Editor, EDMUND BUCKLEY, Ph.D. University of Chicago. Associate Editors EUGENE PARSONS, A.M. IVAN C. WATERBURY, Ph.B. AMONG THE MANY SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS ARE RUSSELL STURGIS, A.M., Ph. D. Editor Art Department "Century Dictionary," "Universal Encyclopedia," etc." EDWARD D. JONES, Ph.D. School of Commerce, University of Michigan. ROLAND P. FALKNER, Ph.D. ART. ARCHITECTURE ECONOMICS (Labor) ECONOMICS (Resources and Industries) Library of Congress (ex-Prof. of Finance and Economics, University of Pennsylvania). R. H. THURSTON, C.E., Ph.B., LL.D. Director of Sibley College; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University. HENRY H. NORRIS, M.E. Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Sibley College, Cornell University. HENRY GANNETT Geographer U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. ENGINEERING ENGINEERING GEOGRAPHY GEOLOGY LAW (Constitutional) LITERATURB LITERATURE LITERATURB POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE RELIGION SOCIOLOGY Critical Staff, "The Dial.”* WALLACE RICE JESSE MACY, M.A., LL.D. Professor of Political Science, Iowa College. JACOB REIGHARD, Ph.B. Professor of Zoology, University of Michigan. The $200.00 Prize Awarded T HE prize of $200.00 offered by THE WORLD TO-DAY for the best and most suitable design for a permanent cover has been awarded. The design winning the prize appears on the front cover of this issue. Over one hundred drawings were received in response to the offer; these designs coming from all sections of the country. The drawings were exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute, where the committee composed of Mr. W. M. R. French, Director of the Art Institute; Mr. Lorado Taft, Sculptor, and Mr. Edmund Buckley, Editor of THE WORLD TO-DAY, met on May 26th and made the award. The Prize of $200.00 Was Awarded to EARL STETSON CRAWFORD THE FOLLOWING RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION: EDWARD J. KRASA, PETER MAGNINE, 337 Wasburn Ave., Chicago 197 Farquer St., Chicago 225 South 38th St., Philadelphia, Pa. On the following pages are reproduced a few of the many designs submitted. It is, of course, impossible to do justice to these drawings with half-tone illustrations. The beautiful coloring is lost, and a false effect in some cases created by colors coming black in photographing, which in the originals are light. The illustrations, however, will give some idea of the artistic excellence of the originals. It is a source of pleasure to the publishers that this competition has attracted such wide attention and brought to light such excellent examples of the work of many comparatively unknown artists. win, THE WORLD TO-DAY offers some substantial encouragement to the unsuccessful by the announcement that several of the best designs will be purchased for covers for special editions of the magazine. While all could not |