Douglas Gold Medal Prize: Difference between revisions

The Douglas Gold Medal was founded by Sir Howard Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and first Chancellor of [[History of UNB|King's College]]. Valued at forty dollars, the medal was offered for competition every year among undergraduates for the best English essay on some subject proposed at the preceding [[Encaenia]]. It was first awarded in 1833.

After 1960 the topic was no longer assigned and the medal was given for the best English essay written as part of the requirements of any course in the university. In 1974 the criteria changed to allow the medal to be awarded for the best composition in prose or verse, in Greek, Latin or English, on any subject within the regular course of study pursued in the university. Undergraduate these and reports were eligible, as were essays or verse compositions produced as part of regular class work. Compositions were submitted by instructors, with the consent of the student.

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|align="center" | '''Year'''  

|align="center" | '''Name'''  

|align="center" | '''Title'''  

|align="center" | '''Held at UNB Archives'''  

| 1833  

| R. Duvernet  

|  

| No  

| 1834

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1835

| George Lee

|  

| 1836

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1837

| W. H. Shore

|  

| No  

| 1838

| Not awarded  

|  

| No  

| 1839

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1840

| J. S. Millidge

|  

| No  

| 1841

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1842

| E. J. Jacob

|  

| No  

| 1843

| Not awarded  

|  

| No  

| 1844

| W. Q. Ketchum

|  

| No  

| 1845

| C. G. Coster

|  

| 1846

| E. B. Fisher

|  

| No  

| 1847

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1848

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1849

| W. P. Dole

|  

| No  

| 1850

| Hurd Peters

|  

| No  

| 1851

| G. G. Roberts

|  

| No  

| 1852

| T. A. Gregory

|  

| No  

| 1853

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1854

| G. S. Smith

|  

| No  

| 1855

| Not awarded

|  

| No  

| 1856

| E. R. Burpee

|  

| No  

| 1857

| S. F. Stephenson

|  

| No  

| 1858

| F. A. Morrison

|  

| No  

| 1859

| H. L. Sturdee

|  

| No  

| 1860

| W. C. Lee

|  

| No  

| 1861

| A. W. Smith

|  

| No  

| 1862

| J. P. Sheraton

|  

| No  

| 1863

| L. C. Allison

|  

| No  

| 1864

| J. D. Phinney

|  

| No  

| 1865

| G. R. Parkin

|  

| No  

| 1866

| G. E. Foster

|  

| No  

| 1867

| P. C. Keegan

|  

| No  

| 1868

| S. Russell

| "The Electric Telegraph considered in its moral, social, and political aspects"  

| No  

| 1869

| W. S. MacFarlane

| "The influence of the Higher Institutions of Learning on Commerce and Civilization"  

| No  

| 1870

| G. C. Coster

| "The relation of the Physical Sciences to Manufacturers and Commerce"  

| No  

| 1871

| L. C. Wortman

|  

| No  

| 1872

| W. Wilson

| "Natural History - its value in the educational point of view"  

| No  

| 1873

| W. G. Gaunce

|  

| No

| 1874

| S. J. Jenkins

| "The value of Liberal Education to the Man of Business"  

| No

| 1875

| J. F. Burditt

| "The influence of Religious truth on National Charter"  

| No  

| 1876

| T. C. Jack

| "The relative merits of old and new countries as fields for enterprise

| No

| 1877

| W. E. MacIntire

| "The natural resource so the Dominion in Canada"  

| No

| 1878

| J. R. Mace

|  

| No

| 1879

| W. D. McLeod

|  

| No  

| 1880

| A. W. Wilkinson

|  

| No

| 1881

| W. S. Carter

| "The Greatness and Decline of Venice"  

| No

| 1882

| W. J. Fowler

| "The effect of the discoveries of the 19th century upon the comforts and conveniences of Life"  

| No

| 1883

| W. T. Raymond

| "What is culture? And how is it best attained?"  

