LD 2164 .033 Copy 1 HARVARD UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HARVARD COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS' EXPENSES AND COLLEGE AIDS REVISED EDITION CAMBRIDGE, MASS. publtsbet) h^ Ibarvarb lUnivcvsit^ 1908 HARVARD UNIVERSITY n FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HARVARD COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS^ EXPENSES AND COLLEGE AIDS WITH A COLLECTION OF LETTERS FROM UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THEIR NECESSARY EXPENSES AT HARVARD CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 1908 U,]) %\(o\ A^^ Gilt STUDENTS' EXPENSES Almost every mail brings to the University at least one in- quiry about expenses, and very often the writer asks if he can work his way through Harvard. It is hard to answer the latter question except in the most general way, for whether the writer will be successful or not depends chiefly on his own energy and ability. The Secretary can assure the questioner that it is pos- sible to work one's way through Harvard, for there are always many self-supporting students in College, and he can also assure him that the experience of many students shows that if a man has health, energy, cheerfulness, a good preparation for college work, and enough money for the necessary expenses of the first year, the chances are that he will never have to turn back. A student who obtains a good start is almost sure to find before the hrst year is over a way to continue his studies. This pamphlet, then, though intended as an answer to the frequent questions about expenses, will not explain how a stu- dent of small means may work his way through Harvard, for the ways are as various as the men using them, and in the main •every man must find his own way; but it will perhaps give one who is studying the ways and means of obtaining an education those facts which will enable him to judge for himself whether he can come to Harvard or not. The pamphlet is planned to show what the necessary College expenses are, how the College helps students in reducing the cost of living, what aid the College gives to students of great promise, and how some students have successfully solved their problems of obtaining an education at Harvard. In the ''General Summary" at the end is some advice which, it is hoped, will also be helpful. COLLEGE EXPENSES Tuition, Board, and Lodging College Fees. — Perhaps the largest single expense that the student necessarily incurs is the tuition fee of $150. Of this $150 ninety dollars must be paid at the beginning of the academic year, and the remaining sixty dollars before the beginning of the second half-year. In addition to the tuition fees every student is required to pay annually an Infirmary fee of four dollars, in return for which, in case of sickness, he is given a bed in a ward of the Stillman Infirmary, board, and ordinary nursing for a period of two weeks. These are the fees which every student must pay. There are three other kinds of fees which he may be asked to pay: If he takes courses in addition to the number required of each student doing full work in his class, school, or programme, he is required to pay $20 for each additional course; if he takes laboratory courses, he is required to pay special fees to cover breakage and use of materials in laboratories; if before taking his degree he has incurred fewer than four years' full tuition fees^ he is required to pay a graduation fee of twenty dollars. The Infirmary fee and laboratory fees for courses which begin in the first half-year are charged on the term-bill issued January 20. Board. — The second large item of expense for which a student must plan is his board. According to information filed at the College Office by keepers of boarding and lodging houses, board in private houses costs from $3.50 to $8 a week. It is possible to get good board at a cheaper rate by joining one of the two Dining Associations: the Harvard Dining Association, usually known as "Memorial," or the Randall Hall Association. Both are cooperative societies managed by students, and both aim to provide good board at cost. At '^ Memorial" the cost of a man's board is in two parts: the first part is for meat, which he orders and pays for by the plate, and special extra orders; the second is for all other provisions, such as eggs, fish, tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, vegetables, bread, butter, cereals, desserts, fruits, service, and the general running expenses, the cost of which is shared alike by all. At Randall a man orders everything he eats and drinks, and pays for everything by the plate. Of the two halls Memorial is the more expensive, though some students who eat little or no meat have found that they can board as cheaply at one place as at the other. For most men board at Memorial Hall costs between four dollars and five dollars and a half a week; at Randall, about three dollars a week. Members of the Randall Hall Associa- tion also pay an annual membership fee of three dollars, which is intended to cover such fixed expenses as heat, light, water, etc. For those students who file with the Bursar of the Uni- versity the usual four hundred dollar bond, bills for board are issued twice a year, in January, and in June one week before Commencement. If a student does not file a bond, he must deposit money with the Bursar as security for the payment of his board at the rate of five dollars a week in advance. If we reckon that a college year includes thirty-nine weeks, a student's yearly board costs in the vicinity of $117 at Randall, or between $156 and $215 at Memorial. It is very desirable that a student should either have money set apart for his board before he comes, or should know beforehand exactly how he can pay his board bills. If he is to do good and effective work he must not be harassed by anxiety as to the means of meeting this expense, and he must not be tempted into unwise economy in food. To obtain admission to Memorial, application should be made to the Auditor of the Dining Association, Memorial Hall, before September 15th. Vacancies at the beginning of the academic year are filled by lot. The names of the successful applicants are posted at the Auditor's Office before the opening of the Hall. Those who do not obtain seats, together with those applying after September 15th in order of application, are placed upon a ^'waiting list" from which vacancies are filled as they occur. To obtain admission to Randall Hall application must be made early to the Secretary, Randall Hall Association. The bond or deposit above mentioned must be in the Bursar's hands before an application can be considered. Blank forms of the bond may be obtained from the Bursar. Lodging. — The next important expense for every student is that of his room. As a rule students live in dormitories owned by the University, in which rooms cost from $30 to $350, or in private dormitories, which have many luxuries, and are usually expensive, or in private houses, in which furnished rooms cost from about $50 to about $200 for the academic year. A new student should not count on obtaining a room for less than $50, and should not expect to obtain one for that sum easily. In the college dormitories there