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Barboursville College, Barboursville, W. Va.-Tuition is free to ministers, to young men preparing for the ministry, and to the dependent children of ministers engaged in pastoral pursuits, or of deceased ministers.

West Virginia University, Morgantown W. Va.-Each county is entitled to 1 free student for every 500 of its population. The regents appoint 8 young men from each of the 13 senatorial districts of the State, who receive free tuition and are furnished their books and stationery.

Lawrence University,1 Appleton, Wis.-The income from $1,000 is used annually to aid needy students.

Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.-The income from $13,000 is used in aiding students preparing for the ministry.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.-There are 8 fellowships of $400 each per annum open to graduates of any college of recognized standing; they are filled each year, but holders may be reelected once; another fellowship of $400 is given, preferably to residents of Milwaukee County, for excellence and promise in the department of mechanic arts. There are 10 scholarships of about $35 each per annum for students speaking either Norse, Swedish, Danish, or Icelandic, and who have attended a common school or the university one year; 1 of $250 per annum for a student from Milwaukee; 40 of $100 each per annum for students in the short course in agriculture; there are also for 1893-94 3 scholarships of $150 each, 4 of $50 each, and 2 of $25 each for students of Hebrew and Hellenistic Greek. Tuition is free to residents of the State.

Ripon College, Ripon, Wis.-Three permanent scholarships giving free tuition are for needy young men.

University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.-Tuition is free to residents of the State.

COLLEGES FOR WOMEN.

Mills College and Seminary, Mills College, Cal.-There are 14 scholarships, the interest of which is used for worthy pupils whose means are limited. They are as follows: Five endowed with $5,000 each, 1 with $4,000, 4 with $3,000 each, 2 with $2,500 each, and 2 with $2,000 each. There is also 1 scholarship endowed with $3,000 for the benefit of students in instrumental music. The daughters of clergymen are specially aided in certain cases.

Rockford College, Rockford, Ill.-Arrangements are made by scholarships, loans, and in other ways requiring personal effort, to aid a limited number of students.

Woman's College of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.-There are 6 scholarships for the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church; 1 of these is open to each of the 5 conference districts and entitles the holder to one year's tuition; these scholarships are awarded by competitive examination; the sixth scholarship is awarded to the student who ranks highest in passing the third year of the course, and entitles the holder to a year's tuition and $50 in money; the recipient must have been for two years a member of a Sunday school in one of the charges connected with the Baltimore Conference. A scholarship is offered in the Presbyterian Church and 1 in the Protestant Episcopal Church to the candidates from Sunday schools of these churches respectively, who rank highest in a competitive examination, for admission to the college. There are scholarships giving free tuition for four years for the female high schools of Baltimore and the high school of Washington; 1 scholarship is offered each year to the graduate from the class of that year who may be designated by the faculty of each school. Similar scholarships are offered to graduates of Pennington Seminary, New Jersey, and Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa. There are 10 other scholarships entitling the holders to one year's tuition, but which may be renewed from year to year.

Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women, Cambridge, Mass.-There is 1 scholarship of $200 per annum, which pays the tuition of 1 young woman.

Smith College, Northampton, Mass.-There are 6 annual scholarships of $50 each for needy students in the art school; 1 endowed with $5,000, and 1 with $1,000, are unrestricted; 1 with $5,000 for daughters of missionaries or those preparing for missionary work; 1 with $1,000 for a member of the junior class. There are also a limited number of annual scholarships of $50 and of $100 each for needy students. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.-A limited number of annual scholarships for partial remission of tuition have been established to assist needy and deserving students in regular courses. The following scholarships have been endowed: One with $500, 6 with $1,000, 1 with $2,000, 5 with $5,000, 1 with $10,000, and 1 worth $200 per annum.

Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.-There are 29 scholarships endowed with $5,000 each, 1 of which is for students from the town of Wellesley; 2 with $7,000; 1 with $2,000; 1 with $1,000; students receive each $50 per annum, and $150 is given each

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year by Science Hill Seminary, Shelbyville, Ky., to the candidate for Wellesley who has made the best record the preceding two years in that seminary. Elmira College, Elmira, N. Y.-The income from $25,000 is available annually in amounts not exceeding $150 a year for worthy and needy young women.

