Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...high character and ability has long been respected. As professor of Greek and Latin for fourteen years, he influenced the men who sat before him, not only instructing them from his wide knowledge, but inspiring them by his personality and leading them on to the more advanced fields of scholarship. Professor Parker loved the subject he taught, and what is exceptional, he was able to impart a like feeling of devotion to his students...
This gift, which is to be known as the Class Memorial Scholarship, is by a large margin the largest scholarship given any Freshman. The dividing of the sum into two scholarships has been advocated, but this, it was thought, would defeat the purpose of the gift, which is meant to be desirable not only for the sake of the money but for the honor that goes with...
...success or failure of the precedent set by the Class of 1919 rests on whether it is adopted and carried out by the Class of 1920 and subsequent entering classes. The scholarship idea is one which will be possible for the classes to continue because the class collection always exceeds the expenses...
...scholarship will be awarded by last year's officers of 1919 at a meeting of the Freshman Class in Smith Common Room next Monday, December 4, at 7.30 o'clock. Dean Yeomans will speak and the executive board of the Class of 1919 will be present
...spirit of the Class of 1919 in establishing a scholarship is worthy of the highest praise. However much in after life a class may be able to help the University which did so much for it, no gift can have the peculiar significance of one presented by undergraduates. College students as a rule are not burdened with too much money and their generosity forms a very vital sacrifice. The Class of 1918 was thoughtful in its gift of a sun dial. But more valuable than sun dials, or any other concrete work of art, is an aid which will bring...