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Cornell University Scholarship candidate lists

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Overview of the Records

Arrangement

Chronological by year, then alphabetic by county, then numerical by order of merit.

Administrative History

Scholarships to Cornell University were first provided for in the legislation establishing the university in 1865 (Chapter 585).

The first scholarships were awarded in 1868 when the university opened. Scholarship winners were selected by local school officials until 1887 when legislation (Chapter 291) required that a competitive examination be held under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1904 the new State Education Department took over this function. From 1931 through 1944 awards were made on the basis of results achieved in the Regents high school examinations; in 1945 the basis of selection became the Regents Scholarship Examination.

Scope and Content Note

Competitive examinations were held for these scholarships.

These lists provide the following information, with variations noted: name; address; county; high school; total examination score; age (1897, 1935-1949); class (1897, 1935-1949); number (1897, 1935-1949); county appointed for (1897, 1935-1949); examination scores in individual subjects (1897, 1935-1937); and acceptance, withdrawal, declination, matriculation (1950-1951).

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