Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Joseph H. Choate as American Ambassador to England did much to promote friendly relations between the two countries. It is appropriate therefore that a memorial for him should take the form of a scholarship for English students at the University...
...high intellectual achievement. A Phi Beta Kappa key is the only incentive, and, in general, this is accessible only to men with an unusual ability for cataloging and remembering facts. The student who lacks enthusiasm for Phi Beta Kappa turns his attention to some college activity other than scholarship where he is stimulated by what he feels to be real competition. These activities, although they offer valuable experience, are not--can never be, a substitute for scholastic work...
...achievement more attractive. The division of various courses into sections, in order that the more able students may have more opportunity for development, would be a valuable, though it is by no means a complete solution of the question. Students, as individuals, should be given more attention; competition in scholarship should be stimulated. The section men and assistants, who do not arouse enthusiasm should be supplanted, if possible, by more able men. The University should aim, at whatever cost, to obtain an ever increasing number of instructors of the highest calibre. A faculty which has men of national or even...
...undeniable decline of scholarship at Harvard--but no more at Harvard than at other colleges--is due not so much to banking interests in the Corporation as to the absence of great scholars in the Faculty. It is the reputation of great teaching which attracts men to the college and which impels students to seek scholastic attainment. The greatest difficulty Harvard now faces is the lack of funds; professors have been asked to accept positions here, in some cases, for $2,000 less than they were getting. Such a situation cannot but keep able men from coming here...
...corporation having voted to levy on all students entering next fall and thereafter a charge of $240 a year. This represents an increase of $40 in the Sheffield Scientific School and of $80 in the college itself. An effort will be made to help deserving and poor students with scholarship...