SCHOLARSHIP PLAQUE GOES TO SOMERVILLE

The Dartmouth Plaque, awarded annually to that school whose delegation of three or more students in the freshman class at Dartmouth College completes the work of the first semester with the highest scholastic standing, has this year been won by the Somerville, Mass., High School, whose four graduates, J. E. Garrod, A. C. Horton, G. E. Megathlin and H. E. Stevens attained an average standing of 3.18 on a scale in which 4 represents perfection.

Watertown, Mass., High School, represented by G. N. Chamberlain, Jr., S. G. Chamberlain and H. Michelson, was a close second, with a standing of 3.17. A remarkable average was made by the West Hartford, Conn., Hig School, which, having but two representatives in the freshman class, was ineligible to receive the plaque. The West Hartford boys, T H. Werner and J. T. Whitman, achieved a standing of 3.35.

Ranking schools following Somerville and Watertown were: Northampton, Mass., High School, three students, standing 2.77; Evanston Township High School, Evanston, HI., four students, standing 2.75; Springfield, Mass., Central High School, nine students, standing 2.72; DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, six students, standing 2.60; Gloucester, Mass., High School, three students, standing 2.57; Littleton, N. H., High School, five students, standing 2.50.