 1924-25-
The Goethe Prize of $50, for the best essay on Goethe, has been offered each
year since 1917 by Ludwig Vogelstein of New York. Awarded to Iwao Awoki.
The Alumni Prize in the College of Agriculture was established in 1919. It is
$25, to be awarded by the Faculty to the member of the junior class making the
best record in his studies for the first three years. Awarded to Walter Ellinwood
Benning.
i The William M. Polk Memorial Prizes in Gynecology, founded by Mrs. Polk
in 1919 in memory of Dr. Polk, Dean and Professor of Gynecology in Cornell
University Medical College from its establishment in 1898 until his death in 191 8,
are offered to the three members of the senior class in order of merit who obtain
especial distinction in the department of gynecology. The prizes are $100, $75,
and $50. Awarded to Elizabeth Frances Freeman, Frances Elizabeth Vosburgh,
and Samuel Schwartz.
The Juliette MacMonnies Courant Prize was founded in 192 1 by Mrs. Margaret
MacMonnies Courant in memory of her daughter, who received the degree of
A.B. in the Class of 19 16. It is $50, either in cash or in books as the recipient may
choose. It is awarded annually to that woman of the senior class whose major
subject is French and who has, in the opinion of the committee of award, made
the best record in her four years of work, with especial reference to facility of ex
pression in French. Awarded to Hattie Raunheim.
The Frank A. Barton Prize was founded in 1922 by Mrs. Louise Wilkeson Bar
ton of Ithaca in memory of her husband, Colonel Frank Arthur Barton, U. S.
Army, of the Class of 1 89 1 late Professor of , Military Science and Tactics in this
University. It is a silver cup, awarded annually to that cadet officer of the
Reserve Officers'
Training Corps who has taken the keenest interest in the Corps
and has shown the highest military qualities. Awarded to Harry Van Nuys Wade.
The Seaman Military Prizes were established in 1923 by Dr. Louis Livingston
Seaman of the Class of 1872, major and surgeon of the First Regiment, U. S.
Volunteer Engineers, in the war with Spain. In 1924-25 a first prize of $200 and
a second prize of $100 were offered for the best essays on the subject of the
American army ration in peace and in war. They were awarded respectively to
Donald Eugene Meagley and Charles Alton Gillett.
The American Bureau of Shipping (American "Lloyds") has placed at the dis
posal of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering an annual
cash prize of $100, to be awarded to the student taking the senior option in Naval
Architecture and Marine Engineering who, in the judgment of the instructors
of the department, has shown the greatest ability and promise. Awarded in
1924-25 to Henry Howard Lenz.
The Gustav Seligman Prize in Obstetrics, the income of an anonymous gift of
$2,000 to the Medical College, was awarded in 1924-25, a first prize of $75 to
Marie Fuhrer Gregory and a second prize of $25 to Frances Elizabeth Vosburgh.