SPECTATOR COMPETITION—No. is
Set by Peter Fleming The Order of Merit is bestowed on British citizens by the King for " especial distinction in any field." There are at present two vacancies in the Order, whose numbers are limited to twenty-four. Competitors are invited to nominate their candidate for one of these vacancies A prize of £5 is offered for the best entry explain- ing. in not more than 200 words, the grounds on which the candidate is considered to deserve this honour. (The present members of the Order are : Sir Charles Sherrington, Dr. G. M. Trevelyan, Mr. John Masefield, Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Field-Marshal Lord Chetwode, Admiral Lord Chatfield, Air-Marshal Lord Newall, Dr. Gilbert Murray, Augustus John, Professor E. D. Adrian, Sir Henry Dale, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Mr. Churchill, Air-Marshal Lord Portal, Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, Lord Halifax, General Smuts, Mr. Mackenzie King, Mr. T. S. Eliot, Sir Robert Robinson, Lord Russell, Admiral Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope).
Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than April 21st. Results will be published in the Spectator of April 28th.
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