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Prize Offered For Essay On William James' Philosophy

Edwin DeTurck Bechtel To Make Award Of $100 This Year and Next

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A Prize of $100 will be awarded in the academic years 1933-34 and 1934-35 by Edwin DeTurck Bechtel '03, for the best essay "on an approved subject connected with the philosophy of William James." Any student registered in Harvard College or the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is eligible to compete for this prize. The essays, which be submitted, by March 1, may not exceed 10,000 words in length and the subject must be approved by the Chairman of the Division of Philosophy on or before February 1.

Mr. Bechtel, the donor of the prize, is a New York lawyer who completed a course in the Harvard Law School in 1908.

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