$50 Essay Award Goes to D. P. Stenerson '42

Presiding at an informal luncheon at Kirkland House yesterday, Dumas Malone, Chairman of the American Civilization Plan, awarded $125 worth of Prizes to four undergraduate winners in the Bliss Essay Contest.

Top award of $50 went to Douglas C. Stenerson '42 of Kirkland House, for a paper entitled "Rolvaag, Immigrant." Stenerson, himself of Norwegian descent and a resident of Minnesota, discussed the life and novels of Rolvaag, who came to that state from the Land of the Fjords.

Twenty-five dollars each went to Paul L. Franken '40 of Winthrop House, for a discussion of "The New England Whig"; Harrie Lewis '40 of Lowell House, for "Destiny and Dishonor: An Essay on Helen Hunt Jackson and Indian Affairs"; and T. L. Wolford '41 of Adams House, author of "Pilgrimage to Utopia: E. L. Godkin."

No prizes were awarded in Leverett, Dunster, and Eliot Houses, but Thomas J. Pressly '40 of Kirkland, and George F. Snell '41, and Nathan Belfer '41 of Lowell, received honorable mentions. Twenty-four papers in all were submitted, the largest number being by Lowell House members.

Announcement of the awards rounded out the year for the American Civilization Plan, with the exception of the Freshman contest, whose winners are yet to be announced.