| Extract  

| 1884

| J. M. Lemont

| "The Great North West, its past and future"  

| Extract

| 1885

| W. J. S. Myles

| "The Mental rather than the Material resources of Canada"  

| No  

| 1886

| W. Murchie

| "The Duties of the Civilized Man to the Uncivilized Man whose country He Invades"  

| Extract  

| 1887

| J. B. Sutherland

| "The Relation between Labor and Capital"  

| Extract

| 1888

| C. J. Milligan

| "The Relation of American Literature to Democracy"  

| Extract  

| 1889

| F. L. Christie

|  

| No  

| 1890

| D. L. Mitchell

| "Applications of Edmund Burke's principles to religious, political, and social affairs at the present time"  

| Extract

| 1891

| F. P. Yorston

| "Emerson's Life and Works"  

| Extract

| 1892

| Ellen F. P. Peake

| "Colonial Empires of the past, and their lessons to those of the present"  

| Extract

| 1893

| Isabel S. McIntosh

| "The Social Effects of the Scientific Inventions of the Nineteenth century"  

| Extract  

| 1894

| Loretta L. Shaw

| "The Characteristics of Modern Fiction"  

| No  

| 1895

| Horace L. Brittain

| "The Dangers and Safeguards of Modern Democratic Government"  

| No

| 1896

| Samuel H. McKee

| "The Relations of Science to the State"

| Extract

| 1897

| Arthur H. Shea

| "English Diary and Letter Writers"  

| No  

| 1898

| Frank J. Bayfield

| "The Actual and the ideal Political Life"

| Extract

| 1899

| W. J. R. Wilson

| "The Aims and Methods of Modern Science"  

| No  

| 1900

| W. H. Harrison

| "The literary position of Germany Among the Nations"  

| No  

| 1901

| W. O. Raymond

| "The centennial celebration of the university at Fredericton"  

| Yes

| 1902

| Chester B. Martin

| "The natural resources of New Brunswick"  

| Yes

| 1903

| Ina F. Mersereau

| "England under Alfred the Great and under Edward the Seventh"  

| Extract

| 1904

| Martha A. Osborne

| "The development of the Canadian Northwest, a retrospect and a forecast"  

| No  

| 1905

| Theodore R. McNally

| "Science in war"  

| *  

| 1906

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: English essayists of the early 19th century

| No

| 1907

| Clara M. Robinson

| "The history and problems of Canadian immigration"  

| No

| 1908

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The factors in the growth of the Maritime Provinces

| No

| 1909

| Beatrice W. Welling

| "The contributions of women to English literature"  

| No

| 1910

| George N. Belyea

| "The transportation problem in Canada: its bearing on the future development of the country"  

| No

| 1911

| Harold C. Belyea

| "The most expeditious and scientific way of surveying, classifying and registering the public lands of New Brunswick and the best means to be adopted for their protection and preservation"  

| *  

| 1912

| Earle R. MacNutt

| "British essayists"  

| *  

| 1913

| George B. Carpenter

| "The development and value of the commission as a means of the state's regulation of trade and industry"

| No  

| 1914

| Emerson C. Rice

| "The underdeveloped resources of New Brunswick"  

| No  

| 1915

| George J. Marr

| "Canadian national ideals"

| *

| 1916

| Adrian B. Gilbert

| "The economic aspects of the prohibition of liquor traffic"  

| *  

| 1917

| D. Gordon Willet

| "The geology and mineral deposits of New Brunswick"  

| *  

| 1918

| John F. McIntosh

| "The Supernatural in Shakespeare's plays"  

| *

| 1919

| Frances Mary VanWart

| "A permanent agricultural policy for Canada"

| *

| 1920

| C. L. Armstrong

| "The preservation of wild bird life - its economic, aesthetic and humane aspects"  

| *

| 1921

| Edith M. Jones

| "The development of The English novel"  

| *  

| 1922

| Russell R. Sheldrick

| "The effect of confederation on the economic and political development of New Brunswick"

| *  

| 1923

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: The influence of of wild life reservations and national parks on a nation's life

| No

| 1924

| Mary B. Jones

| "The value of Wordsworth to the present generation"

| No  

| 1925

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: An immigration policy for Canada

| No  

| 1926

| Edwin A. Stuart

| "The University's place in a biological survey of the province"  

| *  

| 1927

| Robert J. Love

| "The effect of confederation on the Maritime Provinces"

| *  

| 1928

| Burton S. Keirstead

| "The resources and economic possibilities of the Maritime Provinces"

| Yes

| 1929

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: The economic and aesthetic importance of animal and bird reservations

| No  

| 1930

| Horace A. Hanson

| "The political evolution of Canada as a self-governing member of the British Commonwealth of Nations"  

| No

| 1931

| Muriel M. Miller

| "The poetry of Bliss Carman"  

| *

| 1932

| J. Ernest Anderson

| "A survey of the geological deposits of organic origin in the province of New Brunswick

| *

| 1933

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: A study in the indebtedness of the Canadian Provinces

| *  

| 1934

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: The poetry of Charles G. D. Roberts

| No  

| 1935

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The University of New Brunswick

| No  

| 1936

| Jack H. Thurrot

| "What health education should the public schools provide?"  

