Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would have been deserved, since conferred by the authorities of Princeton College. But the question of beneficiary aid-which, it should be noted was first raised by the officers of the Princeton Association-is irrelevant. We are not aware that the receipt of beneficiary aid, earned by good scholarship and good conduct, has anywhere been held to render the recipient ineligible for membership of a crew, a nine, or an eleven. It would have been much more to the point to have presented evidence in the "official statement" in refutation of the wide-spread opinion that three of the players...
...told you when there that I thought we could get you a scholarship. I have since found out that we can get one for you and also for any particular friend that you may have. I can also get a club for you and a friend. In fact we can give you all that could be desired, I think...
...intimated that scholarships have been conferred by the Harvard Faculty in order to attract athletic men. In answer to this charge it is only necessary to state, if indeed any statement is necessary, that all scholarships in Harvard University are conferred by special votes of a Faculty or of the Academic Council, and confirmed by the Corporation; and that in both bodies the only grounds of bestowal are good scholarship and need. It should perhaps be added, in specific answer to the allegation that "a number of the Harvard Eleven are at present beneficiaries of the college funds," that only...
...Inducements of the character mentioned, a scholarship and pecuniary compensation, a ticket to Boston, etc., were extended to me by a Harvard man early in November to enter the Law School at Harvard and become a member of the Harvard Nine and Football Eleven...
...offence against good morals and college discipline that we regret that Mr. Ammerman has not seen fit to be more explicit. It seems likely that Mr. Ammerman has been imposed upon. It is extremely improbable that any "Harvard man" would have had the temerity to offer him a scholarship in the Law School. These scholarships-eight in number-are assigned in October, and are given only to those who have been a year in residence and have passed with credit the annual examinations in June preceding...