Word: scholarships
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...current issue of the Alumni Bulletin contains the following article, giving interesting facts about the scholarship holders in the University...
...encouraging fact that out of the 63 scholars of Group I, 23 have won John Harvard Scholarships; and out of the 165 of Group II, there are 65 Harvard College Scholars. But the point on which we should like to lay special emphasis is that among these honorary scholarship holders the men of public and private school preparation are almost equal in number. Of the John Harvard scholars, 13 came from public schools, 10 from private; of the Harvard College scholars, 30 from public schools, 35 from private; a total of 43 public and 45 private. Thus it appears that...
...following scholarships were awarded: Gordon David Houston '04 (1G.), of Washington, D. C., Daniel A. Buckley Scholarship; Robert Elman '19, of Syracuse, Harvard Club of Syracuse; Austin Rogers Frey '19, of Newark, N. J., Harvard Club of New Jersey; Mayo Adams Shattuck '19, of Seattle, Wash., Harvard Club of Seattle...
...Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made a study of the scholarship standards of the various classes, and reports some interesting results. An investigation extended over a number of years shows that members of Greek letter fraternities at Technology do as well in their studies as the average. The second year exhibits an average of scholarships at Technology that is below that of the first year, the third equals the first year's average, and the senior class average is the highest. That the second year should have a showing lower than the first is not unexpected in a school...
...opposite direction. Not only have many Oriental students come to American universities, especially for technical education, but European students have also visited our shores in greater numbers. One important effect of the war is expected to be the freeling of America from the intellectual domination of European scholarship. Another result should be an increased number of students in the universities of a land unhampered by the hardships of a reconstruction. All this means a wider influence for American thought; it should also mean a broader view for the American student toward the ideas of other races...