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Show Tiie three cah prizes of S-jO, jj.) and i0, rei-ectlvcly, whlth were offered by J'uliic Opinion, the eclectic eclec-tic journal of WashingtonandNew York, for the U-st threo esys on thesulject of Tiie Importaute nf the Study of Current roplcs as a feature of School, Academic, and College .Education brought to the publishers upwa-ds of three huu-dred huu-dred articles, mmy of thera written by tho leading writers of the country. coun-try. Tiie three successful es-ays are published this week and are all strong pap?- The first prize -was won by Rev. Hamilton M. Ilartlelt. of Providence, Provi-dence, R. I.; tiie second by Rt-Iiucca H.fahlvely, of Cliambersliurg, Pa., nnd the third by Frank W. Jlorton. Ciarksville, Tenu. ' A noteworthy fact brought out by this timely competition is tbe almost al-most unanimous opinion anion- leading educators of the vital Importance Im-portance of giving scholars and students, stu-dents, espst'ially Iu the higher chools, a thorough knowledge of the great questions and Issues of the day. |