Harvard Opens Portals to 1000 Incoming Men As Start of 304th Academic Session Approaches

Two hundred and sixteen scholarships have already been awarded by Harvard College to incoming Freshmen, according to latest figures from the Dean's Office. This total of more than a fifth of the class of 1943 receiving aid from the University will be increased before Registration.

Heading the list are the holders of 29 National Scholarships, the highest awards made to entering Freshmen. They carry maximum stipends of $1,000 the first year and $1,200 each year thereafter.

Besides these, ninety-five first-year men will receive "Freshman Scholarships" from money appropriated for that purpose. Forty-seven are the recipients of Harvard Club awards from Clubs all over the country.

Nineteen men have won Prize Scholarships from various schools, and twenty two will be the holders of Cambridge or Buckley awards.

This year the National Scholars are:

California: Seth M. Agnew, 17, of Pasadena; Webb School of California, Clarement.

John W. Morgan, 17, of Covina; Covina Union High School.

Illinois: Robert O. Axtell, 17, of Evanston; Evanston Township High School.

Carroll Binder, Jr., 13, of Highland Park; Highland Park High School.

Abram J. Chaynes, 16, of Chicago; Senn High School.

Indiana: Donald H. Eldredge, Jr., 17, of South Bend; Central High School.

William McN, Thomson, 18, of Muncie; Burris Laboratory School.

Iowa: John P. Schafer, 16, of Lansing; Lansing Public School.

Kansas: Thomas C. Furnas, Jr., 17, of Independence; Independence High School.

William R. Stone, 17, of Smith Center; Smith Center High School.

Kentucky: Richard S. Corley, 18, of Louisville; DuPont Manual Training High School.

Jack T. Shepherd, 17, of Park Hills, Covington; Dixie Heights High School.

Minnesota: Ben H. Saunders, Jr., 17, of Parkers Prairie; Parkers Prairie High School.

Nebraska: Richard L. Hall, 16, of Roseland; Roseland Consolidated High School.

Benjamin Rees, 17, of Omaha; Central High School.

Owen R. Smith, 17, of Scottsbluff; Scottsbluff High School.

Ohio: William R. Cowser, 18, of Cleveland; West High School.

Joel B. Hayden Jr., 17, of Hudson; Western Reserve Academy.

George W. Hibbert Jr., 17, of Toledo; Culver (Ind.) Military Academy.

Robert C. Martin Jr., 18, of Dayton; Glenville High School, Cleveland.

Sven R. Peterson, 17, of Wadsworth; Wadsworth High School.

Richard C. Sanborn, 18, of Cleveland; Collinwood High School.

Paul McC. Sutton, 17, of Minerva; Minerva High School.

Oregon: Roy B. Erickson, 17, Portland; Roosevelt High School.

Tennessce: Winston S. Lucke, 17, of Knoxville; Knoxville High School.

Washington: John P. Jewett, 18, of Yakima; Yakima High School.

William H. Lewis, 18, of Spokane; North Central High School.

Wisconsin: Robert S. Schwantes, 16, Lancaster; Lancaster Public School