William W. Bartley III '56 of Eliot House and Pittsburgh and last year's Editorial Chairman of the CRIMSON, has been awarded the 1956 Dana Reed Prize for distinguished undergraduate writing.

Bartley won the award for a feature article published in the CRIMSON last spring entitled "Communism: Its Effects on a Few Have Produced a Harvard Myth." Robert Cumming '57 of Eliot House and Davidson, N.C., was awarded an honorable mention for his story, "The Meeting," which was published in the Advocate.

The prize consists of $100 and is awarded annually.