Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that not one man in twenty) years--not one man in twenty years--who was satisfied in Harvard College with grades of 'C' and lower gained distinction in the studies of the Harvard Law School." In this lies the kernel of the entire discussion concerning the value of high scholarship. The number of "A's" or "B's" a man gets are of no earthly use in themselves but the acquirement by the student of the habit of concentrated work which resulted in the high grades is the valuable asset. Every man who graduates from college with honors must have...
President Foster has published convincing statistics. High scholarship in the majority of cases means success after graduation. How long will the undergraduate look through dark glasses...
There must be distinct gratification for all the Harvard Clubs of the country in the report, lately issued by the University, that the men whom these clubs send to College on special scholarship funds are on the whole giving and excellent account of themselves. Elsewhere we have had something to say of the fallacy of imagining that high grades achieved in college are always a sure measure of students capabilities. Yet nothing argued on this score can go to defeat the practical truth that men who achieve fairly good rating in college are so acquiring about the most tangible evidence...
Among the incentives to student ambition at Harvard this year is a prize of $200 for the best paper on plumbing. What plumbing has to do with scholarship and its bearing on proficiency in Latin or football is not quite clear. Yet in a sense plumbing is a classical theme; the pipes, by which the water was conducted through the Roman baths were early examples of the plumber's art and no doubt a comprehensive academic dissertation on the subject would trace their relation to the modern bath...
...answer to the discussion which has been prevalent, that the beneficiaries of scholarships maintained by Harvard Clubs do not sufficiently distinguish themselves as scholars in College, the Alumni Bulletin publishes some statistic dealing with the honor men of 1916. These figures show that of the 143 men who received honors at the last Commencement, 61, or nearly 43 per cent received financial aid as Freshmen. For this financial support thirteen Harvard Clubs and several separate scholarship foundations are responsible. The following is the table given the Bulletin: Men with "cum laude" 66 Scholarship holders 24 Men with distinctions...