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New Scholarships for Men
Teachers at the South
Carolina college.

Clause from Appropriation Act OF Cen
eral Assembly, 1909:
THAT one thousand six hundred and
forty dollars be appropriated to be used
to provide forty-one scholarships In the
Normal Department, one from each
county, of the value Of forty dollars,
besides the remission OF tuition and
matriculation fees, the benefcdaries to
be selected under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Board Of Trustees"
This means $40 in cash to the student,
besides remission of $40 tuition and of
$1S matriculation term fee. Thus the
scholarship student will receive from
the College IS month for eight months
to assist him in his necessary living
expenses.
REGULATIONS BY THE BOARD.
1. Applicants shall be young men at
least nineteen years OF age. The pur-
pose Of the General Assembly being to
encourage men teachers, preference
will be given to those who furnish sat
isfactory evidence Of having already
taught for at least one session, and
with success; but If from any county
there be no suitable applicants who
have taught, the scholarship of that
county may be awarded to a young
man who only intends to teach.
2. Applications shall be made to the
President Of the College, at Columbia,
before July 1st, upon prescribed blanks
furnished by the President or by County
Superintendents Of Education, upon re-
quest. These blanks shall provide for
information and references as to the
applicants age, physical condition. gen.
eral character and ability, educational
advantages, financial circumstances.
teaching experience, and purpose in
taking the special normal course. The
information thus submitted will be re-
garded as a preliminary examination,
and those who receive permits to stand
the later examination will be credited
with the combined results Of these two.
examinations.
8. The later and formal examination
shall be upon English Grammar and
Composition, History and Geography
Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra.
(Algebra, however, Is not indispens-
,able.) The Normal Scholarship Com
nittee Of the Faculty shah prepare the.
questions and mark the papers. The:
County Board Of Education Of each.
county is requested to conduct this eX-'
animation at the same time with the
entrance and other scholarship exam,
nations Of the South Carolina College,
and Of Winthrop College (Which this;
year will be on Friday, July 10th). The,
County Board will receive the questions
from the President Of the College, and.
Is requested to return the answers to-
him, at Columbia, forthwith, by mail
or express.
4. A standing Committee on Scholar
ships, appointed from the Board, in con-.
junction with a standing Committee
from the Faculty, shall select the schol-
arship students for each county upon
the results Of the examinations re-
ported by the Faculty Committee, and
all the other information submitted.
The proper announcements shall be-
made through the President. f.:
S. After the first year the incumbent
may be reappointed, provided that, in:
the judgment of the Faculty, his apt
ness to teach, his progress In study,
and his general character indicate that
he is a suitable person to fulfill the
parpose Of the scholarship as provided
far BY the General Assembly.