Free Scholarships Abroad

From the millions of dollars which people spend upon themselves, another million has been separated, to be spent upon others. Dame Julia Lewisohn Henry, daughter of Leonard Lewisohn, New York, dying in London, bequeathed $1,093,520 for Anglo-American university scholarships.

The day is coming when no student whose brilliance and purpose warrant it need mourn the meagreness of a U. S. education, no matter what his income. Many scholarships have been founded similar to the Lewisohn bequest which spend each year over a million and a half educating U. S. students in Europe.

Language, literature and the arts come first, with more scientific fellowships added each year.

Other things which Americans can study abroad free of charge are min ing, theology, diplomacy, Slavonic studies. Many of the scholarships permit travel, some of them require it. The largest budget gives the student over $4,000; the smallest under $100. Most are between $1,500 and $2,000.

Everyone knows of the Rhodes Scholarships, most famed of the international awards. Two men from each state go to Oxford University every year.

The Guggenheim memorial foundation provides $2,500 for 50 Americans each twelve month, no restrictions as to subject or place, both sexes, married or single, no race or color barriers.

The American Scandinavian Foundation sends 20 every year for study in Norway, Sweden & Denmark.

There is one Oriental opportunity, the Brotherhood Scholarship for Japan.

The list is obviously too long to tabulate. Let the poor student who dreams of Dr. Freud's courses in Vienna, of the Italian music masters, of the Sorbonne in Paris, communicate with the Institute of International Education, No. 2 West 45th Street, Manhattan. The Institute publishes a pamphlet for students listing all scholarships.

Some 600 foreign students, poorer than Americans, come to the U. S. each year on similar scholarships; more to study business and agriculture than for arts and letters.

The Henry P. Davison Scholarships bring Englishmen every year --two each to Yale, Harvard, Princeton.

The Commonwealth Fund Fellowships import 20 Europeans annually for two years' post-graduate work in any U. S. university, including three months of travel.