THE BRYAN PRIZE

In 1898 Mr. William Jennings Bryan gave to the University two hundred and fifty dollars. From the interest of this sum a prize of twenty-five dollars is biennally offered for the best essay on the science of government. The contest is open to all matriculated undergraduate students. The essays may not be less than three thousand, nor more than six thousand, words in length, and must be left at the President's office not later than the second Wednesday in May. The prize was offered for the first time in 1901.

UNIVERSITY HONORS

The University has recently adopted the following plan whereby public official recognition is to be given to such students as attain a very high grade of scholarship. The following is the plan adopted by the University Senate:

Preliminary Honors. These shall be assigned on the completion of the sophomore year. The number of honors to be awarded shall not exceed one-tenth of the membership of the sophomore class. The exact number shall be determined by the Council of Administration, whose duty it shall be to receive the names of those students who are recommended by the various schools and colleges of the University, and after determining those who may receive honors, to report the list to the Senate. The basis of assignment shall be the scholarship of the student during the freshman and sophomore years. These honors shall be recommended by the schools and colleges and confirmed by the Senate in the manner above described.

Final Honors. These shall be assigned on graduation. The basis for the assignment shall be the scholarship of the students during the junior and senior years. Not more than one-tenth of the senior class shall receive such honors. The method of award shall be the same as in the case of preliminary honors.

Special Honors. These are awarded at the close of the senior year. No student may receive such honors who shall not have completed, before the beginning of senior year, at least twenty hours' work in the subject, or group of allied subjects, in which the honors are proposed; he must complete thirty hours' work in the same subject or group of allied subjects, by the end of his senior year, do such other work as the professor in charge may assign and must prepare an acceptable thesis. Special honors are awarded on the recommendation of the professor in charge, on the approval of the college or school in which the student is enrolled, and on confirmation by the Senate.

The names of all students receiving honors appear in the University catalog. A condition or a failure disqualifies a student from receiving general preliminary honors; either disqualifies a student from receiving final honors if received during junior or senior years. No student is eligible for special honors, who, during the period in which he is a candidate for the same, has received a grade of less than eighty-five in any subject.

Preliminary honors afford an opportunity for sophomores to secure recognition for high scholarship without waiting for graduating, as is often required. Final Honors are to be given to seniors in recognition of high scholarship, the terms being designed especially to favor students whose preparatory education has been so imperfect as to prevent them from obtaining preliminary honors. Special honors are planned for especially brilliant students who prefer to concentrate their efforts upon a special A student may be a recipient of both final and

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special honors.

TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

SPECIAL CERTIFICATE FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

In addition to the usual diploma, the University will hereafter give graduates who meet certain requirements in the choice and pursuit of their four years' course, and

who give personal promise of success in teaching, a special certificate of preparation for high school teaching."

COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS

This committee has in charge the naming of candidates from among University graduates for positions as teachers or supervisors of public schools, or instructors in normal schools, colleges, and technical schools. All requests coming to the University to recommend candidates for such positions go to this committee and should be addressed to the chairman, Professor H. A. HOLLISTER.

BENEFICIARY AID

EDWARD SNYDER DEPARTMENT OF STUDENTS' AID

In 1899 Professor Edward Snyder, Professor of the German language and literature, emeritus, gave the University the sum of $12,000, to be loaned to worthy students to enable them to finish their courses in the University.

By action of the Trustees, this fund is available for junior, senior, and graduate students who need aid to remain and complete their work. The minimum loan made is fifty dollars ($50), and the maximum loan is one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) to a junior, and two hundred dollars ($200) to a senior or graduate student. Notes of hand are taken for the amount of the loans, with 5 per cent interest. The maximum time limit is three years for juniors, and two years from the ensuing thirtieth day of June for seniors and graduates.

Applications for loans are passed upon by the Council of Administration and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University.

Loans are made to matriculated students only who have attained at least the rank of full juniors, who have been in residence at this University at least one year, who are at the time students in residence at this University, and who have declared their intention to graduate.

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In recommending loans preference is given to those students who are farthest along in their University work, who have shown themselves most assiduous and successful in their studies, and have shown habitual economy in life.

No distinction is made among students on account of sex or course of study.

A loan will not be recommended for any student who is believed to have been financially or morally delinquent in any respect.

Information given by applicants is considered confidential by the University authorities.

Applications for loans must be addressed to

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.

CLASS OF 1895 LOAN FUND

This is a fund of $100.00 established by the class of 1895, to be loaned to needy and deserving students. According to the conditions of the gift, fifty dollars are to be loaned annually, and the benefit of the fund is open only to students who, at the time of application are members of the freshmen class only. No person may receive the benefit of the fund more than four years. The loan bears interest from the time the recipient leaves the University, and is due, one-half in five years, and one-half in six years, after matriculation. The management of the fund is in charge of the Council of Administration.

MILITARY SCIENCE

The military instruction is under the charge of an officer of the United States Army. The course as a whole has special reference to the duties of officers of the line. A full supply of arms and ammunition is furnished by the War Department, including 960 cadet rifles and accoutrements and two field pieces of artillery.

Every male student, under twenty-five years of age,

able to perform military duty, and not excused for sufficient cause, is required to drill twice each week until he has gained credit for 4 semester hours. He is also required to study Drill Regulations for Infantry and to recite upon the same once a week until he gains credit for one semester hour.

On petition, properly approved, special students may postpone their military for not more than two semesters. The practical instruction begins as soon as possible after he enters the University. An Academy student carrying no freshmen studies and not expecting to matriculate during the year is not permitted to drill. The standings in study and drill are placed on record, with other class credits; one semester of recitations and drill count two hours, and the three remaining semesters of drill three hours, and are requisite to graduation in every University course.

Appointments in the regiment are made on nomination by the officer in charge and confirmation by the Council.

The regiment (three battalions of four companies each) is composed mainly of the members of the freshmen and sophomore classes. The non-commissioned officers are usually selected from the sophomore class, the lieutenants from the junior class, and the field officers and captains from the senior class and graduate school.

A special military scholarship, good for one year, is open to each student who attains the grade of a commissioned officer, the value of which is paid the holder at the close of the year.

An artillery detachment is organized mainly from the second year, or sophomore class, which receives practical instruction twice each week during the college year.

Toward the close of the year a committee appointed by the Council examines candidates for nomination to the Governor of the state to receive commissions as brevet captains in the state militia. Candidates must be members of the senior class in full standing at the time of this ex