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

vcrsity place. on the examination papers
provided by the committee In charge OF
the Pulitzer scholarships.
This il the second year Of the new plan
devised by Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer to assist
worthy boys In the requirement OF a
collegiate education. The competition Is
open to all boys graduating from the
city grammar schools. From the twenty
who stand highest In ,ac examinations
ten are selected. after a careful investi-
cation Of their material positions In life.
70 these ten the advantages OF the schol-
arships are extended.
The committee urew up n few weeks
ago Il 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 u New York:
MI. Joseph Pulitzer proposes to give a stipend
Of $3.50 a year to certain boys graduating from
the grammar schools II New York city. for the
purpose u enabling them to take a college course
which they may choose. In addition To receiving
the stipend Of $3.50 a year. these boys VIII re.
Cciyr free tuition In the Horace Mann High
School. connected with the Teachers College, now
81 No. . University place, and after September,
1N9ls AT one llunlfel anu lNtHtltln htIctl, Ol
Mornlngside Heights. New York city, for a
period not longer than three years. at the end Of
which time, 1t is believed they Will be ntted to
enter the college Of their choice. While the boys
viii be- free to enter any frst-class college, ar
rangcments 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
eighteen years attached TO admission to the
Schools Of OF Mines. Law and Medicine. The
der r,. nf IluplplpF nf Arts lists for fnur wears.
Admission to this course Is generally open to
boys who have completed their fifteenth year,
although the average age at which IT. IL taken is
seventeen or upward. The usual college course
Implies some knowledge of Greek or Latin and
for no knowledge Of Greek. and often do not
require Latin. The School OF Mines OF Columbia
College requires neither Greek nor Latin. but does
require both German and French.
An examination for the, purpose OF selecting
ten boys to enjoy tho rtiy'less, provided by MI.
lsg4-5. win be held at the Teachers College, No.
. University place, covering parts OF two days,
Friday, June S., from . A. NJ. to IL noon; and
saturday, June ., from A. NJ. to 10 noon.
The subjects covered by tho examinations will
be these;
English, including grammar, composition and
literature.
American history. Geography.
Arithmetic. Frca-hand drawing,
EFFORT viii be made to make It a fair test OF
what boys ought to be at the end of their
f''''''' ''''N YUM u ''bN' IN wv w ~
supplement the written examination with an
oral examination. The names of the best twenty
boys. az determined by this examination, will
10 reported to the umllrslgned committee. and
by the coihmIttre the selection will be made oi
awarded.
The suecesafu' boys will report at the Horace
Mann school for Instructions at the opening of the
fall term. SEPT "a. 1894. Each boy will be cn.
pected at that time to choose whether he will
take a classical course. ttting him for college.
or such a course us Will ut him only for a Bcien-
tine school. Toys may change their course at a
later period only with the consent of the under.
signed committee MIR. PulitEer's stipend Of $3.50
n year is. intended to be continued to each boy
through his school course and through hts college
shall not exceed seven years.
Those who wish to compete at the examination
Tor selecting the boys who are to enjoy, this
privilege must address a letter To MIR. G. Il,
Nel"ncy. Principal NJ the Horace Mann School.
No; > University place, on or before June l 1894.
This letter should state that the writer desires "a
be Considered a candidate for one Of the Pulitzer
s.h9larship" and should state hs age, the name
OF residence. The letter should also contain q
statement made by the principal OF the school
from which the candidate is about to graduate
that the candidate has spent not lcas than thre,
years In the public schools Of New York. Is n
good moral character aud will be likely to make
good use II his opportunities.
1t Is MIR. rulitrcrs particular desire that al
the boys graduating from the Grammar Schools
Of New York city who, without the bencHt m
such scholarships, would he unable to obtain q
college education, shall feel themselves cliEihl,
In the world In which the democratic spirit pre-
walls more generally than In a good college
a man Ia almost certain to be valued there fol
what he Is, rather than for what he has. sir
Pulitzer wishes to op,n up to some boys In tn,
city. who by themselves nigh; not be able to
c"inmani a college education, those careers f0
hngr""s In witch a thorough education Is almos
| iniispens2hlc. Every such boy therefore VIII
should feel himself at liberty to compete to
,n'se schGlarsllps as prizes emitting the holder
| Go h%HTJSSlo dl'',n,''on T wTp by merit in oper
WALTER l.. llERVEY.
GuGGENIIEIMER.
I one hundred and thirty boys flel appli
2 cations In response to this invitation
This Is a material Increase over the mum
: bel presenting themselves last year. TIL,
, hsures then were one hundred and thir
, teen. or these one hundred and thirty
four were found to be disqualified foI
various reasons. One WAS a non-residen
81 the city, and others had left school,
pnoNlnns 10 ms year, There remained
ana they represented thirty-seven OF n,
mnety-lour grammar schools. The dis
trihution Is As follows:
Grammar School No ?. G.; No. I. I; No. :, /
: 30 ~ = NJ, II, 3 No is. .: No. 90, .; No. .?
$ 10. q. 3: n. n, ~ a. 49, ~, q No. ! ~ a. Z 10 d. :,
+ ; No. g., No. g. l. No. 60, I; No. 70. o. No
= (, 9; No g. ., No. z, q No. Is, !; No, 70, 5
{ ., No. %, total. l26 "
% Grammar School No. 50 heads the lis
T y n.nG boys, This school is in III
7 avenue and one Hundred ana Thirty
j. fourth street. schools No. 81. at No. 81
r Nrst f2rty-rourth street, and No. -, q
n Inc. q Jack tiTS MIX Sirr s;t arg J2.n'lT second II /
~, the upper llrt ~ the city are nearl
L an represented, This fact, 10y the was
may he 'ak"n as an Illustration OF Il
SirlIE n.ria"ar4 movement Of the city
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