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...stock and 150 shares of Pennroad Corp. were listed among Mr. Brown's holdings) was interested provided a Senate resolution to hold up the contract was postponed. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania thereupon filibustered the Senate resolution to death last March so the bid could be opened and the award made. But the contract fell through because the steamship company had no ships...
...basis on which the scholarships will be awarded, however, gives rise to some concern. While the regulations adopted by the Council are framed with masterful ambiguity, it is apparently planned to give primary consideration to participation in extra-curricular activities. Such a plan cannot e deemed to be in the best interests of the students. The extra-curricular activities deserve the encouragement of the College, but they should never be recognized as a primary aim for any student. The award of scholarships in the manner intimated by the Council would have the same effect as athletic scholarships in diverting attention...
...prize, a cash award of $500, is given annually to a student or recent graduate of Harvard for the best thesis embodying the results of original investigation in economics. The subject of Mr. Wallace's thesis was "Market Control in the Aluminum Industry...
Whether the compromise solution means the virtual abolition of the degree depends entirely on the departments. It may be that some of the progressive departments will have the courage to declare that the award of the degree will be restricted to really "exceptional cases." But is seems likely that the prevailing spirit of competition for concentrators will lead many of them to recommend for the degree all who have fulfilled the requirements...
...vote of the faculty raising the requirements for the degree "cum laude in general studies" and making the award of the degree optional with each department, will be received as a move in the right direction. The so-called "general honors" degree has been for many years a back door to scholastic distinction, more and more out of keeping with the concentration and tutorial systems. The great cause for regret is that the faculty did not see fit to adopt the recommendation of the division of History, Government, and Economics that the degree be abolished altogether...