Word: phi
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...commenting on the action of the Graduate Board of the University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in establishing a trophy to be competed for by the preparatory schools of the country, with standing in the entrance examinations as the basis for awarding the trophy, the Philadelphia Public Ledger says, "The scheme displays a praiseworthy concern that scholarly merit should not hide its mute, inglorious light under a bushel; it remains to be seen whether it is able to develop even a respectable rivalry with the natural interest boys and young men feel in competitive physical exercise. The hero in school...
...CRIMSON is inclined to agree with the Ledger's view, which takes into account the curious psychology that puts the strong arm in a higher place than the well developed brain. Under precent though not necessarily normal conditions, the Phi Beta Kapa trophy may serve as an incentive to increased effort in the field of studies, but it is not apt to reduce materially the importance many sub-Freshmen attach to athletic ability and achievements. The idea of such a trophy, is, nevertheless, a good one, and the competition for it and its final award will be watched with interest...
...Graduate Board of the University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has taken a step calculated to stimulate interest in that organization, and to extend its influence into the schools. Beginning with next year, a tablet in bas relief will be bestowed upon the school whose graduates enter the University with the highest standing. At the end of ten years this trophy will remain in the permanent possession of the school in whose hands it has been placed the greatest number of times. From year to year, the names of the different successful institutions will be appended to the tablet...
...plan similar to this has ever before been made, but providing it proves successful, it will probably be taken up by Phi Beta Kappa chapters in other colleges...
...value to the University is worth considering also. Should Harvard feel less ashamed of losing a debate than a ball game? If men come to College to learn baseball or football, and that alone, an athletic defeat would rightly bring greater chagrin. But--the young men who sneer at Phi Beta Kappa and other scholarly achievements to the contrary notwithstanding -- one comes to College to improve one's mind, not one's batting eye. So a defeat in debating--since it is a contest of minds.--should be even more of a blow to the pride of the College than...