Word: fellowship
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Without prejudice to other pressing needs of the University it may safely be said that no donation could be more welcome than that applied under the conditions stipulated, to the Ricardo Fellowship. The peculiar feature of this scholarship is, as indicated in the announcement which appears in the CRIMSON today, that it is to be awarded without reference to the pecuniary need, and solely upon the scholarly merits of the candidates. Taking into consideration not only the papers submitted in competition, but also the general capacity shown by each man in his previous academic work. As is well known, practically...
...Ricardo Fellowship, with an annual income of $350, for the study of "Some Phase or Phases of the Relations of the Public to Public Service Corporations, including the questions of Governmental and Municipal Ownership and Management," will be awarded for the year...
...incumbent will be selected from among candidates who shall hand in essays on the subject whereof the study is to be promoted by the Fellowship. Competition is open to all candidates for the degree of A. B. in Harvard University in the year 1898, and to members of the Graduate School and the Law School; and, by the terms of the gift, the award is to be made solely with regard to promise and capacity as evidenced by the essays and the general records of candidates, and without regard to their pecuniary means. The holder of the Fellowship will...
...award and administration of the Fellowship will be in charge of the Department of Economics. The essays of candidates must be handed in not later than September 1, 1898, and the award will be made not later than September 20, 1898. The essays may be historical, theoretical, or descriptive; they may refer to one industry alone, or to general questions arising in connection with several industries; they may refer to one country or place, or discuss and compare the experience or the problems of several countries...
...recent pupils, Lane and Gilder-sleeve: 'Vivorum juverum et candore animi praecellentium et ad ornandas in illo orbe litteras antiquitatis vatorum." Many interesting traditions, some of them perhaps slightly mythical, long survived in Germany, testifying to the high estimation in which Lane's scholarship and good fellowship were held, and to the strict conscientiousness with which he devoted himself, in season and out of season, to the study of his chosen profession. One of his German friends once said that it was not true that he could speak German like a native (as was sometimes reported), but that...