The Committee on Grades of the University of West Virginia has accepted the offer of the Hillel Foundation at the University, to award a cup to the fraternity on the campus making the highest scholastic average. No restrictions upon the award of the cup were placed. The cup will be awarded in the fall of 1929, covering the school year 1928-29.
For a number of years a fraternity scholarship cup has been awarded by the faculty committee on student and fraternity standing on behalf of its donor. The fraternities eligible for the competition had to be only those which are members of the Inter-fraternity Council. Under this rule all local fraternities on the campus, as well as all Jewish, Catholic and other sectarian fraternities, were excluded, as they were not members of the Council. The action on the part of the Hillel Foundation was viewed here as promoting a spirit of tolerance and better understanding. It also linked the Foundation, established by the Independent Order B’nai B’rith, with the university’s scholarship committee.
The cup is to be awarded annually and is to be passed from fraternity to fraternity until one has won it three times, when it will be retained permanently. In addition, a smaller, permanent trophy will be awarded yearly, which the winner will be entitled to retain.
The Hillel Foundation at West Virginia has recently been given a place of distinction by the Religious Work Council of the University. The Council is composed of representatives of all religious denominations. When the annual Spring Forum on “Vitalizing Religion” was held during March, the Foundation was selected as the meeting place.
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