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Graduate Fellowships

APRIL 1932
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Graduate Fellowships
APRIL 1932

With the announcement of the awards of fellowships for next year, the award to C. D. Chamberlin '26 of the William Jewett Tucker Fellowship annually awarded by President Hopkins was announced by the President March 15. In addition to the appointment of Mr. Chamberlin, now instructor of English at Dartmouth, fellowships were awarded by the President to eight candidates recommended by the faculty committee on Graduate Instruction and Fellowships of which Professor Anton A. Raven is chairman. All of the fellowships carry stipends of $1000.

The Henry Elijah Parker Fellowship has been awarded to H. S. Odbert 'BO of Lakewood, Ohio, who has been studying psychology at the Hanover Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as a holder of fellowships since his graduation.

The George E. Chamberlin Fellowship has been awarded for next year to M. E, Bush '30, who has been engaged in graduate study in philosophy at Cornell since his graduation and was a joint holder of the Parker Fellowship last year. His home is in North Leominster, Massachusetts.

The Richard Crawford Campell, Jr., Fellowship for graduate study in English literature was awarded to D. E. Wilson '31, of Washington, D. C., who during the present year is a graduate student at the Harvard School of Arts and Sciences as the recipient of a fellowship from the College. He will probably continue his study at Harvard as holder of the Campbell Fellowship.

The Charles O. Miller, Jr., Fellowship, awarded on a basis similar to that used in the selection of Rhodes scholars, has been given for the coming year to C. F. Willey '32 of Bradford, Vermont, for graduate study in psychology.

The James B. Richardson Fellowship, awarded on the same basis as the Miller Fellowship, was divided for the year 1982-33 between A. W. Levi Jr., '32 and F. K. Watson '30. Levi, whose home is in Indianapolis, Indiana, will study comparative literature. Watson, who has been a graduate student and instructor in chemistry at Dartmouth since his graduation, will study organic chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to his research work here he has been engaged in research for a lithographing company of Boston.

The Fred Demerritte Barker Fellowship, awarded on the same basis as that used in the award of; the Miller and Richardson Fellowships, will be divided during the coming year between W. D. G. Casseres '31 and C. E. Odegaard '32. Casseres, a senior fellow during the year 1930-31, is a graduate student in Spanish and instructor in comparative literature during the present year. He plans to study French literature at the Sorbonne. His home is in Cartago, Costa Rica. Odegaard, whose home is in Glencoe, Illinois, is a senior fellow. As the joint recipient of the Barker Fellowship he plans to study history at Harvard University.

As the recipient of the William Jewett Tucker Fellowship, Mr. Chamberlin, who holds an M.A. from Columbia University, will continue his studies there in English literature. The Tucker Fellowship is offered annually by the alumni of the College through the medium of the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund. It is awarded with the aim of securing for the College the services of those among its graduates who may be best qualified for college teaching. It is awarded with the understanding that the recipient, at the end of his term, shall be ready, if required, to serve as an instructor.