Note 718 — Chapter VII · The Attack on History Textbooks Since 1917

Chicago Herald and Examiner, January 1, 1922. The amount of the first prize was $2500, according to an announcement in Columbia, September, 1921, p. 12. This prize was awarded to Samuel F. Bemis, a Protestant, of Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. According to The Fortnightly Review this work was not inspired by the Commission, for “it was practically completed when the prize was announced and would have been published this year anyhow.” The Review also states that it was “the only scientific study submitted.” The Fortnightly Review, Vol. XXX (November 1, 1923), p. 422.