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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.