In addition to the scholarship, each recipient receives a trip to Washington, D.C., from April 5 to 7 to attend the
Horatio Alger National Scholars Conference and participate in college-preparedness and other educational sessions.
Presented each year by the
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc., the awards recognize courage in overcoming personal obstacles to attain academic success.
THE
HORATIO ALGER STORY: MENTORING AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
The result is often jarring, as if someone had stretched a smiley
Horatio Alger mask too tightly over a rough frowning visage that keeps poking through beneath.
"It's at once a suspenseful
Horatio Alger story and a vivid evocation of 1920s New York, from the poorest immigrant tenements uptown to the glittery heights of golden-age Times Square."
In 1985, he received the
Horatio Alger Award, given to outstanding Americans who have succeeded in spite of adversity.
Horatio Alger was that great 19th Century writer of fiction whose heroes were the poor working boys of America.
He is a member of the
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, an honor recognizing high achievers who come from humble beginnings.
For a country steeped in
Horatio Alger mythology and still aglow from a certain "Yes We Can" success story, this seems a fitting moment for such a reminder.
Anderson has received many honors throughout his career, including the 1994
Horatio Alger Award for which he was nominated by the late Norman Vincent Peale.
MANY OF TODAY'S HIGH SCHOOL students say that the pressure to get good grades is creating a problem for them and that there is too much pressure to act as adults, according to a recent study by the
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, a nonprofit educational group.