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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.

Dr. 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 the 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.