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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 61
the coming Commencement, and who does not already hold a first de-
jjree, may be a competitor.
2. Every competitor shall be required to submit, at the Registrar's
office on or before the first day of the spring term, an original oration
upon a subject which shall have
previously been approved by the As
sistant Professor of Elocution and Oratory.
3. The competing orations shall be limited to fifteen hundred words
and shall be written with a typewriter.
4. The orations submitted shall be read in private by their authors
to a committee appointed by the Faculty, after which the committee
.shall examine the orations and shall select the best,
not to exceed six
in number, for delivery in public The names of the successful writ
ers shall be announced as early as practicable after the beginning of
the spring term.
5. The contest for the prize will take place on the evening of the
fifth Friday of the spring term, under the direction of the President
of the University.
6. The prize shall be awarded by a committee of three, to be ap
pointed by the President, and, whenever practicable, from persons not
resident in Ithaca.
7. The prize shall not be conferred unless the successful competitor
shall complete the course and take the degree at the Commencement
next following.
8. A copy of each of the orations selected for the competition shall,
within one week after the selection, be deposited by its author with
the committee charged with the selection, which shall, after the com
pletion of the competition, deposit the orations permanently in the
University Library.
The '86 Memorial Prize is an undergraduate prize for declama
tion to be awarded at a public contest held in May of each year, be
ing the income of a sum of money left as a memorial by the class of
1886, and amounting to about thirty dollars annually. It is the in
tention of the members of the class of 1886 to make this income amount
to eighty-six dollars annually. The conditions of the contest are as
follows,
viz :
1. The Assistant Professor of Elocution and Oratory is empowered
to select from the students pursuing the courses in Public Speaking,
twelve speakers, whose general excellence, in his judgment, warrants
their competing for the prize.
2. The announcement of this selection is to be made not later than
the middle of the third term.
3. The contest for the prize takes place on the evening of the fourth