THE COLLEGE

The steadily growing scope of the College's financial aid program is revealed in figures released November 23 by Albert I. Dickerson '30, chairman of the Committee on Scholarships and Loans. More than $490,000 has been awarded to undergraduates for the current academic year, marking an increase of some $68,000 over the amount of aid given in 1951-52. Approximately $448,000 of this year's total is in cash grants including all forms of scholarships and loans. Students working for the Dartmouth Dining Association will earn an additional $44,000.

A total of 513 men are receiving financial aid from the College, with grants averaging §961 per man. In 1951-52, 498 students were benefited and grants averaged $847 per man, with total aid estimated at $422,000.

One hundred and nineteen freshmen at Dartmouth are recieving financial aid totaling $125,000. Of this amount $105,000 is in outright cash grants and the remainder is being earned by those men working for the D.D.A.

Among those receiving aid are 23 foreign students, including ten Displaced Persons who are sponsored by the Undergraduate Council. There are also two Hopkins Scholars, sons of Dartmouth men who gave their lives during World War II and for whom tuition, room and board are provided from the income of a gift of more than $250,000 from John D. Rockefeller Jr., in honor of President Emeritus Ernest M. Hopkins. The freshmen receiving aid represent 33 states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii and 16 foreign countries.

The establishment of the Daniel Webster National Scholarships, announced on Dartmouth Night and financed in part by an anonymous gift of one million dollars, will result in a further growth in scholarship aid next year, when these new grants will take effect. In addition, the Dartmouth Development Council is working on an accelerated program to increase scholarship endowment funds to enable a larger percentage of the student body to receive aid, and to make possible larger awards in certain especially needy cases.