New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
HOW HARVARD AIDS
WORKING STUDENTS
LEADS I'LL UNIVERSITIES,
SAYS DIR. ELIOT.
Bureau Erpects to Find Pioces for
I,7O0 Graduafes and Lndergrad-
uates This Ycar.

There Is no place in or country. % airh.r
education. where there IS accessible - crest =
Of profitable empl5 ynert for the student -
he goes through college. and there = no p'acs
where the funds. Riyen by the bensfscto-x os two
centuries and three-quartsrs. ample ss thev
are In Harvard University for aiding promising
students"
President Eliot said this IN speech A. -.~s-,
meeting Of the New England Federation % Ha--
ward Clubs. Without attempting 70 discuss ~.
matter or to compare Harvard with other. un-
versit!es. It il interesting to consider what fac-
ties Harvard offers TO the poor student who must
work while he acquires learliug.
There FIVE ways IN which the UNIVERSITY sfd
funds are given out-in scholarships n bz1af-f.~v
aids. in~loan funds. IN prizes and ir jha P-lra
Greenleaf Aid An annual income Of ss9aa fs given
out in the form of scholarships. Of which there 81.
l6o- The largest amo-E- given iH q single scholar
ship is $3.50 and the smallest $50 An idea sser,.
10 be prevalent in non-academic circles thai 4
scholarship is kind Of prize awarded fc- r.za
nlafKs- ms Is by no means the Harvard
for the scholarships there are given according u
the needs Of the student. and his promise as in
dicated by his university work in other words I
scholarship is awarded to student who really
needs It and who shows his industry By trying -
do his best in his studies. though he may not -
brilliant enough to get the highest marks in h.,
class The first scholarship which
founded in Harvard given In 1543 by LADY san
Mowlson, who I'm that year gave E1C0 iI "cGrrent
English money: this has grown D. com
pound interest until the income from il now
amounts to s225.
The income dispersed in the form OF beneficiary
funds or aids. Is 500 and It IS given az the ds
cretion Of the faculty in sums of so. The nrgt
benefCiarv fund founded years after the
first scholarship. when John Glover. OF Boston.
gave annuity OF ''nve pounds a years foreve-
for & towards the maintenance Or a fellow
there" The income from the loan fund. amounting
to about 81 oD9 IS under the control Of a beard %
trustees. which lends it to deserving Students IL
OF $50 10 s75. The student borrow money
from the loan fund just ne would from inlii-
vidual and he is supposed to pay II back
after his graduation is able do
The income Of the Price Greenieaf Ald-Sfs oG0-
places 1t second only to the scholarships tI irpor
tsncs The special significance Of the Price Green
leaf Aid lies in the fact that il is practically tis
only university fund ope9 freshmen The none
is awarded in OF from 500 20 $3.50 70 ST.
dents who are highly recommended bv the schools
from which they come. and any boy who receives
It may be required the university as n1oui-
tor or assistant four hours week The Prizes
Gresnleaf Aid founded in 1857 by Ezekiel Prfcs
Greenleaf. OF Quincy, who also gave Scholarships
whose income is $4,000 There prizes of var
Gus amounts for various subjects the highest rriz4
amounting 70 $500 but prize is too uncertain
thing TO depend for living. there Is nesd
for considering the prizes here