Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Thomas C Sloane, who died in June, 1890. The Christman Fund, amounting to more than $22,000, bequeathed by Joseph A. Christman '57, who died in 1888, has been added to the list of aids, the income being given to poor and deserving students. There are also four new scholarship funds for poor men, amounting to over $19,000. The price of college rooms remains the same, but the estimate of expenses has been somewhat reduced. The number of instructors is 154, an increase of seven over last year. 120 courses are now offered as against last year...
Samuel Dexter, 2nd, was a native of Boston where he prepared for college. He attended Hopkinson's School for several years, whence he entered Harvard in the fall of 1886. He at once gained an enviable position both in scholarship and in a social way. He was a diligent student, interested moreover, in a multitude of subjects outside of his studies; and his collegiate standing was excellent...
There are 320 colleges in France. At Olivet students are not allowed to enter any field day sport unless their scholarship average is eighty per cent...
President Eliot has expressed himself in favor of the scholarship plan. Scholarships of $450, he said, would be sufficient for tuition, board, books and other necessary expenses. The saving in this scheme over that of founding an entirely new university would be enormous. It would cost the city of Boston about one-hundredth of what would have to be spent on a new foundation. President Eliot suggested that the scholarships be given to competent students, and that they be allowed to pursue their higher education in whatever university they pleased. If it was necessary to give local scholarships, let them...
...propositions have been much discussed in the Boston papers this week. Among those who have been interviewed are President Eliot, President Charles T. Thwing, of Adelbert College, ex Governor Clafin, president of the Corporation of Brown University. All of these have taken strong ground in favor of the scholarship plan, and the weight of opinion certainly seems to be on that side. After detailing the many difficulties which surround the establishment of a new college, President Thwing went on to show why an established university, such as Harvard, where in every department the courses offered are many and rich...