Aid to Group III GSAS Applicants Backed by Elder

Promising Group III scholarship applicants from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will receive greater consideration than they have in the past, Dean Elder indicated last night.

"People should not be admitted simply because they are Group I and II students. The good, lively Group III man ought to get in, as he will make a better scholar and a better teacher," Dean Elder said.

Even though a scholarship applicant may not have done outstanding work in his first two or three years in college, Dean Elder continued, he would be more than eligible if he shows "interest in teaching", and if he seems to "catch fire in his senior year."

"There is greater temptation to take in only the Cum Laude and the Magna Cum Laude applicants," said Dean Elder, "but this is the sure way of getting one third of your students to be dull and uninteresting."

A graduate student can relieve his financial burden and gain valuable teaching experience by taking one of the many assistantships made available to him by the College, Dean Elder said. He added, however, he does not personally favor the use of graduate students as teachers, as this practice "adversely affects the quality of the teaching at the College."

The GSAS grants $950,000 in scholarships each year. One fourth of the student body holds scholarships which average $1200.