New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
BIBLE PRIZES LARGER.
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST.
Mss Gould Offers No1o 81 900, $500
and $3.50 for Best Essaus.

AT the suggestion of DR.. Wilbert w. White.
president of the Bible Teachers Training School,
MISS Helen Miller Gould has extended the time
lor preparing the prize essays on the Roman
Cathoilc and Protestant versions of the English
Bible until June 1. 1904 and has increased
the amounts OF the prizes to $1,000 for the first
prize, SJUO for the second prize and $3.50 for the
thlrd prize The conditions of the contest are:
TINS contest is open all without respect to
se N9uGe of intention to write paper should be
STH' without ueiay TO the president Of the Bible
Teachers Training School No IS East Fiity-IIth-
ST. New-Hork city. ~ 49, -
II should be carefully observed thar the subject
o15 'itG papeF IS double toplc. VIZ: The Origin
N,.rsi1,r - tNoi'lth NdthCilc church 70 The
version OF The Bible known the Revised Version
treated in iva Gs l;dlt6n This topic may be
a %S0ar a." par.s or otherwise as the writer of
d P9Ptt may EJECT Contestants should keep in
authorized by the church has come down 10 ms
uMrSShdnSed from the time OF Christ himself CO.
81 Protestant version goes back only to days
up Tor obvious reasons" 4 part OF the dety Of
c che TrtIeF or OF pap viii be to ascertain and
thorlzed by the Rom5n Catholic Church to De read
III the homes Of tie people
contestant is at liberty to introduce and explain
any verbal or doctrinal differences in the texts of
by be thrown on the history OF one or the other
Contestants should note that il is desired to Sc
oFiI n4o only thorough but popular statement
viii have regard not only ~ The T}sIr I'i crT
racy Of the papers submitted but will also be much
paper TO ar average readSr. The Pgessntation
must be accurate and thorough, popular and strik-
Papers mailed or expressed rom the home of the
cohtts as late as June 1904 will be admitted
A letter announcing the forwarding of the paper
should De posted on the Gay of the sending Of the
NO paper shall contain more than eight thousand
which are permissible. Diagrams if employed,
must 5e simple and clear. Each diagram should
Or series OF facts. 1t should be especially noted
that the introduction of diagrams is entirely OPP
eight thousand words
photography should accompany each paper
rms VIII not De regarded as part of the manu-
script. II shall eontain not merely list OF the
setting forth of oreinai i sorct ccordn9 70 the
most approved methods of modern scientific re
search. so that every statement made in the paper
shall be based upon evidence, back of which no
go.
sEf6st shall Bs ypgwNts4 U ssl @5e
thereabout-and write on one side only Let the
pages be plainly numbered and loosely fastened
together at the top left hand corner. Papers must
be sent fiat mot rolled or folded.
page shall be sealed envelope containing the real
name and address of the writer, together with a
pear the outside of the envelope and at the top
of the first page of the manuscript The envelope
Judges shall have been made; Care will be taken
that no judge shall know the identity of any writer
before rendering a decision upon all papers;
the Bible Teachers Training School.
The prize papers will be published first in The
and afterw;tTd in book form.
Contestants shall be subscribers to The Bulletin
of the Teachers Training School, in which nfOr
nation concerning the contest will appear from
month to month. The price Of THE Bulletin is 81
a year.
Only those inquirers who tnclose self-addreSsed
stamped envelope may he assured Of reply.
Address all correspondence to the president OF the
Bible Teachers Training School, No. SO East Fifty
ffth-st New-YOrk City.
Il believe" said DR.. White in speaking of the
competition. that it will result in the most ex-
no he conditions will reach
the remotest ends of the earth, so that scholars
of the whole world may participate. We are
confident that the most eminent Bible scholars
living will enter the contest. Its object is to
ascertain reality true light, and to make people
think. 1t is a competition entirely without
prejudice. Miss Gould is animated by true
spirit of inquiry. / realize that entering the
competition will entail the deepest research and
an enormous amount of work. and it was after
conference with several persons that 1t was
thought advisable to increase the prizes. Miss
Gould was in hearty sympathy.