Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer ... with Accompanying DocumentsColumbia University in the City of New York., 1916 |
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Page 24 - For the original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent the educational value and power of the stage in raising the standard of good morals, good taste, and good manners, ($1000). For the best book of the year upon the history of the United States, ($2000).
Page 24 - Those terms are that the prize shall be given "for the American novel published during the year which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of American life, and the highest standard of American manners and manhood.
Page 25 - For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, $ i,000.
Page 24 - Annually, 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 public opinion in the right direction.
Page 18 - DENTAL SOCIETY, STATE OF NEW YORK, THE First District Dental Society of the State of New York held a regular monthly meeting, Tuesday evening, October 6, 1885, in the rooms of The SS White Dental Manufacturing Co., Broadway and Thirty-second street.
Page 14 - American. ln every other field of inquiry having to do with living things, the study of embryology is strongly emphasized and highly esteemed. What is now being attempted all over this country is to train youth in a comprehension of a civilization which has historic and easily examined roots, without revealing to them the fact, and often without even understanding the fact, that modern civilization has roots. Phrase-making and vague aspirations for the improvement of other people are, unfortunately,...
Page 24 - Annually, for the best example of a reporter's work during the year, the test being strict accuracy, terseness, and the accomplishment of some public good, commanding public attention and respect.
Page 15 - It so happens, too, that in the embryonic period of our civilization, man's intellectual and aesthetic achievements were on a remarkable scale of excellence. These achievements rightly became the standard of judgment and of taste for those generations and centuries that followed. When we turn aside from the study of Greek and Latin, therefore, we not only give up the study of the embryology of civilization but we lose the great advantage which follows from intimate association with some of the highest...
Page 24 - Annually, for the best and most suggestive paper on the future development and improvement of the School of Journalism, or for any one idea that will promise great improvement in the operation of the school. $1,000. "Second. Annually, for the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by any American newspaper during the year ... a gold medal costing $500.
Page 13 - The distinction between the two degrees, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, turned upon whether or not a student had studied Greek or Latin for a designated period. In the action now taken, it is provided that neither Latin nor Greek shall longer be prescribed for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but that that degree shall be awarded on the recommendation of the Faculty of the College to any student who shall have satisfactorily completed a course of liberal study chosen in accordance with...