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Caption: Course Catalog - 1897-1898
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SCHOLARSHIPS 247 may receive such credit as the Council of Administration may determine in each case. Blank forms for applications may be obtained by addressing the Registrar. SCHOLARSHIPS STATE* A law passed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois at the session of 1895 provides that there shall be awarded annually to each county of the state one state scholarship, which shall entitle the holder thereof, who shall be a resident of the senatorial district to which he is accredited, to instruction in any or all departments of the University of Illinois for a term of four years, free from any charge for tuition or any incidental charge, unless such incidental charge shall have been made for materials used or for damages needlessly done to property of the University; Provided, that in counties having two or more senatorial., districts there shall be awarded annually one additional scholarship for each of said senatorial districts. A competitive examination under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be held at the county courthouse in each county of the state upon the first Satufday of June in each and every year by the county superintendent of schools upon such branches of study as said Superintendent of Public Instruction and the President of said University may deem best. Questions for such examinations shall be prepared and furnished by the President of the University to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall attend to the printing and distribution thereof to the several county superintendents of schools prior to such examinations. The law also provides that in case the scholarship in any county is not claimed by a resident of that county, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may fill the same by •These scholarships replace the honorary scholarships and the accredited school scholarships heretofore given.
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