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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES 83
Maximum
(a) H.ating in scholastic subjects, equal weights being
assigned to the total credits received during the three preceding
terms (including credits for previous summer reading),
and to the ratio of these total credits to total units .... 300
(b) Originality, ideals, ability, and personality, as rated
by members of the Committee on Honor Students and by individual
instructors ............................................................................ 995
(c) H.ating by fellow-students of the first honor section
on personal qualities, such as integrity and trustworthiness,
morals, native ability, disposition, initiative, efficiency, ability
to deal with others, judgment, gentlemanliness, and the like 150
(d) Rating on ability to write ................................................ 100
(e) General information and breadth of interest as
shown by special examination.......................................................... 75
(f) Detailed statement of each student as to his "student
activities," participation in outside affairs, general reading,
etc ............................................................ _............................................. 75
(g) Physical development and attention to health during
the preceding year as rated by the Physical Education Department*
............................................................................................ 75
Total 1,000
(2) Qualifying for the Travel Prizes. At the end of each
year the Committee on Honor Students will designate not more
than six students of the sophomore class as having "qualified"
for the competitioN for the Travel Prize of the ensuing year.
The students who receive the largest number of "points" will
be so designated.
(3) Competition for the Travel Prizes. The competitors
qualifying for the Travel Prizes in the way stated above shall
report at once (before the summer vacation) to repr€sentatives
of the Committee on Honor Students; and a plan for summer
reading and study and for special work during the first two
terms of their junior year to meet the requirements of the competition
will be laid out.
(5) Award of the Travel Prizes. These prizes will be
awarded to those students who, having qualified in the way stated
'Students desiring to compete for the scholarships or travel prizes
should report this fact at the beginning of the school year to the Physical
Education Department, in order that they may receive special instructions.