The Monticellonian., 1905-09-28
ALFRED

Is fortune in the manufacture of that dangerous explosive. dynamite, of \ hIea hc was the inventor. In his life he gave much to charities. but it is for hls eleat gift of the Nobel prizes tha. he is famed, The sum left by him fo.' this purpose amounted 10 s9, 200601. bur is reduced by taxation 10 about SS 44G 0U0 The Fiver of the fund was {. Swede. and the distribution of prizes takes place at Stockholm. December I is he date of this ceremony which F he'd in the presence of King Oscar and other members of the royal fam fly.
 The ceremony is a very impressive one; there is program of music and addresses. the prizes are in silver and are accompanied with diploma and the Nobel gold medal If it is not pos sihe fo- prize winner to be present. he ia represented by the minister of is country.
 The first awards were made in 1901. So far no American has received h. Nobel prize Sometimes the awards have teen made to Institutions rather than individuals though the intent of the founder was that the individual be the recipient
 l. may be of interest 10 note what nationalities have come 10 the fore in tic Nobel prize honor and emolument. what the recipients have done with the gifis
 The first peace prize was divided he tweea Henri DuVant of Geneva who founded the Rel Cross society. anl Frederic Passy of Paris. president of the French Peace SC etY. Poor Ltn want was old and poferty-stricken. me s20.0ae doubtless was wal ome as nc recognition of his services The sc ond peace prize was divided between the secretary of the international peace bureau of Rerne and the secretary of the interparliamentary conferences $. the fCrmer a very cid man had rem Geied distinguished services to the cause of peace. the latter is practically uAknoWn. In 1908 the peace prize went to an English Nj. P. W R. Crem T ( working man, who occnpes a seat in Hsai iid iis' t-N tN a iip'a itN Aii'+" VII [. C1emeI has done much for the prom J. tion ot international peace, and when Ee received the Nobel money devoted q large part of il to the endowment of the Arbitration League. an organiza ton ot the working class for the pro- motion of peace between the nations. The prize of 1904 was given to the In stitute of International Law, a small body of international lawyers who meet once a year 10 discuss the i'm proyoments of international law" w. T. Stead thinks this last prize was awarded to avoid the necessity of yielding it to an individual who stood out strongly as the man most deser'v- ing II Prof Martens of St. Petersburg Prof Martens was a Russian. and ;he SeanGinavians de not like the Rus sians. Prof Martens. al risk of losing nis position. boldly ard passionately ,.eeried the policy of Gen Bobrikoff in Finland.
 Germany has had five prize winners. Great Britain four France five. Swtz- craland three Holland two. Russia one. Holland one, Sweden one. Norway che. Spain one. and Denmark one Among the best known names we may mention Finsen: Rontgen, the discov erer of the Ronsaen N-rays; Monsieur and Madame Curie, discoverers of "A 6lum. In literature the prize winners were Sully Frudhomme, the French poet: Prof Mommsen. the German his l torian; Biornsterne Biornson the Nor wceiaE novelist; Mistral. the French poet. who divided the prize with tho i SpsnIsh G-amatist. Eebegaray. l AE-~PED WIITEHOUsE.