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LOAN FUNDS

Applicants for loans, if not already registered as students in the University,
must have complied with all the requirements for entrance. All inquiries
concerning loans should be addressed to the Bursar.

Lelia S. Bennett Loan Fund.—Established in 1926 by a bequest of $5,000
by Mrs. Lelia S. Bennett, of Albemarle County. Loans are made to deserving
students in any department of the University.

Doctor Charles Hooks Harris Medical Student Loan Fund.—Established
in 1923 by a gift of $100 per year for a period of ten years, from Dr. Seale
Harris, of Birmingham, Ala., in memory of his father. In making awards
from the fund preference will be given to applicants from Cedartown, Ga.,
upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and Principal of the Cedartown
High School and Mr. J. C. Harris, Superintendent of the Georgia School
for the Deaf, Cave Springs, Ga. If there be no applicant from Cedartown
High School, then the award will be made by the President and Dean of the
Department of Medicine of the University.

Fairfax Harrison Loan Fund.—Established in 1915 by the gift of $200
from Fairfax Harrison, of Washington, D. C. Loans from this fund are made
to deserving students in any department of the University.

Harvard Loan Fund.—The Harvard Loan Fund was established in February,
1909, by an alumnus of Harvard University, who gave to the University
of Virginia the sum of $5,000 as an evidence of the friendship and kindly
relations existing between the two institutions. Loans from this fund will
be made to needy and deserving students pursuing or intending to pursue
studies in any department of the University, in amounts not to exceed $100
in any one session to a single student, at an annual rate of interest of four
per cent.

Kiwanis Club Loan Fund.—Established in 1922 by the gift of $100 annually
from the Charlottesville, Va., Kiwanis Club. Loans are made to
deserving Virginia students in any department of the University.

Robert E. Lee Loan Fund.—In October, 1914, a gift of $10,000 was made
to the University by a veteran of the Federal Army, who wished in this way
to express his interest in this institution and his admiration for General Lee.
Loans from this fund will be made to deserving students in any department
who stand in need of such assistance.

Lynchburg Alumni Chapter Loan Fund.—Established in 1915 by the gift
of $200, with an approximately equal sum annually, to be loaned to students
from Lynchburg and vicinity, upon the recommendation of the officers of the
Chapter.

Seven Society Loan Fund.—Established in June, 1915, by a gift of $500
from the Seven Society of the University. Loans are made to deserving
students in any department of the University.

The Henry Strong Educational Foundation.—From this fund established
under the will of General Henry Strong, of Chicago, an annual allotment is
made to the University of Virginia for loan scholarships, available for the
use of young men and women students under the age of twenty-five years,
preferably in the upper classes, to aid them in obtaining a "practical, literary,
scientific, mechanical or business education."

Virginia Students' Loan Fund.—The Virginia Students' Loan Fund was
established by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March
14, 1908, and amounts each year to one per cent. of the annual appropriation
made by the Legislature for the support of the University. In accordance
with the terms of this act, loans will be made "to needy and deserving students
of talent and character, from Virginia," in amounts not to exceed $150 in any
one session to a single student, at an annual rate of interest of four per cent.

Sarah E. Wright Memorial Loan Fund.—Established in 1915 by a gift of
$750. Loans from this fund are made to deserving students in any department
of the University.