Word: awarded
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...Boylston prize, the third oldest award of the University, was founded in 1817 by Ward Nicholas Boylston in honor of his uncle, who established the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory, and will be awarded this year for the one hundred and fifteenth time...
...first time this year the B. F. Vanderveer cup is to be awarded to a member of the Freshman crew rowing against Yale. The award will be made to the man who shows the most improvement, is outstanding in sportsmanship, and who does the most for the betterment of the crew. It has been given in honor of B. F. Vanderveer '35, captain of last year's Freshman crew, who was killed in an accident last summer...
...would suggest a system which would award an honors degree, with tutorial instruction and general examinations covering the field as at present, and a pass degree, the candidates for which would meet with a tuter to read and discuss only these parts of the field of concentration which really interest him. The aim would be the aronsal and development of a genuine interest in one or a few aspects of a field without the necessity of reading for general examinations...
...nearly 50 years, the scholarship has been awarded to upper classmen in Harvard College. This year, in order to encourage excellence in Latin and Greek studies among entering students, it has been decided to open the scholarship to preparatory school students as a prize award in the classics...
Last year, in testing the new plan of awards, examinations were held at six preparatory schools and an award was made to Walter Stanley White '36, of Cambridge, a student at Phillips Exeter Academy, and now a Freshman here. On the basis of this test, plans are being prepared for a still wider application of the competition this year, and participation by a large number of schools is expected. Prize examinations in Latin and Greek will be prepared by the Department of Classics at Harvard and given at the various participating schools. Plans for the competition are in charge...