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Almost 1,500 secondary schools around the world award the Harvard Book Prize to juniors who "combine excellence in scholarship and high character, with achievement in other fields." The program, developed in 1910, was meant to encourage talented high-school students to apply to Harvard, but now represents what former dean of Harvard College Fred Jewett has called "one of the highest awards a school can make to a student."
To the two books that have traditionally been available as prizes--The Harvard Book, by William Bentinck-Smith, and College in a Yard II, edited by David Aloian--a third has been added: Harvard Observed, by John Bethell, former editor of this magazine. Alumni interested in underwriting a Harvard Book Prize through their local Harvard club should call Betty Titchen at (800) 654-6494, or e-mail her at "btitchen@harvard.edu".