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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 59
class who are registered in courses leading to first degrees, at a special
examination held at Ithaca at the beginning of the freshman year,
eighteen scholarships of the annual value of $200 each.
Students of high ability from the state of New York will have the
additional advantage of being able to secure State Scholarships, as
there is nothing in the University statutes to prevent a student from
liolding both a State Scholarship and a University Scholarship.
The name of every successful competitor for these scholarships is in
serted in the annual Register of the University, together with the
name of the school at which the competitor was fitted for college, and
the name of the principal of the school ; and these names remain in
the Register so long as the Scholarship is retained.
The statute in regard to scholarships is as follows :
1. There have been established by the -six under
University thirty
graduate scholarships each of the annual value of $200.
2. These Scholarships are named as follows : The Cornell Scholar
ships ; the Lord Scholarships ; the McGraw Scholarships ; the Sage
Scholarships ; the Sibley Scholarships ; the President White Scholar
ships ; the Horace Greeley Scholarships ; the John Stanton Gould
Scholarships ; the Stewart L. Woodford Scholarships.
3. These Scholarships are given for the first two years of any course
on the basis of excellence in special examinations held at the begin
ning
of the freshman year.
4. Recipients of the above Scholarships must be free from entrance
conditions.
5. These scholarships will be given for passing examinations which
shall average the highest in any three of the following groups, of
Tvhich group (a) must be one. Previous to entering this competitive
examination, however, candidates are required to pass satisfactorily
at the University the regular entrance examination in English. See
page 33. School certificates, Regents'
and Normal School
diplomas,
diplomas are not accepted in place of this English examination.
(a). Arithmetic,
and algebra through quadratic equations.
(b). Plane and solid geometry, advanced algebra, plane and spheri
cal trigonometry.
(c). Greek.
(d). Latin.
(e). French.
(f). German.
The above examinations cover substantially the same ground as the
entrance examinations in the respective subjects. See pages 36, 37,
38 and 39.