The Sumner Prize.

An annual prize of one hundred dollars, the gift of Charles Sumner, of the class of 1830, is offered for the best dissertation by a student of the University in any of its departments on a subject connected with the topic of Universal Peace and the methods by which War may be permanently superseded.

The subjects for the year 1886 87 are:

The effect of Military Conscription on the frequency and duration of Wars.

The experience of the past half-century in the light it throws upon the possible general resort to Arbitration as a substitute for War.

Dissertations must be deposited at the President's office on or before the first day of May, 1887.

The title page of a dissertation offered for the prize, must be inscribed with an assumed name, and the dissertation must be accompanied by a sealed letter containing the true name and the University standing of the writer and superscribed with his assumed name.

The prize will not be awarded to any dissertation which is not, in the judgment of the Committee, worthy of publication as a creditable contribution to the literature of the subject.

The dissertations must be clearly written upon letter paper of quarto size, the sheets securely stitched together, and a sufficient margin left on all sides to enable the manuscript to be properly bound.