New-York tribune., 1905-02-14
MISS GOULD THE GIVER.
ESSAY PRIZES 4WARDED.
T4co Ministers and Teacher Hare
Best Papers on Bible.

-, winners of tie three prizes offered by Miss
, Eelen ai Gould for the best three essays on the
Irigin of the Bible were announced yesterday py
Dr. WiIbert ". White, president OF TIE Bible
reachers' Training School. In this city, through
shem her orer of the prizes was made late in 1908
The prizes are awarded as follows;
First prize No0O, TO the Rev. William Thomas
Whitley. a Baptist minister of Preston. England
with the degree Of Master OF Arts, ana Master Oh
Law of the University OF Melbourne.
Second prize. $500. the Rev. Gerald Hamilton
Beard OF Burlington. Vt, a Congregational min
ster. who is now taking postgraduate work at
Yale University.
Thsrd prize $50. 10 Charles b Dalton. of No $50
West 23d-st.. New-Tork, who is teacher in one OF
the public schools of the city.
II was announced that the prize essays were Sc
Iected by q careful system of marking out OIL 200
essays entered in competition and received by III
White before October last, which was the date
for the close Of the contest. The board OF judges
consisted OF the Rev. DR.. Robert William Rogers
chairman professor in Drew Theological Semi
nary: the Rev Or. Henry Mitchell MacCrackeA
chancellor of Neyv-York University; Whitelaw
Reid the Rev DR.. Francis L. Patton. president OF
PRINCETON Theological Seminary; the Rev. Dr
nfelancthon William Jacobus, professor In HarIIoIu
Theological Seminary; DR.. Talcott WlHlams' Oh
sTThe Philadelphia Press and the Rev Dr' Walter
Quincy Scott professor in the Bible Teachers
Training School. Speaking of the manner or Sc
Jecfing the prize winners DR.. White said yester-
day:
The Judges met or the first Monday Of October
and agreed upon a system of marking the papeis
and elimination Of some papers Whlc1 weIo ] lti,, Az
frifllted into bundles of equal size ana sent o!
press in turn the judges at their hoInes ne ne
Examination OF these papers has besn golnS on
soT consultation 1t IS . remarkable fact that on
the first informal ballot the judges so nearly aeleeu
shat less than a dozen papers were ha"e"
Miss Gould made her offer Of prizes in conse-
ouenoe Of a correspondence she had in November.
ssos. with Father Early, Of Irvinston-on-the-Huo-
son who declared IN one OF his letters:
The Catholic Church has never prohibited p,aT5 ANY
OF her members reading the scriptures or bLD.e. L
IN every family whose means VIII permit ItlS ousy
3ng Of copy there you VIII mo Ia me bIi the
G-l1,TrcI9 and which has come down 70 US, un-
ehs1eed from the time OF Christ Himself But me
Catholic Church does object 10 the TeaolIg or tIe
ToTotesf9f,t version which goes back only 10 the
Ssvs Of Henry VIII of England, and was then
gotten up for obvious reasons
In her letter to Dr.. White. making the formal
offer Miss Gould stated that she would "offer
rrzes for tie best essays the double topic first
The Origin and History Of the Version OF the Biple
Approved by the Roman Catholic Church. and. sec
ond. The Origin and History Of the American Re
vised Version Of the English Bible Among the
conditions OF the contest. made later at the sus-
sestion Of Dr. White. the following:
mart Of the duty Of the writer OF paper will
be 10 ascertain and clearly forth what is the au-
Thentic version authorized by the Roman Catholic
Church TO be read in the homes OF the people.
Contestants should note that II is desired 10 Sc
cure not merely a thorough, but also popular
statement Of the facts for general use The judges
accuracy of the papers Supil4tto, pul YIN 'tioO
much Influenced in their decision by the adapta-
bIlity Of q paper TO the average readei ne pIest
1atlon must be accurate and thorough. popular ana
striking.