Barnard College, New York, N. Y.-There is 1 scholarship (value not given). Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-There are 5 unrestricted scholarships endowed with $6,000 each, and 1 with $740; 3 with $6,000 are subject to the nomination of the founder; 1 with $6,000 is preferably for members of the Reformed (Dutch) Church; 1 with $6,000 is for daughters of Baptist ministers; 1 endowed with $1,000 is for a student in one of the higher classes; 1 with $8,000 is for daughters of clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church; 1 giving board and tuition is open to competitive examination; the income from $10,000 is for daughters of foreign missionaries; the income from $51,000 is unrestricted. A fund of $50,000 is available for students, in awarding which preference is given to the extent of half the number receiving aid to such as are residents of Poughkeepsie, and have been for at least five years.

Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.-Nine fellowships of the value of $525 each arə awarded annually, 1 each in Greek, Latin, English, German, and Teutonic philology, romance languages, mathematics, history or politics, biology, and chemistry; they are open to graduates of any college of good standing; they do not exempt the holders from the charges for tuition, board, and room rent; holders must reside in the college during the academic year. The Bryn Mawr European fellowship will be awarded annually to a member of the graduating class of Bryn Mawr College on the ground of excellence in scholarship; the holder will receive $500, applicable to the expenses of one year's study and residence at some foreign university.

There are 2 scholarships of $200 each open to members of the Society of Friends that are unable to pay the full charge for tuition and residence; graduate students are preferred. Three scholarships, covering all expenses of tuition; board, and residence, are open to graduates of Earlham, Penn, and Guilford colleges, respectively.

2. ENGLAND.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY.-Craven fellowship and scholarship.—Under a scheme sanctioned by the high court of justice in 1886 there are now 2 fellowships and 6 scholarships.

The fellowships are tenable for two years, with an annual stipend of £200 a year each. Candidates must have passed the examinations required for the degree of B. A., and not have exceeded twenty-eight terms from matriculation. One fellow is elected annually in Michaelmas term by a committee of 5 persons appointed for the purpose by the board of the faculty of arts. The committee may elect either without examination, or after such examination in Greek and Latin literature, history, and antiquities, or in some parts of these subjects, as they shall think fit. Every fellow is required to spend at least eight months of each year of his tenure of the fellowship in residence abroad for the purpose of study at some place or places approved by the electing committee.

The scholarships are tenable for two years, with an annual stipend of £40 each. Candidates must be members of the university who have not exceeded sixteen terms from matriculation. Three scholars are elected annually in Michaelmas term after an examination conducted by 3 persons nominated by the committee above mentioned. The examination is the same as that for the Ireland scholarship, and the person elected to that scholarship, if he has not already gained a Craven scholarship, is elected at the same time to the first Craven scholarship. No person can be elected a second time to a Craven scholarship.

Radcliffe's traveling fellowships.-These fellowships are 3 in number, each of the annual value of £200, and tenable for three years only. An election is holden each year in Hilary term. Candidates must have passed all the examinations required for the degree of bachelor of arts, and must either have been placed in the first class in one at least of the public examinations of the university or have obtained some university prize or scholarship open to general competition. Each candidate must declare that he intends to graduate in medicine in the University of Oxford, with the view of engaging in the practice of medicine, and to travel abroad with a view to his improvement in that study; and no one is to be elected who is legally authorized to practice as a physician. But in case neither any person willing to make such a declaration nor any person of sufficient merit for election shall offer himself as a candidate, the fellowship then vacant is to be thrown open to all persons who have been placed in the first class in the school of natural science, whether authorized to practice or not, and the person then elected is not to be required to make such declaration. Candidates are to be examined in such subjects connected with medical science and by such official persons in Oxford as the electors (who are

1 Report, 1892-93.

2 From Oxford University Calendar, 1893.

the Archbishop of Canterbury and other official personages) shall appoint A fellow forfeits his fellowship by spending more than eighteen months within the United Kingdom.

