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X. — Parents and guardians are specially urged to co- 

 operate with the faculty in securing the faithful attendance 

 of students upon every appointed exercise of the college. 



SIZE OF llOOMS. 



For the information of those desiring to carpet their rooms, 

 the following measurements are given : In the south dormi- 

 tory the main corner-rooms are fifteen by eighteen feet, and 

 the adjoining bedrooms eight by twelve feet. The inside 

 rooms are fourteen by fifteen feet, and the bedrooms eight 

 by eight feet. In the north dormitory the corner-rooms are 

 fourteen by fifteen feet, and the annexed bedrooms eight by 

 ten feet ; while the iniiide rooms are thirteen feet and a half 

 by fourteen feet and a half, and the bedrooms eight by eight 

 feet. 



SCHOLAESHIPS. 



The income of the Robinson fund of one thousand dol- 

 lars, the bequest of Miss Mary Robinson of Medfield, is 

 assigned by the faculty to such indigent student as they may 

 deem most worthy. 



The trustees voted in January, 1878, to establish one free 

 scholarship for each of the eleven congressional districts of 

 the State. Applications for such scholarships should be made 

 to the representative from the district to which the appli- 

 cant belongs. The selection for these scholarships will be 

 determined as each member of Congress may prefer ; but, 

 where several applications are sent in from the same district, 

 a competitive examination would seem to be desirable. 

 Applicants should be good scholars, of vigorous constitution, 

 and should enter college with the intention of remaining 

 through the course, and then engaging in some pursuit con- 

 nected with agriculture. To every such student the cash 

 value of a scholarship is one hundred and forty-four dollars. 



