Word: niemans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twelve professional newspapermen, who each won a year at Harvard by way of the University's Nieman Fellowships, settled comfortably back into overstuffed armchairs in their Holyoke House headquarters this week and declared themselves "very happy" over the results so far of the holiday here...
...that's exactly how Harvard and Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman planned it. Founded in 1937 by the bequest of Mrs. Nieman, widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, the fellowships offer working journalists the chance to spend a year at the University attending what courses and lectures they please...
...course when the Nieman Fellows talk about competition they're not worrying about marks. But just the same the students keep them on their toes. One fellow goes to the blackboard regularly in beginning French, and, of the 11 in Merk's course, six took the hour exam. The mean mark was B minus, and only one received...
...Nieman fellowship isn't all classes, and the newsmen take pride in their special activities, such as field trips to the United Nations, Faculty Club seminars, periodic dinners with outside newspapermen, and a writing seminar with Theodore Morrison. "And you can usually find at least one of us at every one of Harvard's evening speeches and forums," someone added...
...Other Nieman fellows this year besides those already named include...