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Comparative Literature Prizes

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Professor M. A. Potter has established in his mother's memory two prizes for students in the Department of Comparative Literature. One, of $100, is for the best essay on any topic in Comparative Literature approved by the Chairman of the Department and is open to all students in Harvard University and Radcliffe College The other, of $50, is for the best essay on some topic concerning European literature in the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, and is open only to Harvard undergraduates. These prizes will be awarded for the first time next year.

Professor Potter has also offered for the year 1908-09, in memory of his mother, a prize of $75, to be called the Susan Anthony Potter Prize and to be awarded for the best essay dealing with the Spanish literature of the Goldan Age. The competition is open to all undergraduates. Manuscripts must be delivered at the office of the Secretary of the Faculty. University 20, addressed to Professor C. H. Grandgent, on or before May 1, 1909. Further information in regard to this prize may be obtained from Professor J. D. M. Ford or Professor M. A. Potter.

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