The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-08
Educational Column
ATTENTION. FARMERS SONS AND
DAUGHTERS!
How 10 Win q Scholarship in Purdue
University.

TO" 10 win Scholarship in PURDUE
University.
Any young man or woman re,
siding in this State, who will pro.
duce the yield or secure the finan,
clal returns in any Of the first foul
classes named below, will be award.
ed
SCHOLARSHIP IN THE SHORT AGRI-
CULTURAL COURSE,
Which will begin early in January
ls95, and continue eight or ten
weeks, with lectures on Live Stock
HuSbandry, Agriculture. Horticul,
ture. Veterinary and Dairy topics,
Demonstrations in the Veterinary
Hospital and Laboratory Exercises
in the Farm Dairy. etc.
Class IA yield Of 20 bushels Of
Corn. 80 bushels Of Oats or 30 bush
els of wheat on one acre in one
piece OF ground, or Of 20 bushels Of
Potatoes on one-fourth acre.
Class ia WELD of 80 bushels
of Strawberries on one-tenth Of an
acre, or sales therefrom amounting
10 $50.
Class lll.-A net profit of % pei
cent. on any sum not less than $15
invested in sheep, calves, swine,
poultry or eggs.
Class IN.-Sales from butter
amounting TO $40, the product Of
one COW for eight consecutive weeks.
Any one winning a Short Course
Scholarship in any of the Glasses
named above may, at his option,
take instead a
SCHOLARSHIP IN THE REGULAR AG-
RIcULTURAL COURSE,
for one year. beginning in Septem-
ber. 1894.
Class N.-Anv one obtaining cor
responding yields or financial re-
turns on two. three or four times
the area. in one piece Of ground,
named for corn, oats, wheat, pota-
toes or strawberries under Glasses
and H.. will be correspondingly
awarded Scholarship for tvo,
three or four years in the Regular
Agricultural Course, beginning in
September, 1894.
Class VI.-Any one securing cor
responding returns to those named
in Classes iii and ~. with two,
three or four times the minimum
investment named, or with two,
three or four cows. will be CORE
spondinglv awarded a Scholarship
in the Regular Agricultural Course
for two, three OF four yeas, begin
ming in September, 1894.
Class NII.-Anv one producing
in 1895. 80 bushels Of wheat on one
acre. or the same yield per acre on
two. three or four acres in one piece
Of ground. will be correspondingly
awarded a Scholarship for one, two,
three or four years in the Regular
Agricultural coure, beginning in
September, 1895.
ANY person desirinl to compete
for Scholarship in any one or two
Of the above named Glasses should
report at once to Prof. W. G. Latta,
LAFAYETTE. Ind. who will forward
for performing the work.
j. III. SMART, President.
NoTE.-These Scholarships are
limited strictly to the Short and
Regular Courses in Agriculture.
All persons securing Prize Scholar
ships in the Short Course must pre-
sent testimonials as to character,
and he at least sixteen years of age.
In addition to the requirements for
the Short Course, those securing
Scholarships in the Regular Course
must pass the examinations in the
several branches Of study required
IN the Annual Register before adj
mission to the University. Candi-
dates for the Regular Agricultural
Course should enter at the begin
ming Of the College Year in Sep
and those who compete for
Scholarships by growing corn may,
if they desire. enter the Regular
Course next September and have
the crop harvested by another, in
which case they would pay the GUS
tomary fees for the Fall Term and
have said fees RENTED at the time
Of securing a Scholarship. II is
suggested that all candidates com
pete in two Classes-say with crop
and live stock-so that If they fail
in one they may yet succeed in
Ignorance il not innocence, and
A child il more likely to walk
straight If YOU give him light
than il you leave him in the
dark