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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
above, receive the highest rating by the members of the Committee
on Honor Students. This rating will be based upon:
(a) Accomplishment in scholastic subj ects, and grades received
in the comprehensive examinations given to "high honor"
students at the end of the second term of the junior year.
(b) Research and other creative ability as rated by instructors
who have had contact on this side.
(c) Power of clear, forceful expression (oral and written),
as rated by instructors who have had contact on this side.
(d) Acquaintance with European geography, politics, social
problems, and recent history, with art and nature, with German
and French, and other knowledge conducive to the success of a
European trip as rated by Dean Macarthur on the basis of the
seminar on "Europe" which he conducts during the fall and winter
terms.
(e) 'Student activities, physical development, health, as rated
at the end of the sophomore year (items d and g of that rating).
(f) Personal qualities as rated by fellow students at the end
of the sophomore year (item b of that rating).
(g) Personal qualities conducive to fullness of life and success
in a scientific or engineering career, as rated by the Honor
Student Committee and instructors who have had close contact.
THE CONGER PEACE PRIZE
Everett L. Conger, D.D., for the promotion of interest in the
movement toward universal peace and for the furtherance of
public speaking, established in 1912 the Conger Peace Prize.
The income from one thousand dollars is given annually as a
prize for the composition and delivery in public of the best essay
on some subject related to the peace of the world. The general
preparation for the contest is made under the direction of the
Department of English.
SCHOLARSHIP AID FOR HONOR STUDENTS
In addition to the prize scholarships described above, certain
scholarship funds, limited in amoant, are available for students
in honor standing whose financial resources might etherwise
prevent them from continuing at the Institute. Any such students
are requested to consult the Deans.