fifty dollars is offered by the Honorable James T. Wyman, of Minneapolis, through the department of political science, for the best essay of three to five thousand words by an undergraduate student on a subject to be announced by the donor each year.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN PRIZE, THEThe Honorable William Jennings Bryan has given the University the sum of $200 for the encouragement of studies in political science. The annual income will be given as a prize to the writer of the best essay upon a topic to be announced each year. The competition is open to all students of the college of science, literature and the arts.

THE ROLLIN E. CUTTS PRIZE IN SURGERY— Dr. Mary E. Smith Cutts, '91 Medical, has given to the University, as a memorial of her husband, Dr. Rollin E. Cutts, '91 Medical, the sum of $500.00, the income from which is to be awarded in the form of a gold medal to that member of the senior class of the College of Medicine and Surgery who presents the best thesis showing original work upon a surgical subject.

ANDREWS, THE GEORGE C., PRIZE—Mr. George C. Andrews, M. E. '87, offers an annual prize to the senior mechanical engineers for the best essay on any subject connected with heating and ventilation. The first prize in this contest consists of $50.00 in cash accompanied by a suitable medal; the second prize consists of $25.00 in cash accompanied by a medal. The winner of the first prize is offered a position with the George C. Andrews Heating Company.

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION PRIZE Nomination for membership in the American Pharmaceutical Association and the first year's dues are offered annually by Dean Wulling to the student in the College of Pharmacy earning the highest total average of all standings.

JACOBS CUP, THE-This cup is the property of the Minnesota debating association and was presented to it by S. Jacobs & Company, Jewelers, to be awarded to the winner of the interIt is prosociety series of debates each year. vided that any society which wins this cup three times in succession, shall become its permanent owner. Twice has it been won two years in succession, by the Shakopeans, in 1903-4, and by the Forums in 1904-5. The cup was first won

THE JOHN W. BELL PRIZE IN PHYSICAL by the Shakopeans in 1900. DIAGNOSIS-Dr. John W. Bell, professor emeritus of physical diagnosis, established in 1910 an annual prize of $100 to be given to that student. who makes the best record in the subject of physical diagnosis.

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THE BRIGGS PRIZE IN FOUNDRY PRACTICEFor the encouragement of studies in foundry practice, Mr. O. P. Briggs, commissioner of the National Foundrymen's Association, Detroit, Mich., offers $75 annually, in two prizes, which are to be accompanied by gold medals. competition is open to sophomores in the College of Engineering, and the prize will be awarded for the best essay relative to the above subject. No prize will be awarded if less than five essays are submitted in competition. Essays should contain about 3,000 words, and must be submitted to the professor of rhetoric on or before May 1st.

MINNESOTA ALUMNI WEEKLY GOLD MEDAL, THE-This medal is provided by the Minnesota Alumni Weekly and is awarded annually by the faculty committee on debate and oratory to that student who had made the best record in forensics during his college course. This committee has established certain general principles which are to govern the award of this medal, as follows: The medal shall only be awarded to a student who has shown himself broad-minded, unselfish, willing to work courteously and enthusiastically, so as to best serve the interests of debate and oratory in the University and bring credit to his alma mater and incidentally to himself. The recipient must be a type and a model, as nearly as the student body offers such a candidate each year, of what a man may make himself through diligent application to the duty next at hand.

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PILLSBURY STATUE - Dedicated September 12, 1900. This statue was erected by alumni and friends of the University and by the alumni presented to the University, as a token of honor and appreciation of the services of Governor The committee Pillsbury to the University.

which had the raising of the funds in charge, consisted of the following named gentlemen: Edward C. Chatfield, 1874, George H. Partridge, 1879, James A. Quinn, Ex-'76, and Louis S. Gillette, 1876. The statue is of bronze, heroic size, mounted on a pedestal of granite. The sculptor, Daniel C. French, is recognized as one of the foremost sculptors of his day, and this creation is one of his masterpieces.

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STUDENT SOLDIER MEMORIAL MONUMENT, THE-The project to erect such a monument had its beginning with the appointment of a committee to secure and send Christmas presents to the student members of the 13th MinneAfter sota which was then stationed in Manila. the presents had been forwarded, Professor Arthur Edwin Haynes conceived the notion of sending to every student, and former student of the University, who had enlisted and served in the war with Spain, a simple medal of honor, as a token of appreciation of the faculty and students of the University. This was done and two hundred eighteen of these medals struck off and presented to those entitled to them. The idea kept growing in the mind of this enthusiastic patriot who wrote a letter to the board of regents and made the first donation of "$10 toward a fund for placing on the University campus a fitting memorial for the former students of the University who served our country, in its army or navy, during the recent war with Spain." In response to his request, a committee was appointed, he being made the chairman, and upon his shoulders fell the chief burden of raising the funds to carry the plans through.

The sculptor, Theo. Alice Ruggles-Kitson, the most famous woman sculptor this country has produced, threw her heart into this piece of

work in a way that made it one of her best. It is notable not only for what it commemorates but as a wonderful work of art. The statue of bronze stands nine feet high, six inches above heroic size, and portrays the soldier of 1898. See illustration. Cost, almost exactly $6,000. The pedestal is of Vermont green granite and stands six feet high, weighing about seven tons. On the pedestal is a bronze table bearing the words "Erected in honor of the students of the University who served their country in the war with Spain, 1898-9."

The monument is located opposite the entrance to the Armory. On either side of the entrance to the Armory, facing the monument, is a bronze tablet, the two bearing the names of two hundred eighteen men, giving their regiment. and rank. On the base of the tower, by the main entrance is a smaller tablet which has the following inscription