Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Other countries often wonder why it is that in American colleges more honor is not paid to pure scholarship. In England the scholars are socially the best men in the universities, in general ranking even above the athletes. At Harvard, to be sure, scholarship is not despised, but it is admitted that the scholars do not receive the honor which they ought; and when they are respected it is usually for combining their scholarship with success in the outside interests which are looked upon more favorably by the undergraduates...
...method and time of election to Phi Beta Kappa. If the requirements for membership were defined, and if the terms of election were arranged so that the best scholars could make the society earlier in their course, there is no doubt but that the members, and through them, scholarship in general, would have greater prominence in undergraduate life. Secondly, the system of detailed marking at Harvard is not such as to encourage thinking in a broad way. It is often too much of a temptation to work for the mark alone, which of course defeats the end of true scholarship...
...examination for the Ricardo Prize Scholarship will be held in Upper Dane this morning at 9 o'clock. The Scholarship, which has an annual income of $350, is awarded to a student who shall be a member of the Senior class or of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and who shall devote himself to the study of economics, and, more particularly, of problems connected with public service industries...
...examination for the Ricardo Prize Scholarship will be held in Upper Dane on Saturday at 9 o'clock. The Scholarship, which has an annual income of $350, is awarded to a student who shall be a member of the Senior class or of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and who shall devote himself to the study of economics, and, more particularly, of problems connected with public service industries. The scholarship is awarded without regard to the pecuniary needs of the candidates...
Last day for making application for the Ricardo Prize Scholarship...