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As we hoped, we have received several suggestions concerning the Bolles memorial fund which are worthy of attention. Best among them, however, is this: Instead of using the fund for a scholarship, it is proposed that it be added to the beneficiary funds of the University and used to help worthy students without reference to their standing in their college work Scholarships, as the name implies, are given as a reward for excellence in the line of study. A beneficiary fund is much broader than a scholarship because it may be used to help several men and because character and worth alone are the conditions upon which it is given. There are many men who find themselves from time to time, through no fault of their own, in a position where they simply cannot pay their expenses and where, unless help comes to them from outside, they must give up their college course. In just such pinches as these men appeal to the authorities for help; and the authorities are at present able, to a limited extent, to give that help. But there is much room for more to be done in just this line, both for men in the graduate and undergraduate departments. This was Mr. Bolles's great interest and a fund used for this purpose would be more appropriate than a scholarship. We sincerely hope that the students will talk and think about this thing and give as generously and as generally as they can to the fund.

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