The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-07
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.

Prior to the war and for many years
after 1t was felt to be beneath the dig
nifty OF our colleges and universities to
solicit patronage by other than the recog-
nized form of catalogue advertisement,
aud now and then an occasional personal
letter from the clerk of the faculty to
prospective student. But as colleges
multiplied Throughout the South, 1T was
found that unless they adopted some of
the agencies employed by other schools,
and by men of business, such as more
extensive advertising, putting special
agents in the field. etc., colleges and uni
versities must suffer for lack of patron
age. Some such movement has given rise
to the many forms of Tree scholarships
that now obtain in nearly all our South
ern colleges.
1t has rema,ned, however, for the Uni
versity of Virginia, the pride of the
South. to inaugurate series of scholar
ships more gen arous in their breadth than
has ever hereto been concei we'd by any
college, and at the same time to put itself
in still closer touch with the academic
and the public schools of the State.
AT meeting of the board of visitors
held at the University on December 10,
it was resolved t. abolish all university
scholarships as now existing, and to ere
ate others under the following conditions,
viz: For every five academic students in
any one session sent to the University by
any private school from it's pupils of the
preceding session, said school shall lie en-.
titled'to scholarship the next session in
the academic de partment of the Univer-
sity. eXempting him, if a Virginian, from
all matrio ulation fees, and If from any
other State from all tuition fees. Pre-
scribed standards and II ethods in which
such students shall he chosen were passed
upon by the board. These same privileges
under the same conditions are likewise
offered to the public schools of the whole
country.
again, the University also offers to the
public schools of Virginia six academic
scholarships, the recipients of which are
to receive $500 each per annum, ana lie
exempted from naturalization fees. The
methods by which these scholarship are
to he computed for WAS also determined
by the board
Tlis action 10 not cnly a generous one,
but it sho~ as also that the board S keenly
alive to the interests of the school, and is
determined by progressive methods of
the day to keep it's patronage up to the
high average it has always enjoyed
There is many poor boy whose one
dream in life has been to enter the classic
walls Of this school, but who has been
debarred from doing So by the expense
attao he'd, who will take fresh hope from
this announcement of the board, and.will
thus be enabled to see his dream accom-
plished.
Then, too in order to secure a scholar.
ship for his own school the principal of
every academy and private school will
use all diligence to send at least the re-
quisite number of students from hls
school each year, to obtain it. In this
way the minor schools throughout the
country will become feeders tc the Uni.
versity, and in order that there may be
no failure of the candidates who may ap-
ply for admission, q higher standard and
a more thorough work in these prepara-
tory schools will be sure to follow.
The University is to be congratulated
then, not only upon the step that can
make such plan feasible, but upon her
excellent stroke Of pension policy as we'll