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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chief aims of both the National Scholarships and the newly established Nonresident Scholarships is to enable promising high school graduates to obtain a college education in cases where their families can contribute very little, if anything, toward their expenses. It has been our experience that there are a considerable number of able boys who are unable to go to college at all because of limited financial resources or who can obtain a college training only by an excessively heavy burden of outside work, which often defeats the purpose of attending college and frequently leads to a breakdown in health...
Both the extension of National Scholarships to Massachusetts and the proposal of study rooms, nevertheless, constitute a Godsend for the commuter. Eventually, it is to be hoped, more New England students will be given National Scholarships and more non-resident upperclassmen will obtain House privileges. Eventually also the balance between local students and students from other regions must be adjusted; then Harvard's scholarship plan will be truly national...
...above-cited figures indicate that an increase in financial aid for students is very necessary. Therefore, the Student Council Committee recommends very strongly that Harvard University apply for funds from the National Youth Administration in order to start a Student Work Program. It would then be possible to obtain jobs for 10% of the University's enrollment, enabling approximately 600 students to earn an average of $15 per month-or $135 for the college year. The Student Council Committee puts forward several important reasons in favor of N.Y.A...
...Dean's office refused permission to any piece of literature because of its subject matter. In the final form in which this suggestion was included in the rule, the officers of the Council were declared to be an alternate for the entire body if it was impossible to obtain a quorum...
...present time the only contributions which local charities obtain from the undergraduate body come out of the Student Council budget, and are very small. For example, last year the Community Fund got a total contribution of less than $1000 from the undergraduate body, including the proceeds of a special drive in the Clubs, while the teaching staff contributed $22,000, and the University employes kicked in with...