Sherman H. Hawkins '51 of Walpole and Lowell House, has been awarded the Palfrey Exhibition, Dean Border announced yesterday.

This award, a monetary prize, goes each year to "the most distinguished scholar in the senior class who is a recipient of a stipendiary scholarship."

Hawkins, who graduated from Walpole High School, is a student of English Literature. During his junior year he was one of the eight members of his class elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the Signet Society, the Dramatic Club, and the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. He is also president of the Art Association.