are one hundred and fifty rooms which rent for $100 or less. If a student obtains one of these rooms and can also find a room-mate, he can reduce this item of expense to $50. With a few exceptions rooms in college dormitories are assigned at an annual allotment, in which all persons who intend to be members of the University during the succeeding academic year and fulfil certain conditions are permitted to take part. Tenants of each year being given an opportunity to re-engage their rooms, a list of rooms available for the next year is pub- lished by the Bursar about one month before the allotment; and copies of the list with blank forms of application are given to all applicants. The date before which the right of re-engaging rooms must be exercised, the date on which the list of available rooms is published, the date before which applications for rooms to be assigned by lot must be filed, and the date on which the result of the allotment is published are annually announced in the University Catalogue. In applying for a room the student, using the prescribed form,, places on a list in the order of his preference every room that he is willing to engage. When his name is drawn he is given the first unassigned room on his list. Two persons wishing to room together who sign one application are given a double chance in the allotment. Of special interest to graduate students is the recent change in the management of Conant Hall, a large modern brick dormi- tory, conveniently situated on Oxford street. This has been recently set aside for the particular use of students in the Grad- uate School of Arts and Sciences. The building contains twenty- nine suites of study and bedroom, of which twelve are furnished,, and twenty-six single rooms. All the rooms are heated with hot water. The rents, including heat, run from $60 to $120 for single rooms, and from $150 to $210 for suites. The building, is well supplied on each floor with shower baths, with hot and cold water. There is a large living room on the first floor. All inquiries in regard to rooms in Conant Hall should be addressed to the Secretary of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences- Similarly addressed may be inquiries concerning the North End of College House, where twenty-six convenient and neatly fur- nished rooms and suites at rentals of $30 to $100 are reserved for students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The student who is not successful in obtaining a room in a college dormitory must search for a room in a private house. In this search he should survey the ground very carefully before making his choice, and in engaging his room should have a thor- ough understanding, expressed in writing, as to just what he pays for and as to the amount and times of payment. For the mutual convenience of students and landlords a list of rooms in private lodging houses, with their prices, is kept at the College Office, and may be obtained by applying to the Secretary. These three expenses of tuition, board, and lodging, when reduced to their lowest terms, can hardly amount to less than $300. Over other expenses, such as furniture, books, fuel, light, etc., the student has more control; and these will vary much with individual needs and tastes. In keeping expenses down the student is greatly helped by other institutions as well as by Memorial and Randall halls, which have been already men- tioned — namely, the Loan Furniture Association, Text-Book Loan Library, the Cooperative Society, the Union, Phillips Brooks House, the Stillman Infirmary, and the numerous libraries of the University. COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS WHICH HELP TO KEEP DOWN THE COST OF LIVING The Dining Halls. — The Dining Halls have already been men- tioned under the price of board, but perhaps a student who lives at some distance from Cambridge may be interested to learn more about them. Memorial Hall. — Memorial Hall forms part of a building which also includes Sanders Theatre — the principal place of assembly on occasions of academic ceremonial. The two are separated by a transept which together with the Hall was built as a memorial to the sons of Harvard who fought for the preser- vation of the Union, and especially to those who fell. In this transept, above the wainscoting, the two rising to a height of twenty-four feet, are marble tablets inscribed with the names of those who fell in the war for the Union. The dining hall which occupies the long western portion of the building is 149 feet long, 60 feet wide, and, to the ridge, 66 feet high. There are 850 seats in the hall, and by assigning to each table more men than can be seated at one time, as many as 1,320 persons can easily be accommodated. Everything per- taining to the operation of the building, including the manu- facture of ice and electricity, is provided within the hall. Those who take their meals here constitute the Harvard Dining Asso- ciation, and through a Board of Directors chosen by the members administer under certain regulations of the President and Fellows the affairs of the Association. Inside the Hall are busts and portraits of alumni and bene- factors, each marked with the name of the subject and the artist. The great western window shows the armorial bearings of the nation, the state, and the University. The stained glass win- 8 dows on the north and the south are all memorial windows, most of them given by college classes and designed by famous artists. RandaU HaU, at the corner of Kirkland street and Divinity avenue, was built to accommodate the overflow of students unable to obtam board at Memorial Hall, and also with a design to furnish cheaper board than is offered by the Memorial Hall Association. The dining room is large enough to contain 44 tables seating 528 persons at the same time; but a larger number is accommo- dated. The system of employing students as waiters at Randall Hall gives employment to about one hundred men, who thereby earn enough, or nearly enough, to pay for their board. The average earnings of student waiters is between three dollars and three dollars and a half a week. Waiters are engaged in the order in which they make application. Applications should be addressed to the Manager of Randall Hall. Loan Furniture Association. — A limited number of students may be helped to furnish their rooms at small cost by the Loan Furniture Association. This Association owns furniture, and loans It at a yearly rental of 10 per cent, of its estimated value A complete set of furniture, for instance, valued at $50, is rented for a year at $5. Parts of sets are rented on approximately the same terms. Every student leasing furniture is required to pay the yearly rent in advance, and also to deposit a sum of money (ordinarily $2.50) as a guarantee in part for the safe return of the furniture. This deposit is given back to him when he returns the furniture in good condition. The primary purpose of the Association is to be of use to students who must exercise strict economy, but any student registered in any department of the University may freely apply for furniture. Applications, to be successful, should be made early to the Agent of the Loan Fur- niture Association, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge. Text-Book