Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...most important contribution to the January Monthly is an extremely interesting article by Professor Ashley on "Scholarships at Harvard and at Oxford." The holders of scholarships and their positions in the two Universities, rather than the scholarships themselves, are, more strictly, the subjects of this article in which Professor Ashley points out the lamentable "lack of position" of the Harvard scholar and gives what he thinks are two reasons for it. The chief of these is the restriction of candidates to those who, in the language of the catalogue, are "in indigent circumstances" and "in need of aid,"--a restriction...
Another reason, according to Professor Ashley, "is that the scholarships are of too small amounts; that there are far too few of four hundred dollars and far too many of one hundred and fifty or less." In Oxford a "scholar" gets his scholarship by examination before he enters the university and then holds it throughout his university career. The result is not only to make the scholarships more desirable, but to affect the schools which, in England, instead of "preparing men to satisfy the 'entrance requirements'", fit them to try for scholarships. So Professor Ashley ends by saying...
Under the auspices of the Cantabrigia Club, Mr. Jacob A. Riis of New York, will give a stereopticon lecture in Sanders Theatre at eight O'clock this evening on "The Battle with the Slums." The proceeds of the lecture will be devoted to the Cantabrigia Radcliffe Scholarship Fund. Reserved seats, at fifty cents each, may be obtained t Sever's and Amee...
Radcliffe College Scholarship Fund. The Battle with the Slums. (Illustrated with Stereopticon). Mr. Jacob A. Riis, author of "How the other Half Lives." Sanders Theatre, 8 p. m. Tickets with reserved seats, fifty cents, for sale at Seaver's and Amee...
...number of scholarship funds founded after 1850 is as follows: Between 1850 and 1860, 6; from 1860-1870,10; from 1870-1880, 17; from 1880-1890, 15; from...