The evening world., 1894-06-12
100 YOUTHS COMPETE.
Each Intent on One of the Ten
Pulitzer Scholarships.
Gramamr School Boys Hard at Work
at the Teachers College.
Second Year OF the Plan to Help
Worthy Youngsters.

work In the Teachers College, In Uni
verslty place. on the examination papers
provided by the committee in charge or
the Pulitzer scholarships.
This is the second year OF the new plan
devised by Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer to assist
worthy boys in the requirement OF
collegiate education. The competition is
open to all boys graduating from the
city grammar schools. From the twenty
who stand highest in .he examinations
ten are selected. after careful inVesti-
cation of their material positions in life.
To these ten the advantages OF the schol-
aHhips are extended.
The committee urew up a few weeks
ago a circular, and, with the approval and
assistance OF the Board OF Education,
had 1t distributed In all the grammar
schools Of the city. The text or this
circular was as follows:
THE PULITZER SCHOLARSHIP.
To boys about to graduate from the grammar
schools OF the city Of New York:
MIR Joseph Pulitzer proposes to give stipend
o. 1900 year to certain boys s4aIs"s TY 'rT ,hs
purpose OF enabling them to take college course
in any hrst-class college In the United states
the stipend OF $3.50 year. these boys VIII re-
ceye free tuition In the Horace Mann High
at No. University place and after september.
1894, at one Hundred and Twentieth street on
Morningside Heights. New York CITY, Tor a
period not longer than three years, at the end OF
which time. 1t is believed they will be htted to
enter the college OF their choice. While the boys
will DO free to enter any hrst-class college. ar
rangoments have been made by Mr.. Pulitzer to
enable them to enjoy free tuition at Columbia
College In either the School OF Arts, the School
OF Mines. the School OF Law or the School Of
Medicine There is. however. an age limit OF
E,I, Ia nfn nf n
usual college course leading up to the
degree OF Bachelor OF Arts lasts for four years
boys who have completed their fifteenth year.
although the average age at which 1t is taken Is
Implies some knowledge OF Greek or Latin and
generally OF both, The scientific courses call
for no know'edEs Of Grses d. And Often M ohs do hn
College requires neither Greek nor Latin but does
require both German and French.
An examination for the purpose Of selecting
ten boys to enjoy the privileges provided by Mr..
Pulitzer begnning with the academic year
SS viii be hsa at orerpr tes par Of twS days
Friday June s. from A. NJ. to IL noon: and
Saturday. June O. from o A. NJ to IL noon.
The subjects covered by the examinations will
English. including grammar. composition and
literature.
| American history. Geography.
Arithmetic. Free.hand drawing.
The examination will be in writing. and the
efort VIII be made to make II fair test OF
what boys ought to be at the end OF their
grammar school work. The right Is reserved TO
supplement the written examination with an
oral examination. The names OF the best twenty
boys. as determined by this examination, will
be reported TO the undersigned. committee. and
by the committee the selection will be made OF
awarded.
The successful boys will report at the Horace
fall term. SEPT a. 1894 Each boy will be er-
pected at that time to choose whether he will
] fnk rIaaa aIaal tlNa tor 1lla1a
or such course will At him only for a scien
tine school, !'oys may change their course at a
signed committee Mr.. Puit.er's stipend OF $3.50
! a year is intended to be continued to each boy
through his school course and through his college
course Rs we'll provided that the whole period
shall not exceed seven years.
Those who wish tn compete at the examination
| for selecting the boys who are to enjoy this
privilege must address letter to Mr. C. f.
Meleney, Principal Of the Horace Mann School
No. 0 University place, on or before June l, 1884
be considered u candidate for one Of the Pulitzer
scholarships and should state HIS age. the name
| OF HIS -lrents, their occupation and their place
| OF residence. The letter should also contain a
statement made by the principal OF the school
| that the candidate has spent not less than three
years years In the public schools Of New York, Is Of
good Use u his opportunities.
1t is Mr. Pulitzers particular desire that all
the boys graduating from The Gramnar schools
such scholarships. would be unable to obtain a
college education. shall feel themselves eligible
| to compete for this privilege. There Is no place
| In the world In which the democratic spirit pre-.
walls more generally than In good college.
what he IL, rather than for what hc has MIR.
Pulitzer wishes to open up to boys In the
city. who by themselves might not be able to
command college education. those careers foi
success In which a thorough education Is almost
,ndispsn.ahe' Every such boy therefore who
should feel himself at liberty to compete foi
these scholarships as prizes emitting the holder,
TO honorable distinction won by merit In oper
competition WIN H. MERRILL,
| WALTER L. HERVEY.
RANDOLPH GuGGENHEIMER.
One hundred and thirty boys flei appli.
cations In response to this invitation
This Is material Increase over the mum
bel presenting themselves last year. TIL,
hgures then were one hundred and thir
teen. or these one hundred and thirty
four were found to be disqualified fol
various reasons. One was a non-residen
, ot the city, and others had left schools
pre- previous to this year. There Remained
one hundred and twenty-siX asplrants
and they represented thirty-seven OF tn,
nlnety-four grammar schools. The dis
tribution Is as follows:
yo Grammar ~ School No 2. g.; No; :; No, 7. |
; q 2; No, g, 3! No a. ): 30 %. ?; 10. d. ~
No. o. 8; 10 no. 49, g. 4 10 No. S 81 Eo Na Sa Il No. "a g,
3 - No. 75 >: No. u, s; No. IS /: No, 49, s
No, ~, No, 81, 2; No. Sc. 5. No. Ss. .: No. 81
e D. No. 93, total. l26.
0 Grammar School No 50 heads the lis
n VITA nine boys. This school Is In tn
: Twelfth Ward. on the corner OF Leno
! avenue and one Hundred and Thirty
: fourth street. Schools No. 81, at No 81
r West Forty-fOurth street, and No. 70, a
. NO " First street, are Jointly second 1
u line, each with eight boys The school
( In the upper part OF the city are nearl
I all represented. This fact, by the way
- may be taken AS an Illustration of a
steady northwaru movement OF the city
'r population.
IA on Friday morning the boys assemble
" In the Teachers College Little time wa
y lost in getting to work They were ii
10 Nided into four classes, and each Of thes
"a assigned tn u room. Mr.. &. T. MelOnn,
principal Of the Horace Mann Schoo
l. took them in charge, with number ,
ts efficient assistants. Before the day WA
,g over the hoyS had handed in their wri
- ten answers to the sets of questions
T. arithmetic, English Qncluding d!ctatio
he exercises for spellInI) and geograph
m In the preparation of all these auestiol
the examiners sought simply 10 GOV,
W the range of the boys studies while
er school The intention Is to ascertain N,
so much what the hoy knows as wh,
he has learned, and in that respect fu
nish in sense an estimate OF our ed
cational system. 1t Is probable that
future examinations there Will be
., wider range OF information taken as "A
VI basis of questions. The examiners ha,
Informally discussed this natter Mi