Word: award
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since Mr. Mellon has offered his scholarship for a year's study in Germany with the unfortunate implication of "replacing" the rejected Hanfstaengl award, the Corporation has followed a consistent policy in turning it down. No matter how sincere the intentions of the donor may have been, the wording of his grant has made it impossible to disassociate it from that of Dr. Hanfstaengl...
...qualify for the Nobel prize a writer needs an international reputation, a large body of work and a grey frost of years. It also helps if his country has not received an award for some time, because the Academicians at Stockholm like to strike a delicate balance between diplomacy and recognition of literary merit. Once it decided that Italy was due for an award, the Nobel Prize Committee was of necessity limited in its choice to four men: Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, Estheticist Benedetto Croce, Historian Guglielmo Ferrero, Playwright Pirandello. Drama lovers the world over were highly pleased...
...John Peter Toohey look to himself and prepare to award the "substantial prize" he offers (TIME, Oct. 22) for the naming of one play produced in America [besides Merrily We Roll Along] in which the action moves progressively backward...
Winner of last year's race was Eugene H. Walker '37, who crossed the line in 27 minutes, 43.4 seconds. John P. Schou '35 had the best actual time, but finished behind Walker because of the handicap award...
...block of scholarships, carrying no financial aid, have been awarded to 87 Harvard undergraduates by the Committee of scholarships. Fourteen of the 87 are John Harvard Scholarships, which are made without stipend to students in the College of the highest scholastic standing who have not made application for other types of scholarships. The other 72 are Harvard College Scholarships, similarly assigned to students of slightly lower academic standing. The remaining award was the Abbott Lawrence Scholarships which is given to an undergraduate in the Engineering School...