, 1873-01-02
intercollegiate gc1to1nrslii ipss

Colonel 11ggnson, In the current number OF
6critner's Monthly, auggoataa ayatom Of iutor-
collegiate scholarships aB IN additional ncon-
tire to atudy. It Ia not uncommon, oithor In
England or In this country, for wealthy mon to
ondow scholarships ut Bomn particular inatitu-
ton Of learning for graduates or uudcrgredu-
atoa by providing fund.- tho interest OF which
shall bo uBod for tho benefit Of tho succoBsful
competitor in continuing his studies. In Har-
vard College, for instance, tho foundor
Of ono OF theso scholarships directs that
a member shall 10 selected from tho
senior class, according to his Attachments and
character, and shall l,nvo n certain annual In
como on condition that llo Bllall reside at Cam
bridge; ehal faithfully dovote Ills timo to cor-
tain branch Of htudioB that rnny DO selected and
shall, from time to Nnao, giye evidence Of his
progress by osBayB aud dissertations, which
shall DO at tho disposal Of tho college. Tho pur-
poso Of this and similar ontlowmonts Ia to ena-
bio collegiatos to pursue their studies, In tho
particular branohca which nay DO most congo
NAL to thon1, further than thoy can do 1t in tho
college curriculum, and that thoy may thus con-
tribute tho moro to science, literature,
or aoma one Of tho professions.
Tho idea Of tho proposed intercollegiate sohol-
arships iB that tho bonofciarios may not bo con-
fined to any ono university, but mag, after grad
uating; enjoy tho assistance Of tho annual ill-
como at any college which may otfor thom tic best
facilities for tho studies which thoy desire to
pursue. Such ondowmenta would also promote
4 l1na1thful rvalry botweon tho yaripun odrca-
tional institutions of tho country. Each senior
class would hare college pride in securing for
one Of its meubors tho distinction Of such a
scholarship IT it wore to bo bestowed upon a
graduate; and tho aa1re would DO true Of all
othor clasHcs in tho caso Of undergraduate
scholarships.
Tho ldoa of intermediate scholarships was
suggested by tho universal interest TINT all COL
lcges, including tho faculty, tho undergraduates,
mud the alumni WHO aro scattered throughout
tho whole country, find In the Intercollegiate
| Regatta which ia hold onco year. II muscular
! development and superior skill In rowing boat
can command 30 much rivalry among tito Btu-
| dents, aud 80 mich interest among al who have
/ over been students, it is only reasonable
| to aupposo that substantial reward
for intellectual advancement will cali out q
struggle for tho mastery. Tho wealthy men who
aro willing to grant ondowmcnts for educational
[ purposes cannot, perhaps, do bottor than to Co.
tsblisl scholarships which, in bestowing $500
or $500 year on auccossfut candidates., will ona-
bio thom to ta}io advantage Of tho instruction al
Yale, at Harvard, at Brown, at Amherst, at Ann
Arbor, or at any college in tho country which
ot1ora them tho bost advantages for the pasticu.
! lar study which thoy wish to follow. Colone|
| Higgiuson auggasts that tile earlier intoreollegi
alo scholarships should DO given for excel
1enco III philology, in Mathematics, and IL
Natural History, tho Examing Committees
to bo choson respectively from tho Pathological
| Society, tho Coast Survey, aud tho Smithsonian