STILL SEEKS A PRIZE SONG

The prize of one hundred dollars for the best Dartmouth song offered by Mr. Weld A. Rollins '97 of the Boston Dartmouth Club, has been renewed with a few changes in conditions. Mr. Rollins in an open letter states the meagre results of the contest thus far and the reasons for change in conditions for next year.

The manuscripts, to be considered in next year's competition, are to be

judged by. a committee consisting of Edward K. Woodworth '97, Professor Homer E. Keyes '00, and Nelson P. Brown '99. Compositions should be sent to Professor Keyes at Hanover. The winning song or songs will be published if the contestants desire without expense to them.

Mr. Rollins' letter explaining his offer is as follows:

EDITOR THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE:

SIR :

For the past three years I have offered a prize for the best college song written by an undergraduate or undergraduates, the plan being that it should be sung for the first time at the annual dinners of some of the Alumni Associations. The first year there were four compositions submitted, the next year none, last year there were five. Although some of the compositions were very good, the committee has not thought that any of them had the degree of merit necessary to make the plan just mentioned as successful as they ' intend it to be, and has not awarded the prize any year. Some of the best songs submitted had been published and sung in public before being submitted to the committee. Some were by persons ineligible under the terms of the offer.

After some consideration, I have decided to change the conditions of the competition somewhat for the current year, and now wish to make the following offer:

One hundred dollars prize for the best college song written by an undergraduate, graduate, or non-graduate, or any member of the family of any of the above, or any other person having, in the opinion of the committee, sufficient connection with the College. The plan is that the song shall be sung for the first time at the annual dinners of some of the Alumni Associations, but if written by an undergraduate, it will not be disqualified by reason of its being sung first at football games this coming fall and published for that purpose, provided a copy is handed to the committee before publication and use. The music must be original. The words may either be original or may be some appropriate verses already in existence, say some of Richard Hovey's.

The committee to pass on the excellence of the compositions will be Edward K. Woodworth 97, Professor Homer E. Keyes '00, and Nelson P. Brown '99. The committee will have full power to make rules and determine whether any of the compositions are sufficiently good to warrant awarding the prize. The music must be in the hands of the committee not later than December 1, 1913. It should be sent to Professor Keyes at Hanover.

I am assured that the winning song, and, indeed, any of the songs which have sufficient merit, will, if the contestants desire it, be published without expense to them and with the usual royalty for copies sold.

Yours very truly,