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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 b}' ten feet ; while the inside rooms are 

 thirteen feet and a half by fourteen feet and a half, and the bed- 

 rooms eight by eight feet. 



THE ROBINSON SCHOLARSHIP. 



The income of the Robinson Fund of one thousand dollars, the 

 bequest of Miss Mary Robinson of Medfield, is assigned by the 

 Faculty to such indigent student as they may deem most worthy. 



CONGRESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. 



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 applicant 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 inten- 

 tion of remaining through the course, and then engaging in some 

 pursuit connected with agriculture. 



STATE SCHOLARSHIPS. 



The legislature of 1883 passed the following Resolve in favor of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College : — 



Resolved, That there shall be paid annually, for the term of four years 

 from the treasury of the Commonwealth to the treasurer of the Massa- 

 chusetts A"Ticultural Colleo:e, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to enable 

 the trustees of said college to provide for the students of said histitu- 

 lion, the theoretical and practical education required by its charter and 

 the law of the United States relating thereto. 



Resolved, That annually for the term of four years, eighty free scholar- 

 ships be and hereby are established at the Massachusetts Agricultural 



