The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
University of Illinois-Honorary Scholar
ship,


In accordance with the spirit of section
nine in the act of the General Assembly OF
the State of Illinois, organizing the Illinois
Industrial University, approved February
49, 1867 it is hereby ordered by the Trus-
tees of the University of Illinois that Hon
orary Scholarships be established in said
University to be filled and occupied in the
manner and on the Cnoditions following,
viz
/. At the county seat OF each county in
the state of Illinois, which desires TO secure
an Honorary Scholarship in the University,
an examination shall be held by tine county
superintendent of said county or by suita-
BILE deputy to be named by hin, on the
first Friday and Saturday of June, 1888.
The persons admitted to such examinations
shall be residents of the county, fifteen
years of age, and shall have been previous
ly approved by the county superintendent
rs reasonable proficient In Reading, Writ
ing, Arithmetic, Grammer, Geography ana
History of the United States. Persons
already admitted to the University may not
be admitted to examination.
3. The questions used in said eyamina
ton shall have been presented under the
direction of the Regent of the University,
and shall be forwarded to the county sup
erintendent In sealed envelopes with
careful instruction as to the times and the
manner of using them, and the superintend-
ent or his deputy shall return his written
statement that such instructions have been
fully observed.
3. Immediately after the close of the
examination, the answers in the hand.writ-
ing of the persons examined, without note,
comment, or correction, shall tie collected
and sealed up in separate envelope for
each person examined, and shall be for
warded forthwith TO the Regent OF the
University, to be read and passed upon
| by him, with the aid of such members OF
the faculty as he may designate.
4 Each competitor may chose whether
he will be examined to enter upon tech.
nical or upon literary course. In the first
case the subjects upon which he shall be
examined shall be; Algebra, to and in
Guiding quadratic equations, German
plane, solid and spherical, Physiology,
Natural Philosophy, Botany, and English
Rhetoric and Composition, covering such
parts of the several subjects as are usually
taught in the better public high schools in
the state In the second case the subjects
shall be Algebra and Geometry as before
Physiology or Natural Philosophy, and the
first four books of CAESARS commentaries
the four orations of Cicero against Cataline
that for the poet Archias, and for the Man
ilian Law, and the first six books of Virg!l'i
Eneid.
5. In each county that persons whose
average standing in this examination shall
be the highest, shall be entitled to an hon
orary scholarship In the University, exemp
from any tee for tuition or inciden tai ex-
pense. Provided, that a scholarship may
not be awarded to any person whose stand
ing in any subject offered for his examina
ton shall be less than IS upon the scale OF
100, or whose general average shall be les'
than 50 upon the same scale.
6. The scholarships awarded as above
shall be good for four years and shall no
be transferable.
Z. If at the examinations provided fo
in June, no persons should secure III,
scholarship for any county, the Regent anC
the county superintendent may provide ,
second examination in the September fol
flowing,