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MR. HOLMES' HONORS.
Washington Scientist Receives an Important Prize.
^[[1898.]]
The award of the Le Ducky de Loubat prizes, founded with Columbia College of New York, to be awarded once in five years, for the most noteworthy works on American anthropology, has been made, and the first grand prize of [[underline]] $1,000 [[/underline]] was captured by Mr. William Henry Holmes of Washington, Head curator of anthropology at the United States National Museum, and formerly curator of the Department of ethnology in the Field Columbian Museum at Chicago.
Le Duc de Loubat is American born, of French descent, inheriting his title from his father.  He is immensely wealthy, and is a cosmopolitan, spending a greater portion of his time, however, in New York city.  He recently gave $1,000,000 to Columbia College in that city, aside from founding the prizes for anthropological works.  The award of these prizes is the first that has been made, and the importance of the works submitted in competition cannot be over-estimated.  Judges are appointed for each five-year period.  The committee of judges which has just completed its services was composed of Professor H. T. Peck of Columbia College, Dr. Daniel G. Brinton and Professor W. J. McGee of the bureau of ethnology in this city.
Besides carefully scanning the works received in competition, the committee also examined such other works relating to American archaeology as have been published in the English language during the last three years.  In the consideration of the monographs the committee took into account not only 
^[[a second prize of 400.00 was awarded 1923]]