FELLOWSHIPS.
The Vanderbilt Fellowships are supported out of the working
fund of the Leander McCormick Observatory. They are assigned to
advanced students who take Astronomy as their major subject and
occupy a portion of their time in work connected with the Observatory.
They are appointed upon the recommendation of the Director
of the Observatory, to whom applications for further information
should be made. The value of each Fellowship is three hundred and
fifty dollars a year, with the remission of all fees.
The John Y. Mason Fellowship, founded upon the gift of Archer
Anderson, Esq., of Richmond, Va., is awarded by the Visitors to
some competent and deserving graduate student, born in Virginia
and in need of such assistance. The value is two hundred dollars
a year.
The William Cabell Rives Fellowship, founded in honor of the
distinguished statesman of that name by his grandson, Dr. William
Cabell Rives, of Washington, D. C., is awarded by the Board of Visitors,
on the nomination of the president of the university, to a graduate
student in History. The value of the fellowship is two hundred
and fifty dollars, with remission of all fees.
The Board of Visitors Fellowships.—The Board of Visitors
makes annual appointment, upon the recommendation of the professors
in charge of certain designated schools, of four graduate
students to fellowships. Each incumbent is required to occupy a
portion of his time in work connected with the school from which
he is nominated. The value of each fellowship is two hundred dollars
a year, with the remission of all fees.
The Phelps-Stokes Fellowship in Sociology for the Study of
the Negro.—The Phelps-Stokes Fellowship was established in November,
1911, through the gift of the Trustees of the Phelps-Stokes
Fund, and the acceptance of this gift by the Rector and Visitors
of the University. The fellowship yields $500 annually. The holder
of the fellowship is appointed by the university and is required to
pursue advanced studies under the direction of the departments of
Sociology, Economics, Education, or History, as may be determined
in each case by the president. Each fellow is required also to prepare
a paper or thesis embodying the result of his investigations
which shall be published by the university, with assistance from the
income of the fund, any surplus remaining being applicable to other
objects incident to the main purpose of the fellowship.
