PECUNIARY AID AND EXPENSES.

MEDALS AND PRIZES.

THE HOLT MEDAL IN MATHEMATICS.

(Established in 1874.) A gold medal is offered by J. Allen Holt and Martin H. Holt, the principals of Oak Ridge Institute, to that student who shall take the highest rank in Mathematics 3. No student will be recommended for the medal unless he attain to grade 2.

THE HUME MEDAL IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION. (Established in 1890.) A gold medal is offered by Professor Thomas Hume to that member of the Senior Class who shall present the best essay or thesis on some distinctly literary subject.

THE MANGUM MEDAL IN ORATORY.

(Established in 1878.) The Misses Mangum, of Orange county, offer in memory of their father, Willie Person Mangum, a gold medal to that member of the Senior Class who shall deliver the best oration at Commencement.

THE BINGHAM PRIZE IN DEBATE. This prize is offered by R. W. Bingham, Esq., in memory of his great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brother. It is open to any student of the University and given annually for excellence in debate. The contestants are representatives of the Literary Societies, and the contest is held Tuesday night of Commencemen week.

THE HILL PRIZE IN HISTORY. (Established in 1896.) A prize of fifteen dollars is offered by John Sprunt Hill, of New York City, a member of the Class of 1889, for the best thesis on some phase of the history of North Carolina, the subject to be selected by the Professor of History.

THE KERR PRIZE IN GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. (Established in 1889.) A prize of fifty dollars is offered by William H. Kerr, of Baltimore, Md., in memory of his father, Professor Washington Caruthers Kerr, to any undergraduate or graduate student, for the best thesis containing original work in the geology or mineralogy of North Carolina.

THE GREEK PRIZE. (Established in 1887.) A prize of ten dollars is offered to that member of the Sophomore Class who shall present the best rendering into English of selected passages of Greek not previously read. THE WORTH PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY. (Established in 1883.) Mr. Charles Williams Worth, in memory of his father, David Gaston Worth, of the class of 1853, will print the best thesis submitted by a student in Philosophy 4.

THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY PRIZE. A special prize is offered by the Early English Text Society, of London, for advanced work in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English.

THE BRYAN PRIZE. In 1903 and thereafter a prize will be given annually for the best thesis in Political Science. This prize has been established by Mr. William Jennings Bryan.

THE LIBRARY PRIZES. In 1903 two prizes of the value of $5 and $10 respectively will be awarded to the two members of the class of 1904 who do best work upon the Library General Reading Course.

THE MAGAZINE PRIZES. Prizes are given for the best essay and the two best pieces of fiction published in the University Magazine.

SCHOLARSHIPS.

THE CAMERON SCHOLARSHIPS. (Established in 1892.) The hof Paul Carrington Cameron founded, in his memory, ten scholarships of the value of sixty dollars each.

THE DIALECTIC AND PHILANTHROPIC LITERARY SOCIETIES' SCHOLARSHIPS. (Established in 1893.) The Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies of the University founded two scholarships of the value of sixty dollars each, recipients of which shall give assistance in the Library.

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THE MOORE SCHOLARSHIPS. (Established in 1881.) nres Moore, of Raleigh, bequeathed five thousand dollars, the interest of which shall be devoted to paying the tuition of students.

THE MARY ANN SMITH SCHOLARSHIPS. (Established in 1891.) Miss Mary Ann Smith bequeathed thirty-seven thousand dollars for the founda

tion of scholarships, the number of scholarships to be determined by the amount of income.

THE MARY RUFFIN SMITH SCHOLARSHIPS. (Established in 1885.) Miss Mary Ruffin Smith bequeathed to the University, in memory of her brother, Dr. Francis Jones Smith, a valuable tract of land in Chatham county, of about fourteen hundred and sixty acres, known as Jones' Grove. The will provides that "the rents of the land, or the interest of the purchase money, if sold, shall be used to pay the tuition of such poor students as the faculty shall appoint."

