Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...supervision" of Freshmen. The Harvard authorities do not care to direct the mode of living of its students either in the Freshman dormitories or in the Houses. What Harvard does is to place the opportunity before an undergraduate, and with the possible exception of the question of standards of scholarship, leave it up to him to take it if he wants to. Freshman Deans, Advisers. Proctors and Supervisors are on hand for anyone to consult who wants to, but unless a man is in scholastic difficulties they are still only an opportunity. That these advisers are tutors, instructors, professors...
...many persons who have hoped that the Phi Beta Kappa Society might stand for a scholarship higher than that attainable by the mere grinding out of course grades, its conduct in the Spring elections has brought a very rude awakening. When there were but two days left until the final announcement of honors by the faculty the Phi Beta Kappa Society met and elected the last twenty-five men from the Class...
...year's routine at the Harvard Library. Other chapters could be written, that would be less spectacular but just as full of every-day human interest and quite as important for the all around development of the Library as the greatest of all collections for the prosecution of productive scholarship, as well as for the education of young Americans. More significant than anything else in this record, however, is the fact that nothing has happened in 1928-29 which is not likely to be matched, and maybe bettered...
...Diploma is awarded to a member of the graduating class and the Fay Scholarship goes to an outstanding scholar in the first year class. The income for these awards is derived from a gift in memory of Jonathan Fay A.B. 1778 and his son Samuel...
...same time the Fay Diploma and the Fay Scholarship awards will be announced. The names of all men securing the degree of S.J.D. will be listed...