Word: merite
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...establishment of House Fellows is a program whose merit is undeniable, but whose future is necessarily uncertain. The plan raises 21 present Associates of the Houses to the office of Fellow in order, in President Pusey's words, to "strengthen the Houses by bringing to the management of its affairs the direct interest and insights of a number of men from many departments." The exact duties of the Fellows are to be determined by the individual masters and Fellows, and this necessary indefiniteness is the danger of the program...
...long gamut of uses the Fellows could serve attests to the plan's merit, but also indicates that personal interest alone can make the plan succeed. The Fellows will be invaluable advisors to the Masters on appointments and House tutorials. By their continued presence in the Houses, they could stimulate student intellectual interest that now finds no outlet, and some may even teach House tutorials. By their stature and influence, they could help procure Faculty members for informal discusisons or dinners with interested students, and they could be a strong force to increase Faculty attendance in the Dining Halls...
Monro pointed out the need for a plan to interest and attract students with limited educational opportunities or poor economic backgrounds. Most programs "come at this problem from the top," he said, and a foundation like the National Merit Scholarship Corporation "sends people to college who are going anyway...
...thinking admirals in American naval history." Of the fight for the South Pacific, he says: "For us who were there, or whose friends were there, Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion." Sailor-Scholar Morison, who rode eleven ships and won seven battle stars and the Legion of Merit with combat clasp while getting the story, can say with Vergil's Aeneas...
...recent article on "The Concentration of Scholarship Funds and Its Implications for Education," John L. Holland, Research Director of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, claimed that the concentrated wealth and "narrow talent-searching" of the fifty most wealthy American universities has stifled student creativity and the quality of other institutions. The article raises questions that demand consideration: scholarship funds are scarce at most schools and methods of awarding them often favor those in high economic groups and with good grades. But the article contributes little to evaluating or solving these problems because of its imprecise arguments and its belligerent assignment...