| *

| 1937

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: Euripides: the link between primitive and present day drama

| *

| 1938

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The responsibility of science to society  

| *

| 1939

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: A study of provincial and local taxation and administration of public welfare functions

| No  

| 1940

| James C. Morrow

| "The genesis and development of the Arthurian Legends"  

| Yes  

| 1941

| Roy Morrow

| "The importance of research as an aid to the shore and deep sea fisheries of the Maritime provinces"  

| Yes  

| 1942

| Manzer L. Bunker

| "Forests - their role in post-war readjustments"

| Yes

| 1943'''

| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Frances A. Firth</span>

| Assigned topic: The importance of the study of modern languages

| No*

| 1944

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The importance of the social sciences in war time

| No

| 1945

| Elizabeth Brewster

| "The conflict of the state and individual in the ancient world"  

| No

| 1946

| Dennis A. Benson

| "The social responsibility of science"  

| Yes  

| 1947

| James M. Wheatley

| "A new curriculum for UNB"

| Yes

| 1948

| Frederick Cogswell

| "Literature and society"

| Yes

| 1949

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: The achievements and prospects of the United Nations

| No  

| 1950

| Frederick C. Allen

| "The case for and against the Chignecto Canal"  

| Yes

| 1951

| Robert J. Gibbs

| "T. S. Eliot as playwright"  

| Yes

| 1952

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The importance of graduate research in Canadian universities

| No

| 1953

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The race question and the contemporary political crisis in South Africa

| No

| 1954

| Ian Watson

| "The race questions and the contemporary political crisis in South Africa" ^

| Yes

| 1955

| J. Neil Mulvaney

| "The problem of good and evil in Goethe's Faust"

| Yes

| 1956

| Robert E. Hawkes

| "The Irish theatre movement and its social and political background"  

| 1957

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: The Canadian Arctic, past, present and future

| No

| 1958

| Not awarded

| Assigned topic: A study of recent literary utopias

| No

| 1959

| Not awarded  

| Assigned topic: A study of recent literary utopias

| No  

| 1960

| Janice I. Bartlett

| "The Classical Laws of Motion"  

| No  

| 1961

| Brigid E. Toole

|  

| No

| 1962

| Margaret J. Gammon

| "A study of Milton's ''Comus"''

| Yes  

| 1963

| E. Joanne Rowley

| "Fate in the novels of Thomas Hardy"  

| Yes  

| 1964

| Colin K. Scott

|  

| No

| 1965

| Not awarded

|  

| No

| 1966

| Lynda A. Muir

| "The function of Landschaft in Buckner's ''Lenz''"

"The poet and his pose: an essay on Auden's thought and his poetic roles in ''In Time of War''"  

| 1967

| Marion L. Cox Beyea

| "The incorporation of Saint John"  

| Yes  

| 1968

| Patricia E. Pacey

| "Patterns of imagery and their significance in ''The Great Gatsby'' and ''The Sun Also Rises''"  

| Yes  

| 1969

| Not awarded

|  

| No

| 1970

| Carolyn E. Keirstead

| "Archaelogical field methods for shell-midden excavations"  

| No

| 1971

| Bruce R. Bartlett

| "The origins and character of Nazi racial ideology"  

| Yes  

| 1972

| Brian E. Williams

| "Tanzania: decision-making in an African economy"  

| Yes  

| 1973

| Diana L. Austin

| "Social vision as the source of poetic vision int eh poetry of F. R. Scott"  

| Yes  

| 1974

| J. Randall Francis

| "Goodbye to all that God willing! A study of the end of idealism in British war literature, 1914-1933"  

| Yes  

| 1975

| Eileen S. Martin

| "The theme of nature in early American literature"  

| Yes  

| 1976

| Linda M. Kelly

| "A character study of Chaucer's ''Criseyde''"  

| Yes  

| 1977

| Linda C. Law

| "Theme and language in Arnold's ''Marguerite'' poems"  

| Yes