The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29

At a meeting of the board of Trus-;
tees of the George Washington Educa-
tional Fund, provision was made for
a competitive examination to be held
in the city of Jerseyville, ILL.,, COM
mencing at 10 o'clock a. NJ, on We'd
nesday, August 16, 1899, said exami-
nation to be open to all .Afro-Amefi-
cans of Illinois, from whom will be
selected at least five benefciaries,
whose board, room rent, tuition and
all necessary incidental expenses lex
cept railroad fare and clothing), while
attending Fisk University, Nashville,
Tenn, will be paid out of the Fund.
The examination will include the
following branches:
ENGLISH COURSE.
Reading, photography, Mental and
Written Arithmetic, Political, Mathe-
NAUTICAL and Physical Geography, Eng
lish Grammar, United States History,
Elements of Physiology, Penmanship,
Elementary Algebra to quadratics,
and elments of National Philosophy
Applicants for admission to advanced
classes in college will be examined on
such additional branches as may be
required for such classes.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Those wishing to enter the fresh
man Glass;. classical course, will, in ad-
dition to the English branches emu
merated, be examined in four books of
Caesar, six books of Virgil's Aenid,
the four orations of Cicero against
Catiline, the first four books of Keno
phon's Anabasis, the first two books
of Homer's Iliad, Greek prose compo-
sition, Greek History, Physics, Plane
Geometry, and the Science of U. S.
Government.
A thorough knowledge of these
branches will be prerequisite to ap-
pointment as benefciaries Of this
fund.
The youngest applicants, other quail
ifications being equal, will be prefer
red.
Only persons of sound and healthy
physique are advised to apply.
Careful inquiry will be made re-
specting the habits and moral charac-
ter of applicants, and certificates from
teachers or reputable citizens will be
required of all before being admitted
to the examination. Any that may
have doubts of the results of the most
careful scrutiny in this respect, or of
their ability to pass this examination,
should save themselves the expense
and trouble of attending.
Applicants are requested to notify
J. w. Roberts, Co. Superintendent,
Jerseyville, ILL.,, examiner, as soon as
possible, of their intention to attend
the examination, giving their resi-
dences, ages and schools last attended,
with names of teachers. .~..
The Board will desire to know from
those who may be found worthy of
appointment: 1. Their aims in life.
2. Their financial condition and that
of their parents. 3. The course in col
lege desired. 4. Their opportunities
for further advancement in their stud
les at home.
While the Board will not exact a.
pledge, it will be pleased to know of
applicants, in case they in after life
become able, whether they will return
to the Fund the amount Ito be used in
educating others) that the Board will
have expended in their behalf. All
benefciaries must pledge themselves
to abstain from the use of tobacco and
Intoxicating liquors throughout their
college course. ~. 49, '~.:& -; i
Hoping that this opportunity may
come to the knowledge. of such as are
worthy of the assistance offered, and
that the Fund may continue to prove
to be of that substantial benefit to the
AfrO-Americans which it's generous
founder, an. ex-slave, aimed to confery
and which the Board so much desires
to see realized, we await applications.
T. S. CHAPMAN,
M. E. BAGLEY, I
A. M. Staten,
PIKE, a}l ...
J. w. ROBERTS,
o. B. HAMILTON, 49,. /
49,. 4. 49,. Trustees.
D. J. Murphy, Secretary, ~. !