CONDITIONS FOR PRIZE PLAY CONTEST HAVE BEEN CHANGED

At the suggestion of Professor G. P. Baker, Miss Grace George has changed one of the conditions of her $1,000 play contest. According to the original outline of the competition, it was, because of a misunderstanding, limited to undergraduate students in any American college or university. This would have eliminated all but two students in English 47 in the University and almost as many at Radcliffe, for this course is made up almost wholly of those who have received their college degree. Moreover, all the advanced work of English 47a would have been ineligible under the original conditions.

In changing the prospectus, Miss George says, "I am very glad to clear up any confusion which may exist as to who is eligible in the play contest. I want to assure graduate students that they will be welcomed as competitors. To make quite clear the conditions of the contest, here is a revised reading of the first and most important clause: 'The author must be a bona fide student, graduate or undergraduate, in an American college or university up to the time the contest closes, June 1, 1916.'"

Other conditions of the contest are that the play must be original, not the result of translation, adaptation, or collaboration; the subject must be American and modern; the play must be American and modern; the play must be at least three acts in length and suitable for a full evening's entertainment. Approval of the faculty will be required in each case before students may become contestants. Besides the prize of $1,000, a Broadway production and royalties are guaranteed by Miss George.