Earlier his sports-scholarship knack- led to membership in Omi rron Delta Kappa, campus leader slap society then came Phi Beta Kappa honors, and when it comes to savvy on the classroom there is none higher. Now comes the nice dividend for the Hill senior, whose field of scholarship specialty is in tht classical line and who may get the No 1 sheepskin as honor man 01 lus class barring a late spurt ov any competitors -he's just won a $1,400 Woodrow Wilson Fellow snip for graduate study The Richmond senior plans to seek a master's degree , next ses sion at University of Virginia in 'he classics to be followed by launching a career in teaching L,atin. Selection of Woodrow Wil son fellows is based on intellect, tnaracter and personality. The grant system was started at Princeton Univertsity some years ago as a memorial to the late U. S. president so closely iden tified with the New Jersey insti tution The grants are provided to meet the growing need for college teachers. The Ford Foundation paid a $115,660,000 tribute to the Wood row Wilson Fellowship program, originated in 1945. The Founda tion recently put that sum into the program to keep it oiled and functioning as a teacher recruit ing device
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