Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...rich and the sons of the poor, the college is mainly recruited from the independent, well-to-do class, who are neither very rich nor very poor. For a poor man with brains Harvard is, I believe, the cheapest college in the country, because of our large scholarship funds. For a poor student without brains it is not to be recommended. I not infrequently have heard apprehension expressed lest, in consequence of the number of our scholarships, good scholarship should come to be associated with poverty, lest the 'digs' should all be poor men. That has not yet happened...
...holds, - a position so dear to the heart of every student, the championship both of the bat and of the oar - in a great measure due to the leaders which '78 has furnished, but in everything that makes up a university reputation, and especially in its essential feature, good scholarship, the graduating class will bear comparison with its immediate predecessors, and these, it is well known, fully sustained the renown of their Alma Mater. Although the summa cum laude was not attained by any member of the class, it is well known that one at least came so near...
Resolved, That while he reflected high credit on himself and his class by the excellence of his scholarship, he endeared himself still more to them by his upright character, his generous disposition, and his genial manners. While we grieve that he should be taken away so early, we are thankful for the opportunity we have had for his acquaintance, and we deeply sympathize with his family in a loss the greatness of which knowledge of him enables us to appreciate...
...field. The consequences of the new rule are evident. Either the honor men will fail in their examinations, and the crew will neglect their electives, or both will overwork themselves and injure their health. We cannot see how the former privilege could injure a student or the standard of scholarship in the College, and we should like to urge upon the Faculty to reconsider this step, and unless there is a cogent reason for their action, to restore a liberty which does not seem to have been abused...
...heartily indorse the views of the Advocate in regard to printing in the Catalogue the names of the holders of "Scholarships." Such a course will give an uncalled-for publicity to the names, and the fact that it will gratify the curiosity of a few is no reason for adopting it. The matter is a delicate one, and suggests the need of rewards for scholarship itself, in addition to the present general provision for pecuniary aid. If the Faculty persist in the course upon which they have determined, we may expect to find the names of those who hold "scholarships...