The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-05
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.

Information and Suggestions for
= Those who will Compete in the
Competitive Examinations for
Scholarships in 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-
linn College, and the College Of
Charleston. For the benefit Of
those who will stand these OK
nminations this year the qucs-
tons used last Nar are printed
herein as suggestive Of what the
applicants Of this year may OK
pcct. Prospective applicants $
would do we'll to make good use
a OF these questions for while they
NSs're not the snmc rs will be given
y this year they suggest very 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 chat tho applicant
would do well to observe, among
which are the following:
Begin carly. There is nothing
that is calculated better to bring
on examination fever The morn Of
tho examination than to postpone
preparation till too near that day.
In examinations the early bird
most frequently catches the worm.
Study under tic guidance of
some one. With instructor you
can accomplish twice as much as
you can without one. If you are
really bent on winning II scholar
ship, it will pay YOU and pay you
ssN,ell to get the assistance OF a
s1petcnt instructor, even if you
3 s& to ride several miles to reach
assRen
Of hisabsDnstanty. 1t will be
This3laGstancc to you to rc-
nat;vasss1 (}y all that you go
S.: a rapid review each
oi"'ioSyAe 8Sss you have already
the m%attef % aging special attcn-
the hsstsoiuts You lail on in
quiresto3s.
senate iu limitations frequently.
tionasG Gcvicwa and cSamina'
' .Is.S,%nOt be sufficient. Your
4. sassition will be written work
1nftSu should practice yourself
Roing the written work. You
Ss8 be able to rattle off your
||sssEBSsowlcdgo 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. 70 stand written cXamin-
alton at least once week on the
subjects on which you are to be
examined will provo of the great
est advantage to you, especially
if you will have this written work
examined by 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 Oh the subject in
question. Then take up another
study and SO on TIL you have
covered the field.
Study principles. For instance,
if your examination is on aritl-
metic, do not worry yourself with
trying to work every example IN
tho book, but rather give yourself
to a study of tho principles one
by one till you can master each
one. The probabilities arc that
you will not get a single ono of
the ones that you work, but every
one givon ON examination will be
an illustration Of some ono Of the
principles that you have studied:
This same law applies with equal
force to your other studies.
Read some good book. In Al
sseaaost every competitive eXamina-
s. 'ssgasen these days there is a
IT .p'seSsssSisssNolving an expression
you as to some
Bel. You may
McswEENEY sT1ss,., :, ,l,,,,
! Following is copy of@thsa-
sent to Senator Tillman by Cove
McSweeney:
Sir: Your letter Of Juno LIST