Upon the excellence of their previous year's academic record, 26 members of the University have been awarded Deturs, or book prizes, given to students who for the first time win Scholarships in the First group. The number is smaller this year than usual, 33 Deturs having been awarded last year.

Deturs are awarded through a foundation established by Edward Hopkins, a London merchant who came to America in 1637, and who was several times governor of the Connecticut colony. He made numerous educational bequests to New England in order "to give some encouragement in those foreign plantations, for the breeding up of hopeful youths, both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the country in future times. It is the income from one of these bequests which provides book prizes for students achieving positions in the First Group for the first time.

Although the winners of Deturs have been announced by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the prizes will not be ready for distribution until some time in April, when cards will be sent to the winners requesting them to call for their prizes at University Hall.

The list of the Detur winners is as follows:

Class of 1924

William Otto Bruckner of Springfield.

Sidney Goldman of Trenton, New Jersey.

Herbert Benno Hoffleit of Cambridge.

Isadore Kenneth Huberman of Portland, Maine.

Louis Milan Kole of East Cleveland, Ohio.

Walter Hamor Piston Jr. of Boston.

Aldo Charles Poletti of Barre, Vermont.

Frederick La Motte Sautee of Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania.

Louis Francis Solano of Boston.

Clinton Blake Townsend of Great Neck, Long Island, New York.