Word: fay
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...Fay Prize, traditionally bestowed upon an undergraduate woman who has shown scholarship, conduct and character, will not be given this year while Harvard and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study wrangle over the institutional policy problems that have arisen since this fall's merger between the two schools. It is unfortunate that the Fay Prize will not be given to a deserving member of the Class of 2000. It is more unfortunate, however, that either male or female students are ineligible for a large number of prizes awarded by the University. Either these prizes should be opened to both...
This is not to say that all prizes must be stripped of their original character. Since it will be awarded by the Institute, the Fay Prize could reflect the Institute's mission to contribute to the study of women, gender and society by honoring an undergraduate, male or female, who has shown superior scholarship in this area. University administrators have already hinted that the criteria for the prize may come to emphasize scholarship over the additional elements of conduct and character...
...Fay Should Reflect Radcliffe's Past...
Dunn said Radcliffe willingly handed over responsibility for its undergraduate prizes to the College, but wanted to maintain control over the Fay...
Dunn said Radcliffe does not harbor hard feelings about the Fay Prize's hiatus this year, even though the College still lists the Frothingham--with its "manliness" qualifications--as a Commencement prize...