252 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. — 1915. 



Royal Holloway College. 



I. Scholarships, 4 of 601., 7 or 8 of 50Z. at entrance, tenable f»r three years. Bur- 

 saries not more than 6 of 30Z., tenable for three years. After not less than three 

 terms' residence, 3 at least of 30Z. for three years, and 1 of 60Z. for three years. 



II. If two (entrance and other) are held together, a reduction of 15/. is made. 



III. No Umit. 



IV. None. 



V. (a) No successful candidate has declined a Scholarship, but there have been 

 several cases where a successful candidate would not have been able to take up a 

 Scholarahip without the help she received, either fiom her school, or fiom a Count}' 

 Council or otlicr awarding body. In the case of the smaller Scholarsliips, namely, 

 Bursaries, it has happened in several cases that these benefactions have been de- 

 clined as a candidate was unable to furnish the remaining amount required for the 

 fees. 



{b) and (c) So far as I know, no deserving beneficiary has been allowed to retire 

 from her course through lack of means ; but there have been cases where this retire- 

 ment would have been necessary if the students had not received help from a Loan 

 Fund which has been estabhshed in connection with the College. 



VI. I think that there is great room for increase in the help given by local edu- 

 cation authorities to promising girls in order to enable them to go to College. Where 

 an examination for Scholarships is strictly competitive, as in the case of our own 

 entrance Scholarship Examinations, and, I believe, the entrance Examinations 

 of all other Colleges, and where the funds are strictly limited, only a small number 

 can be helped by the College to take up their career. I feel sure that the British 

 Association Educational Section could do much to educate public opinion in this 

 very important matter. 



Bedford College foe Women. 



I. Entrance Scholarships, 1 of 60Z. ; 4 of 30Z. ; 4 of 50/. tenable for three years ; 

 1 Scholarship, 60/. for three years ; 1 Fellowship ( ? post-graduate), 50/. for two years. 

 Residence Bursaries, which reduce the fees of residence by 14 guineas, are given to 

 students who are unable to pay the full fees. 



II. No two College Scholarships may be held together, but a College Entrance 

 Scholarship may be held with a Scholarship or Exhibition from another source by 

 special permission of the Council. Residence Bursaries are sometimes awarded to 

 Scholars. 



III. The question has not arisen. 



IV. (o) No. There is a small ' College Fund ' supported by voluntary contribu- 

 tions, from which grants are made to needy students, but these grants are not as a 

 rule made to scholars. 



(b) Scholarships are occasionally supplemented privately', but in no case does 

 this provide for a complete maintenance of the student. 



V. (a) and (b) Not during the last six years. 



Westfield College. 



I. 5 to 7 Scholarsliips annually of 35/. to 50/. for three years (last year 7 were 

 awarded, each of 50/.) ; 1 permanent endowed Scholarship of 60/. for three years, 

 offered every third year. 



II. No. 



III. No. 



IV. Private help is in many cases given to supplement Scholarships, and also 

 to help students who do not hold Scholarships. I have arranged for this privately. 



V. (a) I beheve that in some cases a Scholarship or Bursarj' has been declined 

 where the winner has failed to gain another Scholarship elsewhere to supplement 

 the one offered by the CoUege. 



(6) I think not. Help has been arranged in case of need. 



(c) I have arranged privately for help by gifts or loans, and have received some 

 gifts for this purpose from members of Council, old students, and friends of the College. 



VI. In the award of Scholarships the written examination h not the only test, 

 although it is necessarily the chief one. 



University of Durham (Durham Division). 



I. At entrance (annually), 5 open Scholarships (to men and women) of 70/. ; 1 of 

 401. ; 3 of 30/. ; 3 of 20/. for one year, renewable for a second and third year ; 1 of 



