Essay Competition for the Gold Medal Presented by His Majesty the King
| Published date | 01 January 1930 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X3000300115 |
| Date | 01 January 1930 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Essay Competition for the Gold Medal
presented by His Majesty the King
THE Competition for 1929, the subject and conditions of which were
published in The PoliceJournal for October 1928 and subsequent issues and
circulated through the Horne, Dominion, Colonial and India Offices to all
Police Forces within the Empire, closed on the rst November 1929.
The
Council acknowledge receipt of 83 Essays from the following:
Salus populi suprema lex, Wayfarer, Cordinatus, Good Hunting, Idealist,
Uautulycus, Seapol, Rafek, Service, Fagotti, Nil desperandum (I), Sans
Reproche,
Try
Hard, Adanac, Hope, Lotus, Labor Omnia Vincit, John
Collins, Veritas, W.L.S., Pomegranate,
Truth
is the beginning of every
good thing for gods and men (Plato), Ecureuil, Pro bono publico
(I),
Ghostmoth, Unity, Huancry, Willets of Blackheath, Pro bono publico (2),
Leon Helm, Dompol, Pro bono publico (3), Fagotti Secondo, Robin Hood,
Vincit Amor Patriae, Chabri, Nemo, Semper Eadem, Chant, Mainze,
Mediator, Pro rege, lege et grege, Domino, Gres-de-Flandres, Vox Humana,
Sub
rosa, Country Boy, East Suffolk Lad, Argumentum ad rem, Virtutis
Fortuna Comes, Brag, Per Ardua ad Astra, Ex requo et bono, John Burt,
Onoma, Glenan, Nil Desperandum (2), Esperia, Sperans, Inver,
The
truth,
the whole
truth
and nothing
but
the truth, Per ardua, Flexibility, Progress,
Confidence strengthens
Trust,
Examino, Ranfurly, Spectemur agendo,
Aye Aye, Colin Colvend, Biviator (the man at the x-roads), Unlucky 13,
Bingo, Cacoethes Scribendi, 246, Codex, Argumentum ad judicium, Eagle
Eye,
If
little labour, little are our gains, P.P.,
Trust
in God and do the right,
He hath a good judgment who is apt to distrust his own, Punjabi.
It
is anticipated that the recommendations of the Council to His Majesty
as to the awards will be published in The Police Journal for April 1930.
Illustrations of the obverse and reverse of the medal, with a description of
each, are given in the frontispiece to this number.
The
subject of the Essay for 1930 and the Rules for the Competition
are printed overleaf.
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