Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
BY BENJAMIN. FINE, Ph.D.,
and SIDNEY EISENBERG

BY BENJAMIN. FINE, Ph.D.,
and SIDNEY EISENBERG
FelIowships to ia American
and foreign women for research
and advanced study during
1963-64 have been announced
by the American Association of
University Women Educational
Foundation. This years awards
total $3l6,500, an increase of
$56500 over last year.
Half of the American
scholars will work in the
humanities at universities here
and abroad. Most of the inter-
national fellows will concen-
trate scientific research.
Full information about the
awards is available from the
foundation, 2401 Virginia ave-
nue. NV, Washington Z, D. c.
Full hundred gifted high
school students in Is States and
the District of Columbia have
beer, named as superior science
students In the 1868 General
Electric student research fell
lows program. ALI juniors in
high school, they will compete
for 40 student research fellow
ships in physics and chemistry.
Winners of the 20 all
expense fellowships will spend
six weeks at Union College in
Schenectady, N. Y, this sum-
mer under the joint sponsor
ship Of the college and the
General Electric Foundation.
information Available
The General Electric pro-
gram is open to juniors in
public. private, or parochial
schools in New York, New
England, the Middle Atlantic
States and the District Of CO.
lumbia. The sessions run from
June to mid-August. Informa-
ton about requirements is
available from the Public In
formation Bureau, General
Electric, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Marshall scholarship
plan is 10 years old this year.
Thus far $50 American college
students have benefited from
this British government plan
to bring promising first degree
graduates to Britain for two
years or more of study. This
month another "a Americans
from 10 colleges in IA States
will learn of their acceptance
as l963-65 award winners.
The. awards are valued at
$2,240, each a year. This covers
trans-Atlantic fare, tuition, an
adequate living allowance and
money for books and travel.
The awards were instituted
as An expression Of gratitude
United States Marshall aid.
They are open to both sexes,
married or single. Full infor-
nation about them are avail
able from the British Informa-
ton Services, 845 Third ave.
nue., New York %.
Student Loans Repaid
New York and Massachusetts
have reported that only q small
percentage of students default
on repayment of loans made
through their guaranteed pro-
grams. From 1857 through
1862, Massachusetts, has paid
for defaults by only 80 stu
dents. 0.74 per cent of the
10.849 borrowers.
OF 1899 students who Dor
rowed money in New York
State from 1858 through 1862,
SOC, or lis per cent, defaulted.
However, only so of the SOC
defaults were total losses. Fifty
seven Of the defaults have been
collected in full, and resump-
ton Of repayment of loans has
occurred in all but IS of the
remaining cases.
Tuition costs are a very seri-
Gus problem in many homes.
Here is a letter, typical of
many others:
What assurance do I have
that once my son starts in
college that the tuition won't
go up so high that I'll be un-
able to let him continue? y
would hate to start my boy!I
who has a very good high
school record, in college only
to find that in another year
or two I will be unable to
keep'him In college.
do you feel that I should
encourage my boy to go even
though I won't know whether
I can send him the second
year9 He wants to be an en-
gineer."
The answer is: BY all means,
If you can send your boy to
college even for one year, send
him, Conditions may improve so
thats you will be able to af-
ford to send him for the other
three years. Moreover, since
engineers are so badly needed
and the number of students
enrolled In engineering has
dropped steadily in the last