PRIZE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FRESHMEN ON PREP SCHOOL RECORDS

Twelve Freshmen who prepared at loading prop schols throughout the East and Middle West are the recipients of the Harvard Prize Scholarships, it was announced last night by the Committee on Scholarships.

Of the twelve recipients, four come from Massachusetts, two each from Connecticut and New York, and one each from Indiana, New Hampshire, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

The recipients were:

John Ashmead, Jr., of Windsor, Conn., Ezra B. Barstow, Jr., of Brookline, Josiah W. Bennett, of Cambridge, Richard E. Bennink, of Cambridge, Everett R. Coburn, Jr., of Suncock, N. H., Graham Cummin, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., Stephen Van N. Powelson, of Syracuse, N. Y., Charles L. Randol, of Baltimore, Md., William W. Shirk, of Muncie, Ind., Ralph L. Smith, of Braintree, Floyd W. Tomkins, Jr., of Washington, Conn., and Kenneth Ward-Smith, of Garden City, N. Y.

The candidate from each is nominated for the Harvard Prize Scholarship; by the headmaster in "recognition of scholastic attainment and intellectual promise". The amount of the award in each case varies in accordance with the financial need of the particular student. If there is no financial need, the student receives only a nominal sum as a prize. If he requires assistance, the stipend is increased accordingly.

This plan was established five years ago to supplement the existing system of Freshmen scholarships at Harvard, and to offer an incentive to private school graduates similar to that which has existed for high school students.