PRIZES FOR ESSAYS ON PRISONS

Prizes amounting to $100 are offered for an essay on the subject "Prisons and Prison Reform," open to all students in colleges or universities in the United States. The prizes are given by Adolph Lewison, President of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor.

The competition is open to all registered students, and is divided into two parts, one for graduates, and one for undergraduates. The prizes consist of one of fifty dollars for a master's thesis and two of twenty-five dollars for an undergraduate essay. Information regarding the competition may be had from the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, Broadway and 116th street, New York City. The judges in the contest will be: Thomas Mott Osborne '84, Warden of Sing Sing Prison; Samuel McCune Lindsay, Professor of Social Legislation at Columbia University; and Dr. E. Stagg Whitin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor.