Description

Karl Taylor Compton and Josiah Willard Hayden meet with Hayden Memorial Scholarship recipients in the president's office. Portrait painting of George Eastman is visible on the back wall. Stamp on verso reads "Published, Nov 10 1939, Boston Herald".

Original Caption: "M. I. T. Scholarship winners--The first group of students to win Charles Hayden Memorial Scholarships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They are shown with J. Willard Hayden, left, president of the Hayden Foundation, and Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of M. I. T., both seated at desk."