Loan Library. - The Text-Book Loan Library, es- tablished in 1906 by the Social Service Committee at Phillips Brooks House, now contains over 400 text-books which are in present use in courses of study now given in the University Most of the books are for college courses, but there are a few Law School and Medical School books. An effort is being made to enlarge the number of available books on all University courses, as an urgent need has been made apparent by the number of calls for books which could not be supplied. The books are loaned to any member of the University on a deposit of 15 cents for smaller books and 25 cents for larger ones. The deposit is refunded upon the return of the book by the borrower. Last year 37 men borrowed 127 books. Up to February 1st of the present college year 59 men have borrowed 211 books. The Harvard Cooperative Society is a department store con- ducted for the benefit of the student body by a Board of Direc- tors chosen from instructors and students, and is open for mem- bership to all persons connected with Harvard University, Radcliffe College, or the Episcopal Theological School; also to former members of the University. Any student may join the Society by registering at the Office of the Society, Lyceum Build- ing, and paying the annual membership fee of one dollar. At the end of the fiscal year a dividend, based upon the amount of their purchases, is declared to members. The rate of dividend for 1906-07 was 8 per cent., and the amount given back to mem- bers was $13,500. The object of the Society is to reduce the cost of living at the University, and it exists solely for that purpose. It affords at its store special facilities for the purchase of all kinds of students' supplies at the lowest prices. Necessary and staple articles, such as text-books, note-books, laboratory utensils, and special outfits for the Engineering, Architectural and Fine Arts courses, are accordingly sold at a slight advance above cost. The Cooperative Society does a business of over $300,000 a year and owns a four-floored building in Harvard Square which is occupied exclusively in the conduct of its retail business. In its departments are for sale text-books, both new and second- hand, covering all the courses given by the University, sta- tionery and engraving, picture-framing, photographic goods, toilet articles, artists' materials and drawing instruments, men's furnishings, including shoes, hats and caps, ready-made clothing, athletic goods, laundry w^ork, clothes pressing and shoe repairing, custom tailoring, furniture and rugs, coal and wood. It also makes contracts with other retail dealers whereby members may secure discounts on purchases for cash at other stores. The Cooperative also furnishes work to students. Owing to the great amount of work at the opening of the college year, and again at the Christmas season, the store is in need of good men for extra help. This affords an excellent chance to students, 10 especially men who have had some business experience, to earn money without seriously interfering with their college work. In many cases the training received at the Cooperative has greatly aided students afterward. The Harvard Union. — The Harvard Union is a gift to the University by Major Henry L. Higginson, and is, in his own words, "A house open to all Harvard men without restriction and in which they all stand equal, — a house bearing no name forever except that of our University." The Union is the most inclusive of all Harvard clubs. Its membership is open to all past and present members of Harvard University, whether their connection is that of students or offi- cers. It is thus a common meeting ground and place of convenient resort for all Harvard men, since it accommodates under one roof a great many of the interests which bring Harvard men together^ and also provides the conveniences of a large and well-appointed club house. It is also the accepted place for University mass, meetings, and the large gatherings of graduates and undergrad- uates occasioned by important athletic contests. The building consists of a basement and three floors, and covers an area of quarter of an acre. In the basement are the kitchens, store rooms, engine room, toilet and bath rooms, billiard room, barber shop, and a suite of rooms used for offices and com- posing room by the Harvard Criinson. On the main floor, open- ing directly from the entrance hall, is the great Living Room (nearly 100 feet long by 40 feet wide). Its walls of panelled oak are hung with portraits, and there are two large open hearths for wood fires at opposite ends of the room. Daily newspapers from the principal cities of the United States are kept on file. Small tables are available for after-dinner coffee or light refresh- ments. Occasionally smokers, open to members, are held here^ at which entertainment is furnished by the University musical clubs, or by readings, addresses, etc. On the left are the dining rooms — a large one for general use, a small one for the Univer- sity athletic teams. Adjoining the Living Room on the right are periodical, game, and writing rooms. In the second story is a well chosen library of over six thousand volumes, contained in three connecting rooms which give direct access to the shelves and afford an agreeable privacy to readers. The Library Com- mittee enjoys the interested cooperation of the University Lib- rary and of several officers of the University, On the same floor is the Trophy Room, which contains an interesting series 11 of athletic trophies won by University teams, a committee room, an assembly room, and a ladies' dining room, to which there is a separate entrance. The upper story provides quarters for the Advocate and the Monthly, and bedrooms for a few transient guests. The Athletic Association has an office under the pavilion. The Union is managed by a board of officers chosen annually by the active members in all departments of the University. A board of seven trustees, appointed in the first instance by the Corporation, holds the title to the property, and has general oversight of its vital interests. The expense of running the Union is about $30,000 a year, which includes about $2000 for ground rent. Annual membership costs $10 for active, $5 for associate, and $3 for non-resident members; life membership for graduates is $50, and for students, $75. The present member- ship of the Union is about 4000. Of this number over 2000 are active student members and about 1150 are life members. To a student who must economize in every way ten dollars may seem a large expense, and joining the Union one of those luxuries which he must forego. It will probably be wiser for him to regard this ten dollars as so much room rent; especially if he has been compelled to hire a small room at a distance from the College. By joining the Union he will have daily access to sunny, well-heated rooms where he can always find a quiet corner for study and the companionship of books and men. Phillips Brooks House. — The House erected as a Memorial of Phillips Brooks was dedicated on January 23, 1900, and provides an important reinforcement of the religious life of the Univer- sity. Phillips Brooks House