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Thomas Arnold "McGovern '29, of Schenectady, New York was elected Rhodes Scholar-at-large from the United States at a meeting of a special committee of selection in New York City on Thursday, according to an announcement made last night by Frank Aydelotte '03, president of Swarthmore College at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania...
...committee of selection which chose McGovern as Scholar-at-large was presided over by Dr. A. D. Lindsay, Master of Balliol College, who is at present giving the Cooper Foundation Lectures at Swarthmore College and who will deliver the Godkin Lectures at Harvard on February 5 and 7. The other members of the committee, all former Rhodes Scholars, were H. A. Moe of New York, Scholar-at-large from Minnesota in 1919. Professor R. M. Scoon, of Princeton, 1907 Rhodes Scholar from New York, George Hurley '11, of Providence. 1907 Rhodes Scholar from Rhode Island, and A. C. Valentine...
...English department, professor, and author, with a distinguished career behind him and a bright future ahead, he has served Harvard faithfully and well for four years. The Faculty of the University in general, the English Department in particular, can ill afford the departure of so eminent a scholar and educator. While deploring Harvard's unfortunate loss, the University of California must be congratulated on having acquired Professor Tatlock. His absence will be felt here, but being unavoidable it can only be hoped that he will help bridge the gap which, due to geographical considerations, must inevitably separate the University...
Dunster's first curriculum was an ambitious one, including not only Greek and Hebrew but other oriental languages, in which he was himself a noted scholar. He adopted the thrifty expedient of having a student translate the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek at morning prayers, and the New Testament from English into Greek at evening prayers, so as to combine piety and scholarship. But he did much else than teach. The College was supported largely by a "country rate" laid by the General Court in the towns, whose tax-collectors sometimes needed a personal visit before they would "come...
...Rhodes Scholars have accomplished much that can be reckoned on paper. Last year, for example, nine Rhodes Scholars received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy; seven were awarded a B. Litt; five a B.Sc.; 4 a B. C. L., all of a high class. There were five Firsts among the B. A.'s, and twenty-seven Seconds. A number of University distinctions were won by the Rhodes Scholars of last year. Thirty-two represented Oxford in various sports against Cambridge. In other University and College activities, the Rhodes Scholars have taken and are taking a prominent part. For example...