Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...days in the year, the average preoccupied undergraduate forgets about his obscure brother, the scholar; but one day each year is set aside in which the student comes into his own. This spring that day, "Phi Beta Kappa Day," is next Monday...
...reason for the insignificance of the scholar in undergraduate affairs during such a large part of the year is a problem which thwarts the insight of any ambitious Oedipus who hopes to settle the question, but certain conclusions may be drawn safely, as in most cases the blame can best be laid to both parties--the average undergraduate, and the scholar...
Another cause of the low rating of the scholar is the opinion (very prevalent among the a. u.) that "I could get just as good marks if I spent as much time studying as he does." This is a very comfortable belief, which can never be disproved in the college because it is certain that the a. u. will never try the "studying" experiment. In the Graduate Schools, however, where scholastic attainment is more highly prized, a comparison of grades shows the evidence to be heavy against the complacent belief...
...Lawrenceville, N. Y. The Jeramy Bleknap Prize of $50 for the best French composition written by a first-year student in Harvard College has been awarded to Marion W. Self '23 of Abilenen, Tex. David Berman '20 of Roxbury won the Sales Prize of $45 for the best scholar in Spanish...
...Eliot says secondly, "no school or college should have a completely prescribed curriculum." Why not? West Point does not aim to produce a learned scholar but an educated officer, a man who, though he does not "know it all," is capable of finding out what he needs to know when he needs it. Certain courses of study have been found best suited and peculiarly adapted to the needs of an army officer; these are given the cadet. The rest of his time is devoted to learning the duties of his profession, horsemanship, marksmanship, drills of the different branches...