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COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING.
For fellowships and scholarships, see pages 64-67.
PRIZES.
The Fuertes Medals, founded by Professor E. A. Fuertes and
consisting of two gold medals, will be awarded under the following
conditions :
One of these medals will be awarded annually by the University
Faculty to that student of the College of Civil Engineering who may be
found, at the time of graduation, to have"maintained_the highest degree
of scholarship in the subjects of his course ; and the other medal will be
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awarded annually by the University Faculty to that graduate of the
College of Civil Engineering who may write a meritoriouspaper upon
some engineering subject tending to advance the scientific or practi
cal interests of the profession of the civil engineer; provided, how
ever, that neither medal shall be awarded unless it appear to the Uni
versity Faculty that there is a candidate of sufficient merit to entitle
him to such distinction. Candidates will be nominated to the Univer
sity Faculty by the College of Civil Engineering annually.
When no medal is awarded, the money thus left unexpended shall
be added to the principal of the Fuertes fund ; or it may, at the dis
cretion of the Board of Truttees, be given to aid needy and meritori
ous students of any course.