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