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Francis E. Williams '47 has been awarded the age-old Bowdoin Prize for undergraduates, it was announced Wednesday, with Richard K. Roos '47 winning second prize and Timothy Hallinan '46 third prize. First prize for graduates went to Thurston N. Davis 2G and third prize to Thomas J. Pressly 2G, no second prize being awarded.
Williams' prize, which carries a stipend of $500, was for an essay on "Sophocles the Prophet"; an essay entitled "Simmias" won Roos $200, and Hallinan's third price of $100 was for "A Study of Carlyle's Historical Theory and Technique."
A Latin essay, "Haee Temporum Tristitia," won Davis $150, while Pressly's $100 third prize was for an essay on "Vernon Parrington and the Writing of American Literary History."
Honorable mention went to Hallinan for an essay on "Individualism in Plato's Political Philosophy"; to Reuben P. Hersh '47 for an essay on "Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan", and to Seymour Sharnik for "Technique of Rebellion: An Essay on the Hemingway Hero."
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