Word: scholarships
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Three Harvard men have been selected as a result of the Massachusetts competitive examinations in Latin, Greek and mathematics for the Rhodes Scholarship: these men will be retained for further consideration by the committee in charge of the scholarship. The successful candidate will be one of the following: G. H. Gifford '13, of East Boston; O. G. Saxon '14, of Garden City, L. I. N. Y.; and C. F. Hawkins 1G., of Warwick...
...general has its drawbacks. If undergraduate "human nature" were perfect, or if all the distractions,--subtle and otherwise,--which lead to procrastination and alas! too often to the professional tutor, could be swept away, then the "conference programme" would undoubtedly be a long step in advance toward thorough scholarship. As it is now, however, the proposed plan is directly opposed to the policy of more frequent tests, urged by the Student Council, as necessary to bring about regular and consistent work by undergraduates. The Columbia scheme may work admirably in the case of men of high standing, whose work needs...
...many the section assistant is an unapproachable being, devoid of all human interests and of all the qualities that make a successful teacher. The athletic system is a source of anxiety to students who believe that at present intercollegiate sport is conducted on a commercial and professional basis. Although scholarship is generally regarded as a useless and unnecessary asset in modern life, there are still a great many serious minded students who regard the problem of scholarship as Harvard's chief concern and never cease to worry over our present low standard. These are only a few examples of problems...
Committee on Scholarship: D. E. Dunbar '13, of Springfield, chairman; W. C. Brown, Jr., '14, of Hartford, Conn.; C. P. Curtis, Jr., '14, of Boston; A. P. McMahon '13, of Mexico City, Mex.; F. E. Richter '13, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; D. Sargent '13, of Wellesley...
...executive committee of the Student Council held last evening, the following chairmen of committees were appointed: committee on dramatics, T. M. Spelman '13, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; committee on athletics, D. C. Parmenter '13, of Gloucester; committee on publications, G. N. Phillips '13, of Middletown Springs, Vt.; committee on scholarship, D. E. Dunbar '13, of Springfield. H. B. Gill '13, of Lockport, N. Y., was appointed chairman of the committee on organizations last spring...