was originally designed to extend and unite many scattered undertakings of religion and philan- thropy in the University. It was to represent, as the first appeal for such a building stated, "one more step in the comprehensive plan of religious work of which the establishment of the Board of Preachers was the first step." Phillips Brooks House is a centre for the social and charitable activities of the University as well as for religious meetings, a kind of Parish House connected with the administration of the College Chapel. The tablet which stands in its vestibule accurately describes its purpose : — THIS HOUSE IS DEDICATED TO PIETY, CHARITY, HOSPITALITY, IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF PHILLIPS BROOKS 12 The second and a part of the third floor of the House are ex- pressly arranged for the work of the various religious societies. On the third floor is a large meeting room, named in memory of the beloved Professor Andrew P. Peabody, Peabody Hall; a part of the first floor is assigned to the charities directed by students; a study is provided for students who desire a quieter resort than the crowded reading-rooms of the Library; and the Brooks Parlor is arranged as a dignified place for receptions and meetings. Here, on Friday afternoons, students are welcomed at informal teas given by wives of University officers. Phillips Brooks House recognizes the inevitable differences of religious affiliation, and makes room for all such associations under one roof, and in close relation with the practical generosity and social fellowship of the University. Brooks House, like the Union, helps to simplify the problem of living by affording quiet rooms for study and the companion- ship of earnest, serious men. It also cooperates with the Appoint- ments Office in obtaining work for men in connection with relig- ious and philanthropic organizations. Besides these services it also tries to obtain each year lists of rooms in the vicinity of the College which can be recommended to students who are looking for rooms at reasonable rates. Often men are sent out with new students to help them in finding good rooms. The Stillman Infirmary, the gift of Mr. James Stillman of New York, was erected in 1901 to serve as a hospital for students of Harvard University. It is situated on Mt. Auburn street, about half a mile from the College Yard, and commands the Charles River Parkway and Soldier's Field, a location which insures abundant air and sunshine. The main building has nine private rooms and two wards, each of the latter having space for ten beds. An open corridor leads to a second building, especially constructed for contagious diseases, which contains three isola- tion wards of ten beds each and six private rooms. The disin- fecting room and laundry are located in the basement of the (Connecting corridor. The operating room is located in the main building, as are also the nurses' and servants' dining-rooms, the kitchen, and the heating plant for both buildings. Indirect steam heat is the method employed. The matron, the head nurse, and her assistants are all graduate nurses of thorough training and experience. In return for an annual fee of four dollars, which is charged on the February term-bills of all students registered in the Cambridge 13 departments of the University, but the payment of which is optional for students registered in the Boston departments and for unmarried officers of instruction or administration, any sick student or unmarried officer is admitted to the Infirmary and is given, without further charge, a bed in a ward, board, and ordi- nary nursing for a period not exceeding two weeks in any one academic year. Students registered in the Boston departments of the University and unmarried officers are required to pay the fee on or before October 10 in each academic year in order to secure the above-mentioned benefits for that year. Except as above provided the regular charge for a bed in a ward, with board and ordinary nursing, is two dollars a day. Extra charges are made for private rooms and special nurses. It is expected that patients shall pay their physicians, but needy students are attended by the Medical Visitor without charge. The Infirmary has proved of inestimable value not only by meeting the demands of serious cases, both medical and surgical, and by providing effective means for the treatment and control of contagious diseases, but also by furnishing in trivial cases the simple diet and care necessary for their relief which the patient might obtain at home, but which are not available in lodgings. The Libraries. — The College Library in Gore Hall is for the use of the whole University. All students who have given bonds may take out books, three volumes at a time, and may keep them one month. Officers of the University have direct access to the shelves in all parts of the library, and students engaged in advanced work, upon recommendation by their instructors, are allowed access to those parts of the collection with which they are occupied. All students have the direct use of about 24,700 volumes in the reading room and the adjoining rooms. Of these 3350 are bound periodicals, 4900, miscellaneous refer- ence books, 5350, government documents, and over 11,100 are books withdrawn from time to time from general circulation at the request of instructors and ''reserved" on shelves in the reading room for use in connection with the courses of instruction. In addition to the College Library in Gore Hall, the University Library embraces the libraries of the several departments of the University, which are classed as Departmental Libraries, and a number of Special Reference Libraries maintained in the various branches of study pursued under the direction of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 14 The Special Reference Libraries, mentioned above, are none of them contained in Gore Hall, though all are administered more or less closely in connection with the College Library and in some degree through the staff of that Library. Some are in buildings devoted to the use of single departments (philosophy, social ethics, architecture, engineering, etc.) and are cared for by special attendants; others are in the nature of laboratory collections and are necessarily placed where they are easily accessible to labora- tory workers (chemistry, physics, mining, etc.); others are for the use of students in advanced courses and give something of the quiet and retirement of a private library (classics, Child Memorial, French, etc.); others again are designed to serve the needs of large elementary classes for which a considerable number of copies of the most used books are required (history, American history, economics, etc.). In all there are thirty-nine libraries in the University contain- ing, in 1907-08, 768,800 volumes and over 331,000 pamphlets. The facilities for obtaining books offered by the libraries enable a student who must economize in every way to reduce his expenses for books to the cost of the text-books which he must use every day. The cost of these is reduced to the lowest prices by the Harvard Cooperative Society. FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND OTHER AIDS FOR STUDENTS UNDER THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES General Statement. — There are under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at present 285 fellowships and scholarships, with a total income of $63,530. Of these, one hundred and fifty-eight scholarships, with an income of $36,105, are for undergraduates in Harvard College, and for these undergraduates there is also available from the Beneficiary Aids, the Loan Funds, and the Price Greenleaf Fund, $22,800. Scholarships in Harvard College and Other College Aids. — With a few exceptions all scholarships in Harvard College are awarded to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors on the basis of a previous year's work in College. Two scholarships, the Mary L. Whitney ($300) and the Scholarship of the Class of 1867 ($175), are an- nually awarded to Freshmen on the basis of their work during the first half-year. The Crowninshield Scholarships ($225), of 15 which there are two, are also occasionally open to Freshmen. These scholarships are not open to competition annually, because they may be held during the whole undergraduate course. None of these Freshman scholarships may be applied for until after the applicant has become a member of the College. With these three exceptions there are no scholarships for which Freshmen may apply unless they have a special claim upon a particular scholar- ship because of their descent from the founder or from some member of the class that established the scholarship, or because they fulfil other peculiar conditions prescribed by the founder of the scholarship. Among the scholarships that are awarded on the grounds of special claim are the Matthews Scholarships to those intending to enter the Episcopal ministry, the Buckley Scholarships for graduates of Cambridge schools, the Normal School scholarships, and the scholarships of the Harvard clubs of Cleveland, Lowell, Missouri, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The special terms under which some scholarships are assigned may be learned by consulting the full list of scholarships in the Uni- versity Catalogue. The facts considered in making an assignment of a scholarship are the needs of the student, and his promise as indicated by his work in College. A student who is not in need of aid cannot honorably apply for a scholarship; a scholarship cannot properly be awarded to one who, from physical, mental, or moral weakness, gives little promise of future usefulness. Scholarships are ordi- narily assigned only on the basis of a previous year of work in College. The enjoyment of a scholarship for one year will not constitute any title to a second nomination, unless the superiority for which it was originally awarded be fully maintained; and at any time a scholarship or any portion thereof may be taken away from a student who has proved undeserving. No student who has incurred a serious College censure in the course of the year will be considered a candidate for a scholarship; nor any student who obtains leave of absence for the year in which the scholarship would be payable. In order to be considered an applicant for a scholarship a stu- dent must apply on blank forms furnished by the College on or before the last Wednesday in May. The full list of scholarships now available (1907-08) in Har- vard College is as follows : — 16 Summary. Name (with Date of Foundation). No. Richard Augustine Gambrill (1890) 1 Henry B. Humphrey (1890) 1 Sahonstall (1733) 1 Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1895) 1 Philadelphia (1904) 1 John Appleton Haven (1902) 1 Charles Wyman (1905) 1 Morey (1868) 1 Class of 1802 (1870) 1 Toppan (1868) .... * 1 Matthews (1870) 15 Class of 1856 (1885) 2 Price Greenleaf (1887) 10 Charles Haven Goodwin (1889) 1 Mary L. Whitney (1903) 1 Harvard Club of Cleveland (1906) 1 Warren H. Cudworth 2 Rufus Sterling Choate (1884) 1 Hollis (1722) 1 Kirkland (1852) 1 Bowditch (1860) 20 Bigelow (1865) 2 Farrar (1873) 1 William Samuel Eliot (1875) 1 Levina Hoar (1876) 1 Slade (1877) 1 Richard Manning Hodges (1878) . ........ 1 Bartlett (1881) 1 Harvard Club of New Jersey (1907) 1 Lady Mowlson (1643) 1 Lucy Osgood (1873) 1 WilHam Whiting (1874) 2 Crowninshield (1877) 2 Edward Russell (1877) 1 Bright (1880) 5 William Merrick (1888) 1 Hilton (1897) 1 Howard Gardner Nichols (1897) 1 Class of 1883 (1900) 1 Sewall (1696) 2 Class of 1841 (1871) 1 Dana, of the Class of 1852 (1876) 1 George Emerson Lowell (1886) 2 Julius Dexter (1892) 1 Burr (1895) 6 Joseph Eveleth (1896) 2 Morey Willard Buckminster (1898) 1 Stipend. Total. $450 $450 450 450 425 425 425 425 425 425 400 400 400 400 325 325 325 325 300 300 300 4.500 300 600 300 3.000 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 600 275 275 250 250 250 250 250 5,000 250 500 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 . 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 225 225 225 225 225 450 225 450 225 225 225 1,125 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 200 400 200 200 200 200 200 400 200 200 200 1,200 200 400 200 200 17 Jacob Wendell (1899) C. L. Jones (1901) ^ Class of 1877 (1902) Harvard Club of Buffalo (1903) Dunlap Smith (1903) Edward Erwin Coolidge (1906) Class of 1817 (1852) Class of 1835 (1853) Class of 1867 (1886) ^ Story (1864) .... Browne (1687) Mary Saltonstall (1730) Abbot (1852) Henry Bromfield Rogers (1859) Benjamin D. Greene (1863) Sever (1868) Rebecca A. Perkins (1869) Normal School (1880) Class of 1828 (1882) Markoe (1903) Edward Erwin Coolidge (1906) Daniel A. Buckley (1907) William Reed (1907) Class of 1814 (1853) Walcott (1855) Orlando W. Doe (1893) Sales (1893) Newsboys' Harvard (1906) Bassett (1876) Palfrey Exhibition (1821) Fall River (1893) Wendell Phillips Memorial (1895) 158 1 $200 $200 6 200 1,200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 400 175 175 175 175 175 175 175 175 150 150 150 300 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 600 150 150 150 150 150 300 150 900 150 150 125 125 100 200 100 100 100 200 100 100 90 270 80 80 80 80 50 50 $ 36,105 Price Greenleaf Aid for Freshmen and Other First-Year Students in Harvard CoUege. — Though there is very little aid m the form of scholarships for first-year students, the College is able to help about one hundred men yearly from the Price Greenleaf Fund, the annual income of which is about sixteen thousand dollars This Fund was established by the generous bequest of Ezekiel Price Greenleaf of Quincy, Mass. The income of the Fund is distributed in sums of from one hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars: first, to undergraduates who are candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in the first year of their residence (whether Freshmen or students admitted to advanced standing, with or without examination); secondly, to deserving students who have not succeeded in the competition for scholarships. 