Their  Relation  to  Higher