Word: scholar
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...Babbitt is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of the University and is widely known for his position as a scholar not merely of the Romance Languages but of all contemporary literature. He is the author among other books of "The New Laocoon", and "The Masters of French Criticism" and the editor of Taines "Introduction to the History of English Literature...
...editorial which recently appeared in the Michigan Daily asserts that contrary to sentiments one hears frequently about college the successful scholar is not looked down upon for gaining high marks; he receives congratulations whereever he goes; he holds the admiration of acquaintances who realize that he is a human being as well as a scholar; and his is the case where virtue is its own reward...
Professor Platner was an accomplished scholar and an excellent teacher of church history, as well as a popular preacher in the Congregational churches. In 1919-20 he had charge of the pulpit in the State Street Church at Portland, Me. As Dean, his relations with the students of Andover Seminary were singularly intimate...
...author of the communication, "The True Scholar", charges the movement on behalf of "recognizing scholarship" with being characterized by the lack of "perfectly clear thinking", and also infers that the recognition of scholarship would not aid in stimulating its pursuit. It seems to me, in spite of this trenchant criticism, very sound reasoning that if scholarship is given the recognition which it justly deserves, equal to that granted to athletics and publications, the more enthusiastic men in college will aspire after it with the same spirit that prompts them to strive for either of the two leading roles of undergraduate...
Every effort should be made to raise the regard in which the scholar in the college is held. Such a movement would promote the best interests of the college, and would in due time raise the standard of scholarship in the American Universities and more fully justify the prestige of the college graduate. JAVIER E. MOLINA...