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Scholastic glory will have more than words of praise with which to reward its seekers if the suggestion made by a professor of Oberlin College is adopted. His proposal is that a sports model roadster be given along with the traditional key to those receiving Phi Beta Kappa honors, thus making it a prize ate. More incentive to study is needed, worth the efforts of every undergradu-according to the professor, and the best way to supply it is to offer as reward-things that the student really wants...
...arranged between the Mercedes for The head man of the class and a second-hand Ford for the lowest to qualify, with perhaps a few bicycles as consolation prizes for those who failed but could the move stop at that? Interest in studies and the popularity of Ph. Beta Kappa men would increase by leaps and bounds, but what athletic star would not feel slighted by the discrimination exercised against him? To meet his demands and the claims of prominent students in every other field the college would have to choose between bankruptey and civil war, with the odds favoring...
...wrote an article in the May Harper's showing why businessmen, as well as lawyers and physicians, prefer scholars. He cited a survey made by his own firm, in which it was found that "men from the first tenth of their college classes [equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa rank] have four times the chance of those from the lowest third to stand in the highest tenth salary group." He concluded: "While I do not believe that success in life can be rated by income, I do believe that as between one man and another working in the same business...
...with a Harvard 1911 man whom Terry greeted, "Why hello, Ernie, what are you doing here? You belong in Cleveland" which was a fact. Later we drew Terry aside and asked him what mark "Ernie" had drawn in English 45, "A 'B'," said Terry at once, "and Phi Beta Kappa key in his Junior year a good boy that...
...clock--Phi Beta Kappa Oration and Poem in Sanders Theatre...