18 The regular assignment to first-year students is made before or at the time of their entrance. (The first awards are usually made about June 20.) To hope for a share in this assignment the applicant must be strongly recommended by the college, academy, or school with which he has been- connected; and must see that his application is in the hands of the Secretary by the first day of May. A subsequent assignment is made in February to some other first-year students of. high standing; applications must be in the hands of the Secretary by the fifteenth day of December. In every case the amount assigned is payable (but only to per- sons who may be undergraduates at the time of payment) in two instalments, at the times when the two term-bills of the year are presented. The recipients of Price Greenleaf Aid may be called upon for service as monitors or assistants to an amount not exceeding four hours a week. Other Aids for Students in Harvard College. — In addition to scholarships and Price Greenleaf Aid students may be helped by the Beneficiary Funds and the Loan Fund. The Beneficiary Funds yield an annual income of about $2800, which is usually distributed in gratuities of not more than fifty dollars each. Applications for aid from the Beneficiary Funds, except' where otherwise stated in the list given in the Catalogue, should be addressed to the Dean of Harvard College, by the student's parent or guardian, or by the student himself, if of age. The applica- tion should state particularly the circumstances of the case, with the reasons for asking aid. No application for any academic year will be received before the first day of August in the summer preceding the beginning of that year. The Loan Fund yields an annual income of about $4000, which is lent to meritorious students in the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes, in sums ranging from $40 to $75. This fund is under the control of a Board of Trustees in Boston. Applications for the Loan Fund should be left with the Dean of Harvard College as early as the first day of December. Scholarships for Special Students. — For Special Students there are only two Eveleth scholarships, of $200 each. The Dean also has $1000 a year from the Edward Austin Fund from which he may make small loans to Special Students. 19 PeUowships aad Scholarships in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — There are in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences twenty-five endowed fellowships, with annual incomes of from $450 to $1000 each, and an aggregate income of $14,500; about thirty Austin Teaching Fellowships of $500 each, m connection with which a certain amount of instruction or assistance m in- struction is required; an indeterminate number (ordinarily from two to five) of John Harvard Fellowships without stipend; ninety- two endowed scholarships of from $150 to $400 each, w th a total annual income of $20,150; and the scholarships of the Harvard Clubs of Chicago, Louisiana, St. Louis, and San Fran- cisco of from $250 to $450 each, which are assigned under the direction of these Clubs. A list of these appointments, exclusive of the John Harvard Fellowships and the Teaching Fellowships, is given below. Fellowships. Name (with Date of Foundation). Edward William Hooper (1905) .... Parker (1873) Rogers (1869) South End House (1900) Charles Eliot Norton (1901) In Social Education (1907) In Central American Archaeology (1907) Harris (1868) John Thornton Kirkland (1873) .... James Walker (1881) John Tyndall (1885) Robert Treat Paine (1887) Henry Lee Memorial (1889) Ozias Goodwin Memorial (1889) .... Henry Bromfield Rogers Memorial (1889) Hemenway (1891) Edward Austin (1900) Francis Parkman (1906) Willard (1907) No. 1 3 2 Scholarships. Name (with Date of Foundation). Harvard Club of San Francisco (1886) . Christopher M. Weld (1899) Leverett Saltonstall (1895) Shattuck (1854) Thayer (1857) Toppan (1868) 25 No. 1 1 1 7 10 1 Annual Stipend. $1,000 750 725 600 600 600 600 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 450 450 Annual Stipend. $450 400 325 300 300 300 Total. $1,000 2,250 1,450 600 600 600 600 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 2,000 450 450 $14,500 Total. 400 325 2,100 3,000 300 20 James Savage (1873) Charles Haven Goodwin (1889) Harvard Club of Chicago (1893) Whiting (1895) Harvard Club of St. Louis (1900) Townsend (1861) George and Martha Derby (1881) Virginia Barret Gibbs (1892) Austin for Teachers (1899) 15 George Foster Peabody (1902) Harvard Club of Louisiana (1904) Robert C. Winthrop (1895) George H. Emerson (1903) George W. Dillaway (1903) Gorham Thomas (1865) University (1891) 40 96 1 $300 $300 1 300 300 1 300 300 3 300 900 1 300 300 4 250 1,000 1 250 250 1 250 250 5 250 3,750 1 250 250 1 250 250 1 225 225 2 225 450 1 200 200 1 150 150 150 6 000 $21,450 Many of the fellowships may be awarded to advanced students of high promise who wish to continue their studies in Europe, and usually from twelve to fifteen are so assigned, — a generous provision for foreign study which no other American university rivals. The income of the Frederick Sheldon Fund of about five hundred thousand dollars will also be available in the near future for travelling fellowships. An appointment to a travelling fellowship is awarded only to a graduate of some department of Harvard University, or to a student who has pursued his studies at the University for several years. But the resident appointments may be, and some of them are, bestowed on persons not previously members of the University. All appointments are open only to students who have given evidence of ability and promise in special departments of study, and ordinarily only to those who need such assistance in order to carry on satisfactorily their graduate studies. For the John Harvard Fellowships, which are without stipend, nominations are made by the several Divisions of the Faculty, and no applications are received. A description of the various fellow- ships and scholarships, and a statement of the special condi- tions which are in some cases attached to them, may be found in the University Catalogue or in the Catalogue of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Appointments to fellowships and scholarships in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for any academic year are made (in most cases) by the Corporation, on recommendation by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, towards the close of the preceding 21 academic year. Applications for appointment or reappointment should be sent in as early as possible, in order to facilitate the work of examination and comparison. Applications received after the fifteenth day of March are not ordinarily considered in the regular assignment. Blanks for applications may be ob- tained from the Secretary of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. A new applicant, not already a student at Harvard University, should accompany his application with testimonials from those best qualified to speak with confidence of his qualities, attainments, and promise, and by such other documents as he may think proper to send. All applications should be addressed to The Committee on Fellowships, Office of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, No. 10 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass. A few appointments are commonly made after the beginning of the academic year, to fill vacancies arising from withdrawals and other causes. For these appointments applications received later than March 15 may be considered. Fellowships ajtid Scholarships in the Graduate School of AppHed Science. — The following fellowships and scholarships are at present (1907-08) available for students in the Graduate School of Applied Science : — Travelling Fellowships. No. Value. Total. Appleton Travelling Fellowship in Architecture ... 