Vinerian law scholarships.-There are 3 scholars, each elected for three years, with an annual stipend of £80. One scholar, and 1 only, is elected every year in Hilary term. Candidates must be members of the university who have completed two years and have not exceeded six years from their matriculation. The election is vested in a board consisting of the vice-chancellor, all the professors of law, and the public examiners in the school of jurisprudence, who are to appoint for each election 3 examiners, including 1 at least of themselves. The subjects of examination are the civil law, international law, general jurisprudence, and especially the law of England, both public and private. Each scholar is to satisfy the vice-chancellor every year that he belongs to one of the inus of court, or at least is bona fide studying English law.

Dean Ireland's scholarships.-Founded "for the promotion of classical learning and taste." One scholar is elected every year in Michaelmas term. Candidates must be undergraduate members of the university who have not exceeded the sixteenth term from their matriculation. Each scholarship is of the annual value of £30, and is tenable for four years, provided the scholar keep, by residence, 2 terms in each year. The examination is the same as that for the Craven scholarships, and the person elected to the Ireland scholarship is, if he has not already gained one of the Craven scholarships, elected at the same time to the first Craven scholarship.

Eldon_law scholarship.—Candidates must be Protestants of the Church of England and members of the University of Oxford, who, having passed their examination for the degree of bachelor of arts, having been rated in the first class in one branch at least of examination, or have gained one of the chancellor's prizes, and who intends to follow the profession of the law. The scholarship is tenable for three years, running from June 4, Lord Eldon's birthday, provided the scholar keeps his terms regularly at one of the inns of court. If the scholar be called to the bar or begins practice under the bar he thereby vacates his scholarship. An additional scholarship may be occasionally awarded as the funds permit.

Boden Sanskrit scholarships.-One scholar is elected every year in Hilary term. Candidates must be members of some college or hall who have not exceeded the 25th year of their age. Each scholarship is tenable for four years, with an annual stipend of £50, payable half yearly, provided the scholar retains his name on the books of some college or hall, keep by statutable residence three terms in each year, attend lectures of the professor, and make sufficient proficiency in Sanskrit. Default in these conditions entails forfeiture of the scholarship, or at the least of some portion of the stipend. The electors are the Boden professor of Sanskrit, the regins professors of divinity, Hebrew, and Greek, the Laudian and Lord Almoner's professors of Arabic, and the professor of Latin, or any three of them; if there are not three official electors willing to act a deputy or deputies are to be appointed by the electors conjointly.

Mathematical scholarships and exhibition.-There are 4 scholarships, 2 senior and 2 junior, and 1 exhibition. The value of a senior scholarship is £30 for the first and £50 for the second year of its tenure. A junior scholarship is of the annual value of £30, and the exhibition is of the value of £20 for one year. One scholar in each of the two classes is elected every year in the first week of full Hilary term. Candidates for the senior scholarships must have passed all examinations required for the degree of B. A. and must not have exceeded the twenty-sixth term, inclusively, from their matriculation. Candidates for the junior scholarships and for the exhibition must be members of the university who have not exceeded eight terms from their matriculation, inclusively. Each scholarship is tenable for two years, provided the scholar keeps his name on the book of some college or hall or of the delegates of noncollegiate students, and, if a junior scholar, provided he continue to attend the mathematical studies. The senior scholar elected each year receives for one year only, over and above his proper stipend, the dividends of that moiety of Dr. Johnson's fund which was formerly assigned to his mathematical scholar, and is called the "Johnson university scholar." These dividends amount to about £20 a year. The exhibition is tenable under the same conditions as the junior scholarship, and is awarded to the candidate for that scholarship second in order of merit, if thought deserving by the examiners. The examiners, three in number, who must be at least masters of arts or bachelors of medicine or civil law, are appointed by the trustees of the foundation, namely, the vice-chancellor, the 2 proctors, and the professors of geometry, astronomy, natural philosophy, and experimental philosophy.

Kennicott Hebrew scholarships.-Under new regulations made in 1885 there are 2 scholarships, a senior and a junior. The senior scholarship is awarded in Michaelmas term of every alternate year, and is tenable for two years, the emoluments consisting of a single payment of £120, made when the scholarship is awarded. It is open to all members of the university who have passed the examinations for the

degree of B. A., and who on the first day of the term in which it is awarded have not exceeded twelve years from matriculation. It is awarded to the candidate who on or before the first day of that term shall have sent in that which in the judg ment of the electors is the best dissertation on a subject connected with the Hebrew language or literature, selected by the candidate himself, subject to the written approval of the regius professor of Hebrew. The electors are not bound to award the scholarship for a dissertation which in their judgment is not of sufficient merit, and they have power to examine a candidate in the subjects of his dissertation, and in questions arising immediately out of it. No residence is required in the case of a senior scholar.

