Show THE American of Philadelphia proposes a lest of the capacity and inclination of American college students and graduates for practical journalism It cflers 1500 in prizes for the best editorial best special essays and beet poemp written by college students or graduates the cfier being open to all Our studEnt or graduate readers who desire full particulars will have to write to the managing editor of the American but from a circular it is learned that there are two sets of prizes twenty one in all One sot is for students and the other for graduates The topics are unlimited and such articles as are not successful in the competition but which reach the standard adopted by the American will be published and paid for at the regular rates Thus labor will not be lest provided the competitor competi-tor has fair ability The judges of the editorials and essays are to be Noah Brooka of the New York Times Walter Allen of IJB Boston Adcerlise and M P Handy of the Pmladelphi Press all talented journalists of f national reputation and gentlemen with whom any competitor will have no hesitancy About leaving his case The judges of poems have not yet been designated The contest will be full of intereat to others than students stu-dents and graduate as showing what the American colleges are doing in the way of preparing the future journalist of the country |