'Cliffe Plans To Increase Scholarships

Radcliffe scholarships will be raised in specific cases of individual hardship in order to meet the new increase in rent charges, Mrs. Wilma A. Kerby-Miller, Dean of Instruction, announced yesterday. A blanket enlargement of all grants, without consideration of personal difficulties, will not be undertaken.

Dean Kerby-Miller also revealed that scholarship loan funds received by the Annex under the 1958 National Defense Education Act are being used this term only for prospective teachers. The act provides special benefits for this group of borrowers by reducing total long-term payments of half the initial amount loaned.

This term the college received $2,400 under the act, one-tenth of the amount originally requested. Additional grants are expected in the Fall. "Small as it was, the Federal aid was very helpful," the Dean commented. Now many students needing assistance and especially those on scholarships find they are better off borrowing and utilizing the extra time at study."

An unprecedented demand for student loans, she explained, had depleted all available funds at the Annex before the grant arrived in February. Attributing the growing demand to a new attitude among 'Cliffies that "intelligent borrowing is not a disgrace," the Dean added that "in the past they preferred taking on extra work."

Asked about Radcliffe's reaction to the disputed loyalty oath provisions of the Defense Education Act, the Dean said that "no protest was officially registered, although individuals in the administration regret that it was included."

"The oath is extremely unfortunate in this case," she pointed out, "because it singles out students particularly as people who are suspect. But, since this is the first national loan program that has been passed by Congress, there are bound to be flaws."