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Rappk Students
To Take Merit
Scholarship Test
Ten students at Rappahannock County High School plan to take the 1962 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, H. B. Winfrey, principal, announced today. The test will be administered at the school at 9:00 a. m. Tuesday, March 6. All students who wish to be considered for Merit Scholarships to be awarded in 1963 must take the test at that time. The qualifying test is a threehour examination of educational development. The test is the first step in the eighth annual competit:on for four-year Merit Scholarships provided by the. National Merit Scholarship Corporation and by sponsoring corporations, foundations, associations, unions, and individuals. Tlie number of scholarships awarded in any year depends upon the extent of sponsor participation. Ln 1961, 945 Merit Scholarships were awarded; 556 were provided by 133 sponsors and 389 by the Merit Corporation. There are 3275 Merit Scholars attending 403 colleges in the current academic year.
The test scores of students who are examined in March will be reported to their schools by May 15. The scores are used by class advisors in many high schools to help students make decisions about college attendance and field of study. Many students who do not expect to win a scholarship take the test in order to learn more Continued m tage eight
Rescue Squad Dance
Rappahannock Rescue Squad will sponsor a square dance at Paynes Dance Hall, Washington, Va. on Saturday, February 3rd. Admission is $1.25 per person and the dance begins at 9 p. m.
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