The junior scholarship is of the annual value of £120, and is awarded every year in Michaelmas term after an examination in the Hebrew language and literature. Opportunity is given to candidates for showing their acquaintance with the cognate Semitic languages. Candidates must not on the first day of the term in which the scholarship is awarded have exceeded thirty terms from matriculation. The scholarship is tenable for one year, during which the scholar is to reside for seven entire weeks in Michaelmas and Lent terms severally, and seven weeks in the interval between the commencement of Easter term and the twenty-first day of act term, but such residence may be dispensed with by the board of management of the Pusey and Ellerton scholarships under certain conditions as to the pursuit of study or the undertaking of work elsewhere.

The electors to both scholarships are the regius professor of Hebrew and two other members of the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin, not under the degree of M. A., nominated by the above-mentioned board of management, and approved by convocation.

Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew scholarships.-There are 4 scholarships, with an annual stipend of £40 each. Two scholars are elected every year in Michaelmas term. Candidates must be members of the university who have not exceeded fourteen terins from matriculation or the twenty-fifth year of their age. Candidates are examined in passages set from the Pentateuch, Isaiah xl-lxvi, Psalms i-lxxii; papers are also given in composition, grammar, and miscellaneous questions. Each scholarship is tenable for two years, provided that the scholar reside seven weeks in the Michaelmas and Hilary terms of each year, and seven weeks in the Easter and act terms of one of the two years, and that during such residence he pursue his studies under the direction of the professor of Hebrew. In certain cases the board of management of the foundation may dispense with part of this residence. The electors are the regius professors of divinity and Hebrew and the Lord Almoner's and Laudian professors of Arabic; or, in default of these, the board appoints electors. The board of management consists of the vice-chancellor, the president of Magdalen College, the dean of Christ Church, the warden of Wodham College, the regius professors of divinity and Hebrew, and the Lord Almoner's and Laudian professors of Arabic. Denyer and Johnson theological scholarships.-There are 2 scholarships of £50 each, open to any bachelor of arts who has not exceeded twenty-seven terms from his matriculation. The examination is held every year in Hilary term. The standing of candidates who have matriculated at Cambridge or Dublin before matriculating at Oxford is computed from the date of matriculation at Cambridge or Dublin as the case may be, Easter term in either of those universities being reckoned as equivalent to Easter and Trinity terms at Oxford. The examiners, 3 in number, are nominated by the electors of the examiners in the Honour school of theology, and must be members of convocation in priests' orders. The subjects of examination are fixed each year by the board of the faculty of theology. The scholarships are tenable for one year only.

Hertford scholarship.-This scholarship was founded for the promotion of the study of Latin. It is of the value of about £37, and is tenable for one year only. The election takes place in Michaelmas term. Candidates must not have completed two years from their matriculation. The examiners, 3 in number, who must be at least masters of arts or bachelors of civil law, are nominated by the vice-chancellor and proctors, subject to the approval of convocation.

Taylor scholarships.-One scholarship worth £50 and 1 exhibition worth £25, each tenable for one year, are awarded annually for proficiency in one or more of the languages taught in the Taylor Institution, in comparative philology as applied to the same, and in the literature of the selected language or languages. Candidates must not have exceeded the twenty-third term from their matriculation.

Burdett-Coutts scholarships.-There are 2 scholarships for the promotion of the study of geology and of natural science as bearing on geology, each of the annual value of about £115, and tenable for two years. One scholar is elected annually in Michaelmas term. Candidates must have passed all necessary examinations for the degree of B. A., and not have exceeded the twenty-seventh term from their matriculation. The examiners are the professor of geology and two other persons nominated, subject to the approval of convocation, by the board of management of the

foundation, consisting of the vice-chancellor, the president of Magdalen College, and the regius professor of medicine. Every scholar is required during the first year of his tenure of the scholarship to reside in the university under such conditions as the board of management may determine, and during the second to pursue such course of study, in the university or elsewhere, as the professor of geology may

approve.

