award began with the lowest cash prize and moved
steadily up to the second and first, these two
being accompanied by brilliantly illuminated diplomas, and as each award was bestowed, the whole gathering of winners and non-winners--for no one could be called a loser--sounded
their congratulations by a hearty clapping of hands. They had made the matter a public, concerted movement, and were interested in its results and rewards as spiritual
proprietors in a common possession much wider than mere personal ownership under the law. This wider sentimen