Crimson Will Pay $50 for Ideas on Eating Reform

In response to the popular demand for a solution to the eating problem which faces the University, the CRIMSON announces the opening of a prize essay competition on the subject of the gastronomic situation in its relation to the student body. By offering such an opportunity for men to express their sentiments on this vexed question, the CRIMSON hopes to elicit a number of constructive suggestions which will assist in its ultimate solution. The money for the prizes in this contest is being contributed jointly by the Student Council and the CRIMSON.

Three prizes will be offered to those manuscripts which are considered most pertinent by an impartial committee of judges, the personel of which will be announced later. The first prize will be $25, in cash, the second $15, the third $10.

The problem including, as it does, the entire University, the competition will be open to regularly enrolled members of Harvard College or of the graduate schools. Manuscripts may be between 500 and 1500 words in length, and must be submitted to the Contest Editor, CRIMSON Building, 14 Plympton Street, on or before November 16.

The three winning essays will be printed in full in the CRIMSON, as soon after the close of the contest as possible. Other manuscripts, particularly pertinent or suggestive, will be given hononable mention, and may also be printed. The principal purpose of the contest is to gather direct and constructive suggestions on the food problem in Cambridge and its possible improvement, rather than destructive criticism of the obvious evils of the present situation.