1 $1,000 $1,000 Robinson " " " ... 1 1,000 1,000 2 $2,000 Resident Scholarships. Hennen Jennings Scholarship in Mining 1 $425 $425 Austin Scholarships in Architecture 2 300 600 " " " Landscape Architecture .... 1 300 300 Francis Hathaway Cummings Scholarship in AppKed Botany, Landscape Gardening, Horticulture, Arbori- culture, and Forestry 1 225 225 George H. Emerson Scholarships in Zoology, Geology, Mineralogy, and Chemistry 2 225 450 Edward Dyer Peters Scholarship in Mining 1 250 250 Warren Delano Jr. Scholarship (loan) 1 250 250 Hilton Scholarship 1 225 225 Joseph Eveleth Scholarships 3 200 600 Architectural League Scholarships 3 150 450 Priscilla Clark Hodges Scholarship 1 150 150 University Scholarships 13 150 1,950 Henry Weidemann Locke Scholarship 1 100 100 31 $5,975 '^'^ Applications for the fellowships in Architecture must be sent to the Chairman of the Department of Architecture before the first day of March of the year in which the candidates expect to pre- sent themselves for examination. Applications for resident scholarships should be addressed to the Dean of the School, 16 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass and must be received not later than September 1. Application blanks may be obtained from this office. Teaching Appointments and Proctorships. — A considerable num- ber of teaching appointments, comprising instructorships, Austin Teachmg Fellowships, and assistantships, are annually assigned to suitably qualified students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and in the other graduate and professional schools of the University. Appointments to these positions are made by the Corporation, on the recommendation of the several Divisions and Departments. Proctorships in dormitories, or positions on the Board of Ex- amination Proctors, are sometimes open to advanced students Appointments are made by the Corporation, on the nomination respectively of the Regent and of the Chairman of the Board of Examination Proctors. Prizes. — The amount of money distributed each year in prizes to students in departments under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, if worthy competitors appear for each prize, is $4,070. Full mformation about the conditions attached to each prize is given m the University Catalogue. The list of prizes is as follows: — BowDoiN Prizes for Dissertations in English. — For Under- graduates, four prizes, a First Prize of $250, and three Second Prizes one of $200 and two of $100 each. For Graduates, three prizes of $200 each. BowDoiN Prizes for Dissertations in Greek and Latin — For Undergraduates, two prizes of $50 each: one for a translation into Attic Greek of a specified passage in English, and one for a translation into Latin of a specified passage in English. For Graduates, a prize of $100 for an original essay in either Latin or Greek. BoYLSTON Prizes for Elocution. — Two First Prizes of $60 each and three Second Prizes of $45 each. CooLiDGE Debating Prizes. -Two prizes of equal amount derived from the income of a fund of $5000. These prizes are awarded at the trial debates for the selection of Harvard debaters in intercollegiate contests. 23 Dante Prize, — One prize of $100 for an essay on a subject drawn from the Life or Works of Dante. Sargent Prize. — A prize of $100 for the best metrical translation of a lyric poem of Horace. George B. Sohier Prize. — A prize of $250 for the best thesis pre- sented by a successful candidate for Honors in English or in Modern Literature. Sales Prize. — A prize of $45 for proficiency in Spanish. Philip Washburn Prize. — A prize of $75 for the best thesis, of suf- ficient merit, on an historical subject presented by a successful candidate for Honors in History, or in Political Science, whose main work is in History. David A. Wells Prize. — A prize of $500 for a thesis embodying the results of original investigation within the field of Economics. Toppan Prize. — A prize of $150 for the best essay of sufficient merit on a subject in Political Science. Sumner Prize. — A prize of $100 for the best dissertation on a subject connected with the topic of Universal Peace and the methods by which War may be permanently superseded. Bennett Prize. — A prize of $45 for the best essay in English prose on some subject of American governmental, domestic, or foreign policy, of contemporaneous interest. RiCARDO Prize Scholarship. — A competitive scholarship of $350. Francis Boott Prize. concerted vocal music. A prize of $100 for the best composition in Jeremy Belknap Prize. — A prize of $50 for the best French essay written by a first-year student in Harvard College. Harvard Menorah Society Prize. — A prize of $100 for an essay by an Undergraduate in Harvard College on a subject connected with the work and achievements of the Jewish people. Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize. — A prize of $100 for the best poem on a subject or subjects annually to be chosen and announced by a com- mittee of the Department of English. Susan Anthony Potter Prizes. — (1) A prize of $100 for the best essay on any topic in Comparative Literature approved by the Chairman of the Department. (2) A prize of $50 for the best essay on some topic concerning European Literature in the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. (3) A prize of $50 for the best essay on a subject dealing with the Spanish Literature of the Golden Age. 24 The Appointments Office. — The work of the Appointments Office consists of securing for Harvard men who have left the University positions in business or as teachers, and of helping students to find ways of earning money during term-time and in vacation. The Office acts as a middleman, bringing together students needing work and persons seeking such help as students can give. Ever since this Office was established by Mr. Frank Bolles in 1887-88 it has grown steadily, and it has now become the most effective means within the University of helping students of real ability. To the student who must make his way, both in the University and in the world, this Office gives assurance that if he is a useful man every effort will be made to help him turn that usefulness to good account. The greatest difficulty the Office experiences is that of supplying the demand for really first-rate men. A newcomer should remember, however, that the "first-rate man" does not depend solely on the Office for help, but relies first of all upon himself. No person is ever recom- mended for a position simply because he is unemployed. The Office adheres strictly to the principle that work shall be given only to those who can do it well. The following statements from a number of students selected largely at random all demonstrate the same fact: that a young man of activity and determination will find at Harvard more than enough work- to insure a livelihood. Their achievements are the more suggestive because the young men, all from a dis- tance, had no friends in Cambridge or Boston from whom to expect assistance. Their homes were in New York State, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. ''The work secured through your office was as follows: 1903-04. Clerical work in the Publication Office; work in classifying Social Ethics Library. 