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ESSAY ON ROBERT FROST CAPTURES BELL PRIZE
RUSKIN AND SHAKESPERE PRIZE WINNERS ALSO ANNOUNCED
Miss Caroline Ford, Radcliffe '35, of Cambridge, has been awarded the Helen Choate Bell Prize of $400 for merit in the field of American Literature for her essay, "The Less Traveled Road, A Study of Robert Frost." It is the first time in several years that the prize has not been awarded to a Harvard contestant. Honorable mention was given to Edwin M. Snell '35 of Grand Rapids, Michigan for an essay, "The Modern Fables of Henry James."
The Ruskin Prize of $50 for the best essay on the life, work, or interests of John Ruskin was given to John M. Pratt 8G of Cambridge for an essay, "Ruskin--Disciple and Defender of Byron."
The Winthrop Sargent Prize of $150 for the best essay relating to Shakespere or his works was awarded to John H. Wagenblass 3G of Warsaw, New York for an essay, "Dramatic Chapters in the Book of Fortune."
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