KNOWLEDGE AND FELLOWSHIPS

To the Editors of The Crimson:

A story in The Crimsonof March 24 suggests a need to clarify an apparent misconception concerning the processing of fellowship applications.

Among faculty screening committees there are usually persons who know some student applicants personally and these impressions are shared with other committee members, whether in writing or in discussion. When a committee member feels that his or her relationship with a student applicant might bias an impartial judgment among candidates, whether a letter has been written about that applicant or not, that committee person with-draws from the final act of decision as to that applicant. These procedures were followed in the present case. Francis D. Fisher '47, Director   of the Office of Career Services   and Off-Campus Learning