MILLER AGRICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
With a portion of the means supplied by the donation of Mr. Miller
there have been established in connection with the Agricultural Department
two scholarships, each of five hundred dollars per annum,
and tenable for one year, to be competed for at a special examination
upon the whole of the subjects taught in the department, to be
held near the close of each session. Candidates for this examination
to be already graduates in the studies of the department. Scholars
thus elected will be expected to continue their studies during the term
of their scholarships, and to render such assistance in the minor duties
of instruction, in the performance of analyses and researches, as may
be required of them. It is hoped that thus the opportunity may be
afforded the successful competitors of becoming thoroughly competent
in their chosen direction of study, worthy of public confidence
in regard to all the purposes which their special knowledge may subserve,
and that even during their tenurè of the scholarships in question
they may be able to render useful service in connection with
agricultural experiments, the examination and analysis of agricultural
and other materials of general interest. They will be subject to
no charge for tuition in the schools of the department, but will be
expected to defray the expense of material they may consume in the
chemical laboratory.
