The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-14
$500 AS ESSAY
 PRIZES OFFERED
All Undergraduate C. U. Students Eligible for
 Competition

WaSnlnBton, July l4-F1Ve num- dred dollars in cash prizes for essays on What the Catholic Col lege Can Do Tn Cooperation With The Catholic University of Ameri- ca to Promote Christian Democracy in Our Country" are included in the announcement of the Golden Jubilee Essay Contest, issued re- gently by the Rt. Rev. Joseph M. Corigan, Rector of The Catholic University of America at Washing ton, D. c.
 All undergraduates students, both men and women, religious and lay, enrolled for academic year 1938-1939 in any four-year Catholic college in the United States, excepting College of the Catholic University, are eligible to compete in this con- test.
 Friend Donor
 Three hundred dollars in cash will be awarded for the prize win ming essay, with second prize of two hundred dollars in cash. A do- nation of five hundred dollars, made by 8 friend of the University for this specific purpose, makes 1t pos- sible for the Catholic University to announce this National Essay Con- test in connection with the observ- ance of its Golden Jubilee Year.
 Judges for the contest are: His excellency the Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch, D. D., archbishop of Mil- waukee; the Honorable Harold M. Stephens, associate justice, United States court of appeals for the Dis- trict of Columbia; and Brother Leo, F. 8. O., professor of literature at St. Mary's college, California. Essays will be Judged on the basis of con- structive thought, organization of material, and effective English ex- pression.
 Contestants will use excerpts from the letter of his holiness, Pope Plus xI, issued on the occasion of the opening of the golden jubilee of the Catholic University of America, in dedicating the university to a special mission in the fields of civics, eco- monies and sociology.
 Excerpts
 These excerpts, as included in the announcement are:
 Through the university 1t will be possible to bring to bear upon the most pressing problems of the day the full force of those principles of justice and charity in which alone they will find their solution. Tn the course of our pontificate we have had occasion to treat of these prob- lems more than once in our encycli- cal letters; here we wish only to point out the solid basis upon which our teaching rests. Since the sci- ences of civics, sociology and eco- monies deal with individual and col- lective human welfare, they cannot escape from the philosophical and religious implications of mans ori- gin, nature and destiny
 "The Catholic University, then, because 1t Is Catholic, has the tra- ditional mission of guarding the natural and supernatural heritage of man. In the fulfillment of this sub- lime mission, 1t must, because of the exigencies of the present age, give special attention to the sciences of civics, sociology, economics. The En- cyclical Letters to which we have already referred deal with the mod ern problems in these fields and ap- ply to them the unchanging prin- CipleS of philosophy and religion, With these Encyclicals as the basis of study and research, the Univer- sity can evolve 8 constructive pro- gram of social action, fitted in its details to local needs, which will command the admiration and &C., ceptance of all right thinking men.
 The close date on which all es- says must be in the hands of the director is September 1, 1899, which permits ample time during the sum. mer for contestants to develop their | tonic