Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Middle Ages, the universities were huge; but the men there spoke and wrote one language--Latin--and were bound together by the church. Today scholarship cannot be one in the same sense. The unity comes in another way. Every year more American students go to Germany, and, as a result, a revolution of thought is occurring. The arrival of German professors in this country brought something few could get until then, for only the wealthy could afford to pursue their studies abroad. Of these professors, Professor Kuehnemann is one of the most cherished. President Lowell closed with these words: "When...
Last day for making application for the Ricardo Prize Scholarship...
...preamble hit it off very well--"Why not trot the poor old scholar out?" There was a certain sign of patronage for the scholar on the part of the man of the world, in which the poet joined. I should have been glad if the dignity of scholarship had been a bit more emphasized...
...following scholarships for 1908-09 have also been awarded: Class of 1867 Scholarship, to T. R. Schoonmaker '12, of Paterson, New Jersey, one-half, and to J. L. Weinberg '12, of Cleveland, Ohio, one-half; Mary L. Whitney Scholarship to T. P. Williams '12, of New York; George Newhall Clark Scholarship to P. Gustafson '12, of Arlington, and J. C. Trumbull '12 of Salem; Joseph Eveleth Scholarship to D. Haar '11, of New York, and A. E. Phoutrides, of Alexandria, Egypt...
Robert Grant '73 then read a poem contrasting athletic glory in undergraduate life with scholarly glory in after-life. He began by satirizing the undergraduate's attitude in regard to athletics and scholarship, and closed by citing the tremendous power which the trained mind has in the world...