The Gavelyte, September 1906

CDARVILLR COLLEGE. 1,1,, Prizes for Students. I The contests will clmw about Nov ] G, 1 and the prizes will be awarded about, Prizes aggregating $1;000 urn of- I DE'c. 15,1906. fered by the Merchant Marine Lea- ' The up-building of our Hhippi11g in gue of the United States, at Cleve- the foreign t1·:1de haR bf'en a sulijt•ct Jane!, Ohio, for the four bt-1 t essays of national prominence for nia11y on "How To Build Up Our Shipping years. It has ~ngagecl the atte11tio11 In The Foreign Trade," only students of Pri•sidents of the United ~tates, in high school , technological schools, Congress, public men, public bodiPs colleges, and universities in the I and of the press, but remain unset– United States being eligible to com- tied while our sh ipping in the fonJign pete. There will be four pr.izes, viz; trade to-day is lrss than it waR in one of $400, one of $BOO, one of 1 10 - but one-third what it was in $200, and one of $100. ,'tudents 1 61. Two years ago, upon PreRi– desiring to compete for these prizes dent Roosevelt'::; r commendatiom,, must regi::;ter their names. and the I~ Coniressional ommiRsion was ap– institutions of learning which they J pointed to investigate th subjl-'ct, are attending, with the League, in j its vo.luminous report being a Con– order to have their e says considered. I gress10nal document. The bill pr - The names of the judges will be sented by this Commission to ourry shortly announcecl, at which time into effect its recommendations pass– the prize money will be on deposit in ed the United States Senate on Feb. the Central National llank, of Cleve- 14, and now rests with the Merchant land, ~rnhject to the order of the Marine and Fisherie Commission of judg-es who will award the prizes. the House of Representatives. E:,;s 1y:,; must not exceed 2.500 words; Public documents, speeches made tlwy mu::;t be type-written, on one in the Senate ano House, c1 Liblio– side of the paper only. The author's graph issued hy the Librarian of Con– name must not be signed to his es- gress, the latter cataloguing the say - 0nly his nom de plume- which publications extant bearing upon the latter with his full 1'Jame and address, subjeat, may be obtained through must aceompany the es ·ay in a sepa-1 senators and representatives in Con– r·ate sealPJ env~lope. No limitation gress, and the Merchant Marine Lea– is sf't upon the method or plan that gue will send its documents to all may he ,ttlvoeated; it may l,e along who apply for them. ttw lirtP nf proteC'tion ,,r free tracl The Merchant Marine League of