Word: deturs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harriss came from Central High School, Omaha; will graduate summa cum laude in history; has been awarded the Washburn Prize, Greenleaf Scholarship, Carles Wyman Scholarship, Detur Award, and the Thomas Jefferson Coolidge Debating Medal. He was chagrin of Leverett House Committee...
MacKendrick has been active in the Classical Club at Harvard, has won a Detur Prize, and has been the holder of Price Greenleaf, Bowditch, and George Emerson Lowell scholarships...
...Today Deturs are presented by the dean of Harvard University to men of "highest honors." This year, fifty-five men, the largest number over to be so distinguished, are to receive this recognition of their attainment. To the average undergraduate, however, the word Detur represents either a misspelling or, somehow, an intricate, incomprehensible pun. There has hitherto been no attempt to publicize the institution of Deturs, and small fault can be found with such an attitude. But as peculiarly a Harvard tradition, as a valuable incentive to scholarship, and as interesting to the booklovers, the Detur is worthy of greater...
Forty-two students in Harvard College, and six members of the Engineering School have won Detur prizes for the year 1931-1932. Twelve of those receiving the award in the College were graduated last June. Six were awarded to seniors, 11 to Juniors, and 13 to Sophomores. Fifty-four prizes were given last year...
...Detur prize books are given on the foundation of Edward Hopkins, who was born in 1600, and came to New England in 1637. His will expresses his desire to "give some encouragement in those foreign plantations, for the breeding up of hopeful youths, both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the country in future times." The prizes are awarded to every student in the College who wins a scholarship in the first group for the first time; likewise one is given to every graduate who was awarded an A.B. or an S.B. summan cum laude...