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MHS Glass Gets $109,350 in ScholarshipsScholarships totaling *109.350 were awarded at the 58th annual Monessen High School commencement exercises last night at the high school gymnasium.The commencement address to the 178 graduates was delivered by Dr. Benjamin Fine, chairman of the department of journalism and communications at Point Park Junior College. Pittsburgh, and an education writer for The 'ew York Times for 17 years.Dr. Fine also said there is a scholarship fund to finance coJ-! kge careers for those seeking higher education but lacking finances.His talk highlighted an observation that only abort 50 per cent of the nation's high school graduates go on to college and that a large majority are rxA corftinuing their education because of the lack of finances. He stated that “a scholarship fund would provide the means by which our national average would be raised and the potential manpower salvaged.”Dr. Fine abo aid there is a great need to improve teaching techniques. Commenting further, he noted that on the national scene a large number of today's grada-GftADC ATKN-F«k 11Here'* vrenfl Keee «f Mwtnci High commtacemcfit exercises ia Hixb School na.
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jun 05, 1962
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