Word: fellowships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sachs Research Fellowship, which is the most valuable single fellowship at the University and is awarded to a scholar of proved ability to enable him to do advanced work in fine arts in any part of the world, has been awarded for next year to Richard Offner, who studied here some ten years ago, took his doctor's degree at Vienna, and has recently been teaching in the fine arts at the University of Chicago...
...meet, which is an innovation this year, is being held for the purpose of promoting acquaintance, good fellowship and cordial understanding among the member schools, as well as of providing outdoor competition. Including the 880-yard relay race (220 yards for each runner), there will be twelve events in the meet, the mile and two-mile races, and the pole vault and hammer throw events being omitted. In the shot put a twelve-pound weight will be used. Gold and silver medals will be awarded for first and second places respectively, and bronze for third and fourth...
Miami University of Florida is one exception to the rule. It has established a fellowship in creative art. The man who holds it, Perey MacKaye in this case, is not asked to teach or lecture; he has nothing whatever to do with college administration. By accepting the followship he is expected to devote himself to whatever he likes. Mr. MacKaye, being a writer, will have the opportunity of adding to American literature without worrying over financial matters. A similar scholarship has been awarded the composer, Edgar Kelley, by the Western College...
Apparently the system would work somewhat as the patronage of old, except that the man to whom such a fellowship is given must be great enough in his line to satisfy a board of severe judges that he is deserving. President Hughes of Miami believes there are fifty or more colleges who could finance such a scheme as he has worked out. He indicates that there are many wealthy art lovers who would be glad to cooperate with a university in aiding the worthy. Incidentally the honor to the individual would be much sought after, while the college would come...
...University, Charles Andrew Rupp Jr. 2G. of Salem and Kenneth Waldie Webb 2G. of Germantown, Pa., have been appointed by the Commission for Relief in Belgium Educational Foundation as two of the 24 exchange graduate fellows from American universities who will attend Belgian institutions of learning next year. Each fellowship for the year 1921-22 carries a stipend of 12,000 francs, in addition to tuition fees and first class travelling expenses from the residence or university of the holder in America to and from the university in Belgium...