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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS.
Eleven University Scholarships are open to new-comers from all
the States at the beginning of the academic year; five are in the Academical
Department and two each in the Departments of Law, Medicine, and Engineering.
The scholarship awards are based upon a competitive examination
held during the first week of the session, embracing papers in English, Latin,
Greek, and Mathematics. The right is reserved to reject any papers that do
not reach a standard of three-fourths. The emoluments are free tuition and
matriculation. The value of one of these scholarships to the successful competitor
is, in the Academical Department, $100 to $150; in the Law, $105; in
Medicine, $125; in Engineering, $125.
The subjects assigned for examination in September, 1893, are as follows:
English.—Swinton's Grammar and Composition; Hart's Rhetoric, or equivalents.
Greek.—Xenophon's Memorabilia, Books i. and ii.; Lysias, Against Eratosthenes;
Grammar and Composition.
Latin.—Livy, Books i. and ii.; Cicero, Against Catiline; Grammar and Composition.
Mathematics.—Algebra through the Binomial Theorem; Plane and Solid Geometry,
Venable's Legendre, with exercises, or an equivalent; Plane Trigonometry, Todhunter's
Trigonometry for Beginners, or an equivalent.
The University Scholars in 1892-'93 were E. E. Dinwiddie, Jr., of Virginia,
and A. S. H. Bristow, of Virginia.
The Miller Scholarship is awarded by the Faculty on conditions prescribed
under the Agricultural Department. The Miller Scholar in 1892-'93
was David K. Butler, of Virginia.
The McCormick Scholarship, established in honor of the founder of
the Astronomical Observatory, is awarded by Mr. McCormick. The emoluments
are free tuition and matriculation.
The Thompson Brown Scholarship is awarded by the founder.
The Isaac Carey Scholarships are awarded by the Carey Trustees.
The Birely Scholarship, founded upon the bequest of the late Mrs.
Evalena Seevers Birely in honor of her husband, Valentine Birely, Esq., of
Frederick, Md., is awarded by the Visitors to some student from the State of
Maryland.
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 post-graduate student.
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