Three scholarships for special students in the School of Architecture with an income of $200 each are offered by the University for the academic year 1917-18. The scholarships will be awarded to those candidates who, having fulfilled all other conditions, stand highest in a competition in architectural design to be conducted by the University.

Candidates are to apply to the Dean of the School of Architecture, Robinson Hall, on or before Wednesday, April 4, giving the name of their employer, and are to fill out and file with the Dean a blank form of application not later than Wednesday, April 11.

Candidates must have had a high school education or its equivalent; they must have reached the age of 21 years before the beginning of the academic year 1917-18; they must have had at least three years' experience as draughtsmen in an architect's office, and must bring the recommendation of their last employer. Applicants admitted to candidacy will be notified in time to take part in the competition. The program for the competitive design will be given out at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, April 14, at a place in each city to be designated for each candidate by the University.

Twelve consecutive hours will be allowed for making a preliminary sketch, a tracing of which should be retained by the competitor. The original, signed by the candidate and endorsed by the supervisor of the examination, must be mailed on the same day to the Dean of the School of Architecture. The preliminary sketch must be entirely the candidate's own work in all respects and must be made without aid of any kind and without reference to books, plates, photographs or other documents. The essential features of the sketch are to be adhered to in preparing the final drawings.

Contest Closes April 21.

Competitors will have until 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, April 21, to complete the drawings called for by the program. Drawings must be entirely the work of each competitor, made without aid or criticism of any kind, but in working up the final drawings competitors may refer freely to books, plates and photographs.

The final drawings are to be sent in a mailing tube and must bear the postmark or express stamp of Saturday, April 21. They should be addressed to Professor H. L. Warren, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. The drawings of the unsuccessful competitors will be returned. The drawings are to be signed by the competitor and are to be accompanied by a written statement signed by him to the effect that they have been made by him alone, without assistance of other persons and in entire accord with the provisions of the conditions of the competition.

Preliminary Sketches Important.

In judging the drawings great weight will be given to the qualities shown in the preliminary sketch as well as in the final drawing. If the final drawing should show marked deviation from the preliminary sketch they may be thrown out of consideration. Candidates will be at once notified of the award.

At least one of the scholarships will be reserved for a candidate who has not hitherto been a member of the School, provided any such candidate submits a design of sufficient merit to warrant his receiving a scholarship.