Word: monro
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sense of urgency precipitated by the report of a committee which had spent seven months in developing a 'critical self-appraisal' of the conduct of athletics in the Conference," the new program was adopted, Reed said. It had been proposed three years before, in 1953, after John U. Monro '34 Director of the Financial Aid Office, spoke at a meeting of scholarship officers of the Conference...
Although the plan, as suggested by Monro's speech, was one of the many that first failed to gain majority support, it was kept in mind, and when the "sense of urgency" arose last August, it was again proposed, and this time secured a majority, although not unanimous support. Particulars of the program were then worked out, and the revised Conference rules and a detailed manual on their application were approved by the Conference Faculty representatives in February...
...Service, but found it necessary to set up its own office for the purpose, patterned after the C.S.S. The standards and procedures of the committee were set up by an ad hoc committee consisting of scholarship officers from three Big Ten schools which used the Financial Need system, and Monro...
...HELP loans are not of overly great use to Harvard undergraduates because of their four and one half percent interest, because they are limited to students living in Massachusetts, and because they are payable six months after graduation. Monro said that the HELP loans were much more useful at the graduate level than the undergraduate, since 70 percent of Harvard College graduates enter graduate work...
...Monro thought the HELP plan a good one even though it is not directed primarily at Harvard. The loans are limited to not more than $500 in any one academic year, and a total of $1500 in three years. First year students are not eligible for loans. The program, set up by the Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation, means that loans are available at lower rates and for longer periods than usual bank credit...