Harvard Studentship

The Associated Harvard Clubs established the Harvard Studentship in memory of Lionel deJersey Harvard '15, a descendent of John Harvard killed in World War I, for a further bond between Harvard College and the college of its founder--Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Like the Fiske Scholar at Trinity, the Harvard Scholar enjoys a proper existence at Cambridge and has an additional stipend for travel on his vacations.

Because the English educational system accomplishes its broad iliberal arts base before college, the American graduate finds his classmates studying medicine and law, for instance, as undergraduates. Although a graduate, the Harvard Scholar's academic interests center about the dominant Cambridge undergraduate life.

The Harvard Scholar finds a great value placed on extra-curricular affairs at Cambridge. "In-term" becomes a time to discuss and organize ideas under the tutelage of an individual supervisor. It becomes a time to share experiences and thoughts with other students, both from informal groups and in university organizations.

The Studentship offers an opportunity for the Harvard senior to participate fully in the activities at "Emma." He also has the privilege of occupying the suite in the Old Court, in which (reportedly) John Harvard lived. The Harvard rooms at Emmanuel have become a center of student get-togethers. The Harvard Scholar, in addition, becomes an honorary member of Emmanuel organizations, like the Mildmay Essay Club. The group meets weekly for dinner, an essay reading, and conversation, with the "ancient and honorable tradition" of unlimited supplies of beer and tidbits.

The College Debating Society also invites the Harvard Scholar to present "the American or Harvard point of view." The invitation points up what is expected of both Harvard and Fiske Scholars--an effective representative who can take advantage of Cambridge University life and contribute to it