Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-03
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many. Prizes At
STATE UNIVERSITY
Students Have Splendid OPP
portunity to Compete for
Honors.

Students at the University of North
Dakota have q splendid opportunity
to compete for prizes and honors of
various kinds during the year. Many
prizes are offered and they are open
TO every student: Some are working
IN a umbe OF the contests which are
now on.
One of the main prizes at the in.
stitutton, 10 that offered by DIR. Web
ster Merrifeld, former president of
the university. for excellence in ora
tory. Fifty dollars is offered annually
for the oratorical contest at the uni
yersity., The winner of. first place
always receives $50 and the winner of
second prize $50. In addition the
winners are also entitled to gold
medals for their work. The winner
Of the local contest is also entitled to
represent the university In the state
contest. 1890
Two nrises are offered Yearly also
by. w. L. Stockwell of Fargo to the
students in the department Of English
for work in oratory. Only students
In the English classes are eligible to
the contest. The prizes amount to
$40 and IS for first and second places,
respectively. This contest is gener-
ally held just before the close Of the
second semester each spring, the pre-
liminary events being held early in
the semester.
The Thomas scholarship is another
honor given to students at the state
university. This amounts to 5000 an
nually and students in the second,
third or fourth years are eligible to
receive 1t. The scholarship is sup
posed to be awarded to students on
the basis OF earnestness. scholarship
and need. The scholarship may be
a uyn rdod fnN 0r0 fu-, on khnA~
Carney Prize.
The classes also have an opportun-
ity to compete each year for the Car
ney song prize of $50. offered by E.
c. Carney of Williston. a graduate
with the class of 1904. This prize
goes each year to the class showing
the greatest proficiency in the singing
of college songs. This contest is held
as a part of the annual Founders
day exercises at the institution.
The temperance essay prizes also
year. r. B. Griffith Of this city offers
$50 annually for the three best essays
on temperance by men at the uni
versity. Frank Lynch of Casselton
has also given the same amount for
the three best essays by the women
students. Eighteen dollars Is given
for the three best pspers on temper
ance by model high school students.
Defamation Trophy.
The Main declaration trophy Is
another fine prize offered at the uni
versity. This 10 a silver cup offered
to the Representative of the literary
society doing the best work in decla-
nation. A contest Is held to award
this prize in the ,pring. The cup
goes to the society for one year. the
name OF the; winning party being en-
graved on It. The ,cun becomes the
permanent possession Of the society
winning it three tines in succession.
New Prize.
L. F. Crawford Of Sentinel Butte,
N. D., has also offered SIS to be given
in the department of history. The
money will be divided into q first prize
| Of $50 and a secoId prize Of $25. This
money will be distributed. to the stu
dents who write he best two papers
on Northwestern History" with spe-
| cial reference to North Dakota. The
competition is open to all students
except those boiling fellowships or
scholarships in tless history depart
ment.
There are also a number. of other
prizes and honors .open to students at
the institution in literary societies and
different departments in the univer-
sity.