Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Apr 1935, p. 57

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just'recelved by SuPt. M. P. Gaffney. Important changes in the regula- dions governing these scholarships will need . to be observed by those' making application this year, it was. pointed out. Expaia .Scholarships orle scholarshipý in agriculture anid. another in hom e economics is off ered annually. for every,.county. of- the state by the. board of trustees of the uni- >versity. In addition, there is *a second type Of scholaTship on a competitive county basis and a third type which is availabl through members of the general. assernbly. ..Scholarships of these'latter.two types are.:good in anv college of- the university, as well as in agriculture or home economics. Prospective students must file a p- plications with thej Illinois Farmers' lustiue in Springfield not later than May 31 if they wish to become -ap-« plicants for the bo ard of trustees, stholarships. One such scholarship in. agriculture an.d .anç.ther in home. economics is off ered for eaçh county of the state with the exception of Cook and Lake counties. These two counties are made up of the first ten congressional districts, and for eacb of these districts there is ont scholar- ship) in agriculture and another in home economics. Muet Have Good Ratimg Ont of the important changes that has just béen made in the regulations worîc, îney must have an average,1 points above passing in such work. Successful applicants. for these board of trustees scholarships must pass with an'average grade of 7Ô or higher the county scholarship exKami- nationon the, flrst Saturday in Junc. in i the c ointy n' which they reide. This examination is held in the of- fice of the couinty superintendent 0k schools. The highest ranking agricul- titrai and horne econornics applicant, tory fees or sirilar fees tor suppli es and .mnaterials or fromn the special fees for instruction in applied mnusic. Further information about the scholarships rnay be obtained 'by wvriting direct .to the College of Agri- cutrUniversity of Illinois, Urbana. LW E' P.Ay s e s z

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