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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES 81
initiative and resourcefulness in planning experiments, and his
power of applying his knowledge to concrete problems, rather
than to test memorized information. The ten or twelve most
successful applicants will be expected to present themselves later
for personal interviews.
The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of all the information
available in regard to the applicants-the results of their
examinations, their high-school records and recommendations,
the statements submitted as to their student activities and outside
interests, and results of the personal interviews. The awards
will be made without reference to financial need; but any successful
student with adequate resourc€s may relinquish the money
payment in favor of the next most deserving competitor, while
retaining the scholarship as an honorary recognition. The winners
of these scholarshlps will be designated Freshman Scholars,
and will be so registered in the Institute Catalogue.
DRAKE SCHOLARSHIPS
In addition to the foregoing, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Drake of
Pasadena, in 19Q7, made provision for an annual scholarship
available for a graduate of the high schools of St. Paul, Minnesota,
and a similar annual scholarship available for a graduate
of the high school of Bend, Oregon.
SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR PRIZE SCHOLARSHIPS
An endowment fund for undergraduate and graduate scholarships
and fellowships, known as the Robert Roe Blacker and
Nellie Canfield Blacker Scholarship and Research Endowment
Fund, has recently been given to the Institute. The income of
this fund is used for maintaining scholarships covering a part or
the whole of the tuition and known as the Blacker Junior and
Sophomore Schdlarships. Half of these scholarships are available
for the junior year and the other half for the sophomore
year. Normally, these scholarships will carry half-tuition; but