HOTCHKISS SCHOOL WINS SCHOLARSHIP TROPHY

The Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, has won for the second time the Interscholastic Scholarship Trophy awarded by the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa to the school whose students make the best average record in the examinations for admission to Harvard College.

Forty-three men won places on the honor list of those final candidates who secured an average grade of B or better in the 1922 examinations. The most brilliant individual record among 1003 final candidates was made by George W. Cottrell Jr. '26 of Cleveland, Ohio, who prepared at the University School in that city. He led by a narrow margin Austin M. Brues '26 of Jamaica Plain, who prepared at Roxbury Latin School, and Philip E. Mosely '26 of Westfield, who prepared at Westfield High School.

High General Average

Only one of the Hotchkiss candidates Edward J. Day '26 of Dorchester, gained a place on the honor list, the Hotchkiss victory being secured by a high general average on the part of its final candidates in the examinations, rather than by a number of brilliant records.

The trophy was first awarded in 1915, and at the end of ten years will go permanently to the school which has won it most often during that period. Central High School, Springfield, now leads in the contest for permanent possession, having won the trophy three times, in 1915, 1916, and 1920. Hotchkiss, with one former victory and with its success this year, has two legs on the trophy. The Country Day School of Boston, St. Mark's, and Kent School have each won it once. With two years to go, the contest for permanent possession may well lie between Springfield Central High and Hotchkiss.

Of the 43 men on this year's honor list, 22 entered the University from private schools and 21 from public schools. Thirty gained their final preparation in New England schools, the other 13 in schools outside New England.