New-York tribune., 1922-05-22
TarkingtonWins
Pulitzer Prize
For Best Novel
O'NeilPs PLAY Anna Chris
tie Carries Off First Award
for American Drama; His
tory Honors to ]. L. Adams
Robinson Leads as Poet
Story of America Unknown
Soldier, Written by kirkc
L. Simpson, Gains S | 900

Booth Harrington again has won the
American novel best presenting "the
wholesome atmosphere Of American
life and the highest standards Of
American manners and manhood" Co.
lumba University announced yestcr-
day. The prize winning novel was
"Alicc Adams
Eugene O'Ncilps "Anna Christie"
won the 1000 prize for the American
play best representing "the educa
tional value and power of the stage
in raising the standard Of good
morals, good taste and gooo man
ncrs"
The $4,000 prize for the "best book
Of the year upon the history of the
United States" goes to James Truslow
Adams for THE Founding of New
England,' and the 81 900 prize for the
best American biography teaching
patriotic and unselfsh services TO the
people, illustrating by an eminent
example, excluding as too obvious, the
names of George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln to Hamlin Gar
land, for "A Daughter of the Middle
Border"
Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Col-
ected Poems" won the 81 900 prize for
the best volume Of verse published dur
ing the year.
Unknown Soldier" Story Wins
The Arlington ceremonies for
Americas "Unknown Soldier" last No
vember provided the material from
which were written the prize winning
newspaper stories and the prize-win-
ming newspaper editorial of the year
Kirke l.. Simpson, Of the Washing
ton staff of The Associated Press, for
his stories on the return Of the I'm
known Soldier" was awarded the
$1,000 prize for the best example of
a reporters work during the year"
Frank M. O'Brien's editorial, THE
New York Herald" on November II
was awarded the $500 prize for the
best editorial article written during
the year; the test of excellence being
clearness of style, moral purpose, sound
reasoning and power to influence pub
lie opinion in the right direction"
The prize of $500 for the best news
paper cartoon went to Rollin Kirby, o1
The New York World" for his car
toon, "On the Road to Moscow" pub
lished August ., 1921.
The New York World won the golt
medal for "the most disinterested ant
meritorious public service rendered b.
any newspaper during the year, for it
expose of the KuKlux Klan."
Three Travelling Scholarships
Three travelling scholarships of ST.,
500 each, for graduates of the Columbi,
School of Journalism "who have passs,
their examinations with the highes
honors and are otherwise most deserv
ing" went to Robert Arthur Curry, o.
Nassau, Bahama Islands; Zilpha Mary
Carruthers, of Denver, and Rober
Henry Best, of Spartanburg, S. C
Their alternatcs are Joseph Levi Jones
of West Plains. Mo-: Arthur Gayle
Waldrop, of Dallas, Tex, and Clara
Maud Heminway Lyles, Of Wallington
Surrey, England.
These scholarships are awarded tt
"cnable them to spend year in Europe
to study the social, political and mora
conditions Of the people, and the char
acter and principles of the European
press
Edith Bell, of Des Moines, Iowa, wol
the $500 scholarship to the American
art student who shall be certified a.
the most promising and deserving BY
! the National Academy of Design"