Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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First, that the plans of a reception and dinner to high scholars of the Sophomore class of Harvard College be made an annual event as a tribute to scholarship and as a mark of this club's appreciation of the prompt and generous action of the College authorities...
...CRIMSON that marks in courses alone are not the best criterion of intellectual achievement. He takes issue upon other points but fails to consider the real reason that led to the suggestion. Believing that the Phi Beta Kappa could be of greater service to the University by encouraging good scholarship as well as rewarding it we brought forth the proposal that a few men be elected on the basis of their first year record. Thereby it was thought that many who now devote themselves to other fields might be started on the road of scholastic attainment. Many would be called...
...were explained that men who did exceptionally good work in Freshman year were eligible for election at the beginning of Sophomore year, it is probable that the society could still more effectively encourage high scholarship in the University. Men well capable of attaining high scholastic honors, who have interests in the varied College activities are now often deterred from doing their best work in their studies. Were it possible to see a goal within reach at the end of one year, many more might be attracted to the ranks of Harvard scholars...
...establishment of a "Henry Russell Shaw Fund" of $35,000 is made in the will of the late Grace R. Shaw who died last Sunday. The fund, which is to be used to give Harvard graduates a chance to travel abroad, but which is not based on scholarship qualifications, is to be largely increased if certain other bequests fail...
...done by travelling fellowships intended to provide the means of study and research for young men who are preparing themselves for a scholar's career, I have in mind a different object, which is that of benefiting young men of worth, who, without necessarily having attained to the highest scholarship in college, have made good use of their opportunities and give promise of success in professional or business careers...