The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-12

Auburn, July l1.-~tSpelal.) )-The college authorities of the Alabama Polytechnic in stitute announce the final completion of arrangements and conditions under which the Southern railway, in conjunction with other lines. have established two free scholarships. The Southern railway, the Alabama Great Southern railway, and the Northern Alabama railway have jointly established a free scholarship to be award ed to young men from a county traversed by their lines. The counties traversed by the above mentioned railways, residents of which are eligible for this scholarship. are as follows: Colbert, Lawrence, Nor gan, Limestone Madison. Jackson. Frank lin, Marion, Winston, Walker. Fayette. Lamar, Jefferson, St. Clair, Etowah, De- Kalb, Cherokee, Calhoun, cleburne. Talla- dega, Shelby, Hale Greene, Sumter. Tus- caloosa.
 The second scholarship is the give of the Southern railway jointly with the Mo- bile and Ohio railroad The counties which these railroads traverse. and from which the applicants for the second schol- arship are to be selected, are as follows: Pickens, Bibb, Chiffon, Autauga, Mont gomery, Dallas, Perry, Marengo, Wilcox, Clarke, Washington and Mobile. This movement on the part of the rail- way systems is highly laudable one. and is a recognition on the part of these great transportation corporations of the connection between brains and freight, and is of great educational interest to the state. The scholarships are established to promote interest in scientific agrlcu- tural education, and are for the benefit of deserving young men who wish to pre- pare themselves for this profession.
 The following are the conditions under which the scholarships will be awarded:
 Two scholarships of s250 each are offered annually by the Southern Railway com pany for the full four year agricultural course in the State Agricultural college, Auburn, the purpose being to promote scientific agriculture, and thereby to sup pement the cooperative work for agricul- tural development which the Southern Railway company is at present carrying on.
 First, the scholarships shall be awarded to boys. preferably from the farms. living in a county within the state traversed by a line of the Southern Railway company.
 Second, the boy mist meet, without se- rious condition, the entrance requirements of the college.
 Third, the boy must be financially un- able to avail himself of an agricultural college education without assistance. pro- vided. that the president of college, If he deems it advisable, may divide the total amount awarded to such college among two or more boys who may be able to defray part of their expenses from other sources.
 Fourth, each boy to whom a scholarship may be awarded must maintain a good standing in his classes throughout his en- tire college course. and must conform to the rules and regulations of the college The authorities of the college shall have full and final authority to determine the. degree of delinquency or of insubordina- ton that shall constitute grounds for the withdrawal of the benefits of a scholarship from any student In no case shall a beneficiary of scholarship be permitted to appeal from any act or decision of the college authorities to the Southern Rail way company.
 Fifth, in collegeD in which it is cus- tomary to send to the parents or guard ians of students periodical reports as to their standing and conduct, such reports as to the beneficiaries of Southern railway scholarships shall be forwarded to the president of the Southern Railway com pany, as well as to the parent or guard ian.
 Sixth, each beneficiary of scholarship shall be required to subscribe to the fol- lowing agreement:
 The purpose of the Southern Railway company in awarding q scholarship to me being to aid in the agricultural develop ment of the territory traversed by it's lines, in accepting this scholarship. agree that. for at least three years after the termination of my course in college under this scholarship. I will devote myself to practical farming in territory contiguous to line of the Southern Railway system or to teaching agriculture. or working on an experimental farm in some state trav- ersed by the lines of the Southern railway system
 county traversed by the Southern Railway company for the purpose of selecting a beneficiary of tine scholarships. These ex- aminations will consist of the entrance ex-