higher degree of sharing in the extra-curricular life of the
campus.
Goucher
reported that the Scholars took a more active part in
extra-curricular activities and held more campus offices than their
classmates. "The College considers them a most desirable leaven in
the student body," the dean observed in her report. The University
of Wisconsin also reported that its Scholars were on the average
more active than their classmates, citing their participation in
the band, orchestra, theater group, campus paper (of which two
Scholars were associate editors), humor magazine, and yearbook.
Yale was the
only institution to report that its Scholars may have been less
active than their classmates, but it noted that the difference was
slight. Fisk reported that the 1951 Scholar group was less active
in extra-curricular organizations than succeeding groups, but that
the leadership of these latter groups "has stimulated these
organizations very distinctly."
Utah,
Oberlin, and Shimer reported that the Scholars' extra-curricular
activity was about equal to that of their classmates. At Oberlin,
one 1951 Scholar was elected president of the Student Association
in his senior year. At Columbia, one 1951 Scholar was editor of the
humor magazine Jester, another was managing editor of the
Spectator, and a third was co-manager of the football team.
Lafayette also reported a high degree of extra curricular activity.
Scholars there were members of eight varsity athletic squads. One
was a Deacon and Elder of the College Church, another was business
manager of the choir, and many participated in radio, debating, and
dramatics. Chicago reported that the leadership of the Scholars was
felt in every major area of extra-curricular activities.
FACULTY
RATINGS OF OVER-ALL ADJUSTMENT
Each of the
participating colleges and universities was asked to have faculty
members who were most familiar with the Scholars and Comparison
students appraise their over-all adjust