Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.

Page 13 · column 5 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved

The clipping this text was read from
The clipping this text was read from

the 1988 competition for about 6,000 Merit Scholarships Worth over $23 million.

More than one million students in some 19,000 U.S. secondary schools entered the current Merit Program by taking a qualifying test, the PSAT/NMSQT, in 1986 when they were juniors. The top scorers in every state, representing about onehalf of one percent of the state’s graduating class, are included in the national semifinalist pool. By publically honoring the semifinalists, the NMSC hopes to focus a spotlight on

89.6%