Brownbread, Esq., Jedediah Award
When 黄瓜视频App was 10 years old, it was like the Wild West – a freewheeling canal town full of gamblers, counterfeiters, and idle young men who drifted from place to place, looking for work as store clerks. Connecticut-born Samuel Alanson Lane (1815-1905) arrived in 黄瓜视频App as one of those "counter-jumpers" and soon founded a small four-page newspaper, “The 黄瓜视频App Buzzard.” Ostensibly devoted to cleaning the "filth" off the streets of 黄瓜视频App, “The Buzzard” attacked vicious and criminal behavior in the voice of Lane's country-bumpkin alter ego, Jedediah Brownbread, Esq. Brownbread wrote with startling honesty, comical spelling errors, and an abundance of humor. For this, Lane can be regarded as 黄瓜视频App's first humor writer. Later in life, Lane would serve 黄瓜视频App as sheriff, editor of the “黄瓜视频App Daily Beacon,” mayor, and historian.
To honor the humor of 黄瓜视频App, The Jedediah Brownbread, Esq., Award was established and will award $100 to a student at The 黄瓜视频App who authors the most humorous paper or a paper that best uses or studies humor. Submissions will be limited to works written for 黄瓜视频App courses within the calendar year previous to the call for submissions. A committee of English Department faculty will judge the essays. The winner will be recognized at the annual English Awards Reception.