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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS.
Eleven University Scholarships are open to new-comers
from any of 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, $140; in Medicine, $100
to $160; in Engineering, $140.
The subjects assigned for examination in September,
1896, are as follows:
English.—The applicant will be examined as to his knowledge of
English Grammar, the elements of Composition, the principles of Rhetoric,
and, in general, as to his ability to express his thoughts in writing. In the
latter test great weight will be given to spelling, punctuation, legibility of
handwriting, neatness of form, etc.
In preparation for this examination no special text-books are required,
but the following are suggested as serviceable:
Baskervill and Sewell's English Grammar; Genung's Outlines of
Rhetoric; Turner's Handbook of Punctuation.
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.
One of the Miller Scholarships is awarded, on the recommendation
of the Faculty, at the close of the session to the
candidate who passes, with the highest aggregate of marks,
in Physics, Chemistry, and Botany. The tenure is for two
years, and the emolument is $250 a year with free tuition
in the Scientific Schools. Other conditions are stated on
page 100 (Department of Agriculture).
The McCormick Scholarship, established in honor of the
founder of the Astronomical Observatory, is awarded by
Mr. Leander J. 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 graduate
student.
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