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FRESHMAN PRIZE SCHOLARSHIPS
A number of freshmen scholarships are awarded by the Institute,
and a further scholarship by its Alumni, upon the basis of a
competition open to properly qualified male students in the senior
classes of the high schools or college preparatory schools. The
Institute Scholarships will carry a payment sufficient to cover
either the whole or half of the year's tuition; and the Alumni
Scholarship one of $300.
To enter the competition the student must meet the following
conditions: He must complete by the end of the current school
year at least fifteen units of studies of such a character as will
fulfill the requirements for admission to the Institute, as set
forth on pages 65-68, and he must, if awarded a scholarship, expect
to enter the Institute at the beginning of the next college
year. The competitor for the Alumni Scholarship must be
elected by vote of the male members of the senior class of his
high school. Any competitor for the Alumni Scholarship is
eligible for an Institute Scholarship (in case he should fail to
receive the Alumni Scholarship).
Each student nominated for the Alumni Scholarship must mail
to the Registrar of the Institute not later than June lOth, on
forms provided for the purpose, credentials giving the usual
statistical information, and showing his high-school record, his
participation in -student activities, and his outside activities and
personal interests.
All competitors for the scholarships must present themselves
at the Institute for examination on June 30th and July 1st. The
examinations will cover the branches of mathematics required
for admission to the Institute, high-school physics and chemistry,
English, American history, and general information. They will
be of such a character as to determine the ability of the student
to think and to express himself clearly, and to demonstrate his