We pointed out, a day or two ago, the mischief which scholarships play in urging men on to undue work, and the reaction among other men which this overwork causes. The fact that scholarly ability is not more highly regarded here among students is to be regretted, and regretted deeply. The men who work too hard for the scholarships are not to be blamed. They have no choice. They must take the system as they find it. The system is what is wrong.

Indeed, we consider that the injustice of the present system of scholarships falls most heavily on the men who compete. It is bad enough to be worked at a pace which makes his college life full of pain and which leaves him at graduation fagged out. But this is not all. Under the present system, there is no guarantee that the man who ought to have the most money will receive it. Suppose one man really needs five hundred dollars; the other only three hundred. Yet if the second man stands a little higher in his classes, he secures the larger scholarship. Possibly this distribution might be defended if we were sure that the higher standing in his classes was a reliable indication of his ability; but who believes in the trustworthiness of A's and B's, secured in different courses and under different instructors, as a test between men?

And in another way, does this system work great injustice. Take the man who comes to college without a cent and works his way through. What chance has he to obtain a scholarship? He must devote a large part of his time to money-making. He has, then, so much less time and energy for studies. How can he expect to compete successfully with the man who only needs a small amount of money and who can devote all his time to his studies so as to secure this small amount by a scholarship? Students are not given scholarships, - cannot be given them under the present system in proportion to their needs.