The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.

Information and Suggestions foI
Those who will Compete In the
Competitive Examinations fol-
Scholarships Ia the Colleges Of
South Carolina Offering Scholar
ships to be Filled by Competitive
Examinations
Competitive examinations are
held in each of the counties OF
South Carolina for scholarships
in the following institutions;
Winthrop, Citadel, South Caro-.
lima College, and the College OF
Charleston. For the benefit OF
those who will stand these ex-
aminations this year the ques..
tions used last year are printed
herein as suggestive of what the
applicants of this year may ex-:
pect. Prospective applicants
would do we'll to make good use
of these questions for while they
are not the same as will be given
this year they suggestvery largely
the nature of the questions asked
from year to year.
In preparing for and in stand
ing an examination there are some
general points that the applicant
would do we'll to observe, among
which are the following:
Begin early. There is nothing
that is calculated better to bring
on examination fever the morn OF
the examination than to postpone
preparation till too near that day.
In examinations the early bird
most frequently catches the worm:
Study under the guidance OF
some one. With instructor you
can accomplish twice as much as
you can without one. If you are
really bent on winning O scholar
ship, it will pay you and pay you
well to get the assistance OF a
competent instructor, even it you
have to ride several miles to reach
one.
Review constantly. 1t will be
of great assistance to you to re-
view repeatedly all that you 60
over. Take a rapid review each
day of what you have already
gone over, paying special atten-
tion to the points you fail on in
these reviews.
Stand examinations frequently.
Your oral reviews and examina.
tions will not be sufficient. Your
examination will be written work
and you should practice yourself
in doing the written work. You
may be able to rattle off your
knowledge ever so rapid with
your tongue, but you prepare
Yourself to write it. And be not
careless in this written work; for
it will tell on you on examination
day. To stand a written examin-
alton at least once a week on the
subjects on which you are to be
examined will prove of the great
est advantage to you, especially
if you will have this written work
examined by o competent person.
Begin with only one study.
Put yourself to it on history or
arithmetic for several days con-
secutively until you have pre-
pared yourself on the subject in
question. Then take up another
study and so on till you have
covered the field.
Study principles. For instance,
if your examination is on arith-
metic, do not worry yourself with
trying to work every example in
the book, but rather give yourself
to a study of tho principles one
by one till you can master each
one. The probabilities are that
you will not got single one OF
the ones that you work, but every
one given on examination will be
an illustration of some one of the
principles that you have studied:
This same law applies with equal
force to your other studies.
Read some good book. In al
most every competitive examina-
tion given these days there is a
question involving an expression
of opinion from you as to some
book you have read. You may
be called upon to write upon
some character in it or you may
be asked about something in con-
nection with it's style. 1t is
therefore the greatest Importance
to you to have read some good