Just 50 years had passed since the Boston Newsboys' Protective Union first thought up the idea: Why not help send one bright newsboy each year to Harvard? In 1906, the union started doing just that, and though it was disbanded in 1916, its Boston Newsboys' Scholarship Fund became a permanent part of Harvard. Last week, as it celebrated its Golden Anniversary, the fund could justly claim that once given a boost, a newsboy is hard to beat.
Of the 42 sent to Harvard, only one flunked out, three are now in the college. Of the graduates, five won master's degrees, three are...
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