THE SPEIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS. (Established in 1895.) The late Mrs. Mary Shepherd Speight bequeathed ten thousand dollars to the University. The income shall be used to pay the tuition of needy students; but if tuition is ever made free, the income shall be used towards paying the salaries of the professors.

THE WOOD SCHOLARSHIP.

(Established in 1892.) Mrs. Mary Sprunt Wood, of Wilmington, has founded in memory of her late husband, Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood, a scholarship of the value of sixty dollars.

THE WEIL SCHOLARSHIP. (Established in 1898.) This fund, established by Henry Weil, of Goldsboro, furnishes one scholarship of the value of sixty dollars.

THE ARMFIELD SCHOLARSHIP. (Established in 1901.)

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of sixty dollars is given by Eugene M. Armfield, of High Point.

THE ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS. These scholarships have been established by the gifts of the Alumni. A scholarship will be awarded for each one thousand dollars given.

By the terms of these bequests no scholarships may be given to students of the professional schools of Law, Medicine and Pharmacy.

All applications for scholarships must be filed in the President's Office on or before August 15, and must be in the regular form prescribed by the University. Blank forms are supplied on application to the Registrar.

FREE TUITION.

By an act of the Legislature in 1887, free tuition is given, in the College, to candidates for the ministry, to the sons of ministers, to young men

under bodily infirmity, to teachers and young men preparing to teach. This enables the University to aid most effectively the public school teachers of the state.

LOAN FUNDS.

THE DEEMS FUND.

(Established in 1879.) A fund of six hundred dollars was established by Dr. Charles F. Deems, late pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New York City, formerly a Professor in the University, in memory of his son, Lieutenant Theodore Disosway Deems. In 1881 the fund was greatly enlarged, through the munificence of Mr. William H. Vanderbilt, by a gift of ten thousand dollars, "as an addition to the Deems fund, to be loaned to indigent students of the University."

Applications for loans will not be considered unless accompanied by testimonials from responsible persons as to poverty and merit. The funds are limited in amount and are loaned only on the security of two approved signatures and at the legal rate of interest.

By the terms of these bequests no loans may be made to students in the professional schools of Law, Medicine and Pharmacy.

All applications for loans must be filed in the President's Office on or before August 15.

EXPENSES.

Every effort is made to reduce to the lowest point the necessary expenses of an education at the University. The charges for each of the two terms are as follows:

Students taking courses in the laboratories are charged a small fee for materials. The library fee is one dollar a term for members of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies. Good board is furnished at Commons for eight dollars a month. A few students earn their board at Commons by waiting on the tables. In private clubs board may be reduced to a minimum of six dollars a month. The entire annual expenses need not exceed three hundred dollars, and they may be reduced to two hundred dollars.

Every student must keep on deposit with the Bursar two dollars as security for damages. Willful damage to University property is charged to the perpetrator, if known; otherwise it is assessed upon all students of the University. Any balance is returned to the student at the end of the year.

From a number of itemized reports handed in by students the following averages have been drawn. These give total expenses, exclusive of clothes and travelling. The averages were taken in three classes. The first includes those who pay no tuition and wait at Commons, thus having no board to pay. The minimum expense account given under this heading was $57.00, the average $63.60. Secondly, the average expenses of those who pay board but no tuition was $144.61. Lastly the average expenses of those who pay both board and tuition was $265.25, the maximum being $500.00.

It is confidently believed that no institution offers wider opportunities of self-help to meritorious students of slender means. The desire is that no worthy boy, however poor, shall ever be turned away for lack of means. To such the University and town offer unusual opportunities for support. Many students are now working their way through college by every form of honorable labor. A number are here as the result of money earned or borrowed. Fifty are aided by loans, and over nine hundred have received aid from the University in loans and scholarships in the past twenty years. A few students are selected by the authorities as waiters at Commons. Otherwise all opportunities, though available in the college and town, must be secured by the personal effort of the individual. They are not assigned by the President.