Abbott scholarships.-There are 3 scholarships, tenable for three years, open to sons of clergymen of the Church of England who need assistance to enable them to have a university education. If matriculated, they must not have exceeded three terms of residence, nor hold a scholarship or exhibition worth more than £50 a year. Ceteris paribus natives of the West Riding of Yorkshire have the preference. The examination is held annually in Easter term.

Berby scholarship.—This scholarship is of the annual value of about £157, and is tenable for one year only. The trustees of the endowment are the lord-lieutenant of Lancashire, the Earl of Derby, the chancellor, the vice-chancellor, the two burgesses of the university, and the dean of Christ Church, for the time being. After defraying necessary expenses from the dividends, they pay the remainder to a member of the university, chosen by themselves, who has completed his twentieth and not exceeded his twenty-fourth term on the day fixed for receiving the names of candidates. Candidates must have obtained the following academical distinctions: (1) A first class in literature, Greek and Latin at the first public examination; (2) a first class in literæ humaniores at the second public examination, or a second class in literæ humaniores at the second public examination, together with 2 of the 3 chancellor's prizes, of which 1 must be that for Latin verse; (3) 2 out of the 3 classical university scholarships, viz, the Hertford, Ireland, and Craven scholarships.

Davis Chinese scholarship.—This scholarship is awarded for proficiency in the Chinese language and literature. The stipend is £45 a year, payable terminally. The scholarship is open to all members of the university who, on the day of election, have not exceeded the twenty-eighth term from their matriculation. The scholar is elected by the vice-chancellor, the president of Corpus Christi College, and the professor of Chinese, after an examination held by such persons as they may appoint for that purpose, the professor himself being always one of the examiners. The scholarship is tenable for two calendar years from the day of election, provided the scholar keep a statutable residence of not less than seven weeks in each terin, Easter and Trinity terms being reckoned as one, and pursue his studies in Chinese under the advice and supervision of the professor. If at the time of holding an election the electors do not think any of the candidates worthy of the scholarship, they have power to postpone the election for any period not exceeding two years, and in such event to grant the annual stipend of £50, or any less sum, under the name of an exhibition, to any person who shall be certified to them as desirous of pursuing the study of Chinese. The exhibition is tenable during the period for which the election to the scholarship shall have been postponed, and under the same conditions of residence and study as are applicable to the scholarship.

University College.-The foundation consists of a master, 13 fellows (including 1 civil-law fellow), 16 scholars, and (ultimately) 17 exhibitioners. The fellowships are tenable for seven years, but this term may (except in the case of the civil-law fellowship) be extended under certain conditions. The civil-law fellowship is open to members of the University of Oxford who have passed all the examinations required for the degree of B. A. and have not exceeded thirty terms from their matriculation. The scholarships are of the annual value of £80, and are open to all who have not exceeded the age of 19 years on the day of election. They are tenable in the first instance for two years, but this term is extended to four years in case of good conduct and industry, and may for special reasons be extended to five years.

The 2 Lodge exhibitions (annual value about £82) and the Heron exhibition (annual value not exceeding £70) are open to all persons in need of support at the university who are not more than 21 years old nor of more than six terms' standing. The 3 Freeston exhibitions (annual value £50) are confined in the first instance to the grammar schools of Normanton, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Swillington, and the 4 Gunsley exhibitions (annual value not less than £45) to the grammar schools of Rochester and Maidstone. The 2 Linton exhibitions (annual value not less than £40) are awarded for special proficiency in modern history, and are open to all persons who are not more than 21 years of age nor of more than eight terins' standing. All the exhibitions are held on the same tenure as the scholarships. The new statutes also provide that there shall be created a general exhibition fund for the purpose of assisting such members of the college as the master and fellows shall judge to be in need and deserving of assistance at the university.

Balliol College.-There are now 12 fellowships and 15 scholarships on the old foundation at this college; the latter, of £80 a year, open to candidates under 19 years of age. There are 5 scholarships of £60 a year for persons educated at Blundell's school, Tiverton, 1 of which is to be filled annually by examination at the school.

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