Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...football poll you conducted was not a fair statement of alternatives. I do not think that present policy considers scholarships an inducement to good high school students, or a reward for high grades at college. Scholarships are intended to put into practical terms what Harvard considers the proper qualifications for admissions and Deans List; if students can support themselves they are not eligible for scholarships no matter how good their record. This is a bold attempt to eliminate the economic factor privately in higher education, and represents perhaps the most liberal scholarship philosophy of any university...
...Progressives had referred to the "National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students," one of the six organizations on the Combined Charity list. The fund helps Negroes got into non-segregated colleges...
According to the original YPH statement, the National Scholarship Service was a fake name invented by the Student Council and the money donated to it actually went to the United Negro College Fund, which helps private, segregated Negro colleges...
...present National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students is a prominent national charity, he said, and is backed by the presidents of Wellesley, Radcliffe, and Princeton, and by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Five charities will benefit from Radcliffe's Combined Charities Drive starting today and running through Friday. Students will be asked to contribute to one or all of the listed organizations; the Boston Community Fund. Children's Medical Center, Kobe College is Japan, the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Student, and the World Student Service Fund...