Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dominique Audollents sG.B., a Victor Chapman scholar in this country, undertook to play the part of Callieres at short notice, only starting to rehearse Monday as the actor originally casted for the part was unable to continue in the cast...
Such courses, in which a mature scholar sets forth briefly the results of long study, are extremely valuable for such students as have the necessary background to enable them to appreciate the content of these courses, but there is always a danger that such a course may be discovered by an enterprising undergraduate in search of something that he can pass. And such courses are not usually difficult to pass. As an example from another field one might cite the discovery of radium, which to the scientific man was a matter of profound significance affecting the whole fabric of physical...
Although the University will suffer a distinct loss in the temporary absence of Professor Hart, who is to lecture at the Sorbonne, it is especially fortunate in securing in exchange such an eminent scholar as Dean Henri Guy of the University at Toulouse. An author, lecturer, savant, of the highest rank, the name of Henri Guy has long been known to American students. He is a worthy successor to Professors Cestre and LevyBruhl and will be welcome not only to the University but to lovers of French literature among the general public...
These two opinions--the low value set on scholastic achievement and the belief that it is easy to obtain--work in a vicious circle which lowers the prestige of the scholar...
...real bottom of the matter, it is the scholar alone who is responsible for his standing in the college and it is up to him, not the average undergraduate, to make a worth-while position for scholarship...