1904-05. Further work of the same sort; small amount of tutoring. 1905-06. Tutoring and supervision of dropped Freshmen; at one time I was supervising five Freshmen, besides doing other tutoring. 1906-07. Tutored during the summer; in the fall began work with a Freshman for whom I was entirely responsible. Besides this, I did supervising and tutor- ing. Up to Midyears, 1907, I had earned $875." In this case it should be borne in mind that the student won scholarships which brought him in over $1000. Another says: ''My work received through the Appointments Office . began with distributing literature, washing windows, 25 attending furnaces, beating rugs and carpets, shovelling snow, teaching a boys' club, scene-shifting, always approaching a more desirable nature, until I became a University Guide. This year I am again on the guide force, and have a library to care for during certain hours." Still another: "1 came to Harvard last year from a Western city hoping to be able to earn my expenses soon after entering, although I was not acquainted with anybody in the vicinity of Cambridge. About two months after I entered, I secured profit- able and permanent employment through the Appointments Office. I am now one of the two students who are employed by the Old South Association as janitors of the Old South Meeting- House, Boston. We work together about two hours every morning, getting the building ready to open. In addition to the janitor work, one of us must be in the building from 2.30 p.m. every day to 9.30 a.m. the next. We have a well-furnished student's room in the building. Our income from this work is sufficient to meet our necessary expenses. My experience at Harvard leads me to believe that it is not at all difficult for a Harvard student to earn his expenses while in college." And a fourth: ''During my Freshman year I did not seek work, thus all the jobs I mention were obtained practically in three years. I have also had offered me many opportunities for work through the Appointments Office which I could not accept be- cause of lack of time. Assisting the Recorder at registration time. Monitorships. Night clerkship in a summer hotel during the season of 1905. Ushership at openings of Mrs. Gardner's Fenway residence. Tutorship from Mr. Nolen through whom I have secured much profitable work. Tutoring a candidate for entrance to Harvard College for two weeks during the summer of 1906. Supervising a Freshman on probation for one month. Statistical work for business men in Boston and a Harvard Professor. The income of all of this work has reached $400." Examples of the above sort might be given indefinitely. Nor is this surprising, since on work, both in term-time and summer, many students depend entirely for the completion of their course. For this and other reasons, therefore, it is satisfactory to note that the number of temporary jobs secured either directly or indirectly through the Office is steadily increasing. For the year 1904-05 (October 1 to September 30) there were 873. and for the year 1905-06, 1085 of such jobs. For the year 1906-07, the temporary jobs, 1425 in number, were divided as follows; 2Q Administrative 3 Athletic Coaches 3 Attendants 5 Boatman . . , 1 Bookkeepers 4 Canvassers 16 Caretakers of Houses 3 Chauffeur 1 Choremen 39 Clerks 168 Clock Repairer 1 Collectors 9 Companions 5 Computers 2 Correctors (Themes, Examina- tion Books) ........ 7 Dramatic Club (Scene Shifters, Chair Movers, etc) 16 Draughtsmen 13 Errands (Messengers) 13 Expressmen 2 Farm Hands 3 Furnace Tenders ....... 9 Gardeners 4 Geology Expert 1 Guides 46 Hotel Help ......... 6 Janitors 3 Lecturers 2 Legal Assistant 1 Library (Cataloguing) 2 Literary Work 2 Marketman 1 Meter Readers 48 Monitors 17 Museum (Cleaning Specimens) . 2 Museum Guards 12 Musicians 10 Newspaper Correspondents ... 5 Night School Teachers .... 4 Painter 1 Policeman 1 Printer 1 Proctors 69 Proof-readers 2 Railway (Motormen and Con- ductors) 8 Readers 5 Research Workers 2 Rooms for Services 4 Secretaries 8 Settlement Workers 9 Snow Shovellers 6 Solicitors 16 Statisticians . 99 Stenographers 35 Store Clerks 31 Substitutes for Schools .... 5 Summer Camps (Directors, Coun- cillors, Tutors) 4 Summer School Teachers ... 7 Supervisors of Study 68 Surveyor 1 Teaching Assistant (College or Institute) r . . 5 Ticket Takers 282 Timekeeper 1 Translators 8 Tutors and Companions .... 46 Tutors (Special Subjects) . . .189 Typewriters 20 Usher 1 Waiters 2 Total .1425 The Office cannot help persons in finding work until they have become members of the University, and are within reach. A student wishing work should register at the Appointments Office, 9 University Hall, as soon as he comes to Cambridge. No charge is made for services. All correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary for Appointments, 9 University Hall, Cambridge. LETTERS The letters printed below were written by students in response to a request that they give others the benefit of their experience by relating in detail what their expenses have been and how they have met them. The students to whom this request was made were known at the College Office as earnest, serious men and good schol- ars. Though no attempt was made to secure letters from men who came to Harvard from different parts of the country, an examination of the College records showed that the writers came from widety separated parts of the country. Among the states represented are Massachusetts, Ohio, Utah, Dakota, New York, Pennsylvania, Mis- souri, Washington, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Illinois, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. It is also noteworthy that a large majority of them came from public schools. The letters are arranged in no particular order, except that those of undergraduates precede those of graduate students. The writers do not all agree as to expenses or as to advice to students about to enter, but the variety of experience they show will be in itself instructive. The young man who is coming to Harvard, and who seeks advice from this pamphlet, must bear in mind that in the matter of expense, as in all others, the problem before him is a problem of Harvard and himself as an individual. Two special cautions and one general caution should be remembered by readers of the letters. Men entering a Graduate School should remember that the high standard of work exacted from candidates for the higher degrees prevents students from giving much time to earning money for their support. Similarly, students who expect to engage chiefly in scientific studies should remember that laboratory fees will Increase their tuition fees considerably, and that laboratory work is time-consuming and will leave but little time for outside work. In general, the reader should remember that the writers of these let- ters were excellent scholars and men of more than common ability, courage, and endurance. Had they been commonplace men they would not have succeeded. 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