BOOK PRIZE GIVEN

A $3,000 prize will be awarded to the author of the best book on the history of religion accepted for publication by the Harvard University Press during the next four years, President Pusey has announced.

The prize is the first which will be awarded in a series of contests planned every four years for authors of outstanding books in the natural and social science fields. Funds for the prizes and for publication of the books were provided from the estate of Dr. Martyn Paine of New York City.