Prep Schools to Reveal New Scholarship Program

The formation of a School Scholarship Service for America's private secondary schools similar to the present College Scholarship Service will be officially announced in the May issue of the Independent School Bulletin, the CRIMSON learned yesterday.

The main purpose of the School Scholarship Service will be to eliminate size of scholarship award as a factor in applicant's choice of schools, said Frederick S. Allis, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee at Andover, who was elected Chairman of the School Scholarship Executive Committee at the last Secondary Education Board Conference.

The plan closely resembles the College Scholarship Service of which John U. Munro '34, University Director of Financial Aid, was first Chairman. The member schools will ask the same, detailed financial statement from all parents, the amount awarded to be determined solely by financial need.

This greater procedural uniformity in scholarships should result in the lessening of the usual discrepancy between these allotments and those awarded by colleges. Allis said that many preparatory school scholarship boys were surprised by the amount of scholarship reduction when they entered college.

Better Computation of Needs

The School Scholarship Plan will partially alleviate this situation by providing better financial computation of applicants' family financial situations. The richer schools will still continue to award more than the colleges because: their students often cannot obtain summer jobs, as much term-time work, or take loans.

The Service was originally sponsored last spring by Andover, Choate, Hotchkiss, Lawrenceville, Taft, Loomis, and St. Paul's which with eleven other schools operated the Service on a trial basis this year. It now includes thirty schools and more are expected after the official announcement.