TWO COMPETITIONS CLOSE NOV. 1

Two prize competitions close next Wednesday, November 1. The manuscripts for the David A. Wells Prize in economics are due, and applications for the Nelson Prizes in plumbing are also required that day.

The Wells Prize theses must be in the hands of Professor, T. N. Carver, of the Economics Department, by 6 o'clock. This prize of $500 is for the best paper in the field of economics, embodying the results of original investigation.

The Nelson Prize is for $200 and will be awarded for the best paper on the practice or the theory of plumbing. The completed theses must be in the hands of the committee in charge by April 1, 1917. Each entrant, however, should send his name, qualifications and the subject of the proposed paper to Professor George C. Whipple, of the Sanitary Engineering Department, by next Wednesday.