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1 Prize Offer for Best Essay. It often happens that in a crowded curriculum there is no place designed for the contemplation and study of the duties of citizenship. This fact causes The Golden Age to announce the following prize offer: A first prize of $50.00 in gold, a second of $25.00 and third of SIO.OO will be given for the best es say not exceeding 1,000 words, written by any col lege student, dealing with some phase of the “Mak ing and Meaning of Citizenship.” The subject is thus broadly given in order to develop originality of thought among students, and in determining the reward, originality will be re garded as a special feature. The contest will close July 4, 1906, and the rules governing the same will be announced in an early issue. In the first issue of The Golden Age the above offer was made, but because of a press of other items, it has not been repeated in these columns. The offer, however, is a standing one, and it is hoped that students everywhere will compete for the cash prizes. The rules governing the contest are the simplest possible, the only essentials being as follows: First. Manuscripts must be original and altho college papers, written for educational purposes solely, will be eligible even after they have been submitted to fill college requirements, manuscripts must not have been published before. Second. Manuscripts must be written on one side of the paper only, and type-written if possible. Third. Each manuscript must be numbered, un signed and accompanied by a sealed envelope con taining the writer’s name, while the exterior of the envelope is marked with the number used on the manuscript. This enables prizes to be awarded without knowledgee of the contestant’s name. Fourth. All manuscripts must be sent to “Con test Editor, Golden Age, Atlanta, Ga., ” and must be received before July 4th. The committee on awards will be chosen from prominent educators, and all manuscripts will be the property of The Golden Age. Any information, further than what is given here, will be gladly supplied on application to Con test Editor, when accompanied with self-addressed and stamped envelope. A Donation to Mercer University. It is becoming more and more universal for us to feel that the best possible memorial of the dead is to give some tangible help to the living. Such a memorial has recently been made to Mercer Uni versity in the form of a splendid addition to the college library. Forty handsome volumes of “The World’s Best Classics” have recently been placed in the library by a wife whose husband has been called hence, but whose memory is thus kept sacred by her who is left. For many years both husband and wife united in an effort to help young men through college, and in the effort both found per sonal happiness. It is, therefore, a fitting and beautiful thought for the wife to continue the good work alone, which we understand she does, most conscientiously. The donation referred to is in line with this work, and it is hoped that others may be induced to follow this good woman’s ex- (WTJbhk - The Golden Age for March 29, 1906. ample. Not only to Mercer but to other institu tions of learning or to any cause which needs prac tical assistance, this same idea might well apply, and we welcome in this column all such items of general interest, and only regret that in the present instance the donor’s name is withheld by special request. Adiel J. Moncrief. The New President of Cox College. Tn presenting to our readers this week the picture of Rev. A. J. Moncrief, the new president-elect of ■Cox College, we seek to serve one of the most gifted men and one of the most honored institutions in the South. For more than half a century Georgians have felt the enriching influence of the Cox family—one of the most remarkable in culture, consecration and achievement that the State has ever known. La Grange is classic ever more, because this su perb family wrought there so long and so grandly. And since their removal to Atlanta’s beautiful su burb, College Park, the famous institution has felt the quickening influence of the life of the great Southern metropolis, yet preserving the wholesome Christian influence which has so long been the boon and the crown of this honored institution. ’ TlB I ÜBS? / H OMk Ip 2 It i W ' iB ■ ADIEL J. MONCRIEF. Less than a year ago the beloved President Prof. Charles C. Cox, was called to the Great Beyond. His cultured and faithful consort, with noble cour age and wonderful skill, continued the great work her husband laid down. But the loss of the guid ing hand, the brilliant brain and the true heart of Chas. C. Cox left a void that it seemed impossible to fill. Feeling the need, therefore, of a new presi dent, the management chose Mr. Moncrief as its distinguished head. That the choice was a wise one, it is safe to say the future will prove, for even the successful past of this famous institution will be upheld in its great future. Adiel J, Moncrief is a man of high Christian spirit, of commanding scholarship and magnetic eloquence—with a character so pure and so noble that the tenderest parent or the sternest guardian ■can feel safe indeed, to entrust the beloved child to his molding influence. As an educator, as an ex ponent of the Divine Word as well as a Southern gentleman of true chivalric character, Mr. Moncrief holds first rank and the patrons of the institution he represents should congratulate themselves on the enlarged usefulness of Cox College which we believe the administration of Mr. Moncrief will bring. Dining the time of Milton, the education of the youth consisted principally of Latin, Greek and elementary mathematics. While such training de veloped many of our greatest writers and poets, and was sufficient at that time, it is absurd to con sider such an education practical at the present age for the average youth. Modernizing education has been accomplished only by hard labor, as it was greatly opposed and hindered by the teachers of the ancient classics, but these men were very impractical and astoundingly ignorant of the real needs of the young men when they began their journey through life. It is only recently that scientific and mechanical departments have been added to our colleges and universities, and only the best and largest insti tutions have been able to afford them. The high school of this city has been among the few to offer to the students not only a literary, but also a technical and commercial training. This new feature has raised the value of the school to a higher standard and has greatly increased its enrollment. YOUNG B. SMITH, Atlanta. Correspondent. Facilities of the Boys’ High School As we enter the twentieth century, we find that the course of civilization has greatly changed. It is an age of development and improvement, and the world is endeavoring to find the truth not only of the material things about us, but also the mysteries of the higher sciences, which treat directly or in directly of the mind and the soul. The wooden sailing craft of yesterday has changed into the mi dity steamship of today, which spans the ocean within a single week. The stage coach of our forefathers has grown into the huge locomotive which dashes across the continent with incredible speed. From ocean to ocean we hear the ring of the anvil, and the hum of busy machinery. The thun der-bolts of Jupiter have been harnessed by the hands of men, and all the forces of nature have been made to work for us. All around us we find a marvelous change in every department of human labor. Probably the most important change which has taken place is the change in education. This will have more to do with influencing the civilization of the coming age than any other factor. Armed with two hundred letters from prominent people all over the United States, Michael O’Sul livan, an attorney, will go before the commission on codes at Albany next week to present arguments in favor of the bill providing for the abolition of capital punishment. £ rSI 9