Judge — May 27, 1922 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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With th e College Wits tition, completed as to honor results by the overflow from the annual College Wits Number con- cluded last week, was as sprightly and as enjoyable as its predecessors, and newly marked a novelty in magazine journalism. The work of preparing this an- nual number was tremendous owing to the mass of contributions sent in by undergraduates of scores of colleges and universities. For weeks the editorial and art desks of Judge were literally buried under manuscripts and drawings. More than 4,000 text contributions, and nearly a thousand drawings were passed upon. Many offerings in text, other- wise admirable, were too long for such a number, the plan of which necessarily is to present as many individual contri- butions as possible within a given limit. And many others came too late for con- sideration. To sift from this great mass of ma- terial submitted only enough for Judge's purpose was labor, but it was joyous labor. Every effort was made to be fair to all contributors; and as the text and art features were judged separately upon merit, by different editors, their combined estimation when this work was finished made impossible any partiality, J on. College Wits Compe- Won by Cornell. as awards are made upon a point system in itself arbitrarily just. His Honor’s readers, of course, are the judges of the merits of the publica- tion as a whole. The number this year may have surpassed that of last year in the merit of its pictorial features as last year’s number may have been the better from a literary viewpoint. But no one can say that either number lacked youthful vitality, freshness and a happy spirit. Cornell (The Cornell Widow) wins the big silver cup, an illustra- tion of which appears upon this page, for the second time, having been the victor also in 1920. Stan- ford University (The Stanford Chaparral) comes in a lively second, and other colleges and universities make a good showing for this chief honor. This cup will be in competition again, as it must be won three times to become the permanent property of a com- petitor. The Art Cup, another handsome silver trophy, will go this year to Rose Silver, of the University of Washington, Seattle, for her clever and amusing cover on the College Wits Number, “Hitting the High Spots,” the element of humor being a determining factor in this award. The Literary Cup, for the best literary feature, is to be awarded this time to J. W. Blair, Yale ‘23, for his “Ballade of Ghostly Dancers,” published in last week’s overflow. These cups are awarded annually. Below will be found the names of the colleges and universities in the compe- tition, with their respective standing by points: The Standing of the Colleges in the Wits Contest According to Points Amherst... 75 Georgia 10 Olivet... Austin College. . . 10 George Washington Univer- Parkdale. . Boston University 30 sity. . 12 Pittsburgh Bucknell 20 Grinnell 20 Pomona Carnegie Tech 145 Harvard 202 Princeton Carroll College 5 Hamilton 05 Purdue Colgate 10 Johns Hopkins. 10 Pennsylvania College of the City of New Lafayette College 15 Penn State York. 40 McGill 20 Rutgers College of Dental and Oral Mount Allison 15 Stanford Surgery... 33. Mississippi 15 1 College of William and Mary. 20 Missouri University 20 Stevens Tech Columbia. . 75 New Hampshiri St. Louis Cornell . 668 North Dakota Syracuse Dartmouth 150 Northwestern Southwest Teachers’ Denver Univ 15 Notre Dame St. Vincent Detroit College of Medicine. 30 Oberlin 10 Trinity (Hartford Drury 25 Ohio Wesleyan 00 Tufts Dickinson. ...... 10 Oregon Agricultural 10 Tulane Franklin and Marshall. 15 Ohio State. 20 Texas A, and M 21 35 University of Washington 15 (Seattle) 120 20 University of Colorado 10 20 University of Oklahoma 47 55 University of Cincinnati 635 20‘ University of Texas 72 55 University of Wisconsin. 45 1 U.S. Naval Academy 25 35 University of Arizona 5 500 University of Michigan 35 10 University of North Carolina 5 40, University of California. 10 50 Vanderbilt University 5 25 Williams 10 15 William Jewell... . 10 5 Wabash College. . 20 20 Western University (Canada) 10 15 Wesleyan (Middletown). 20 10 U.S. Military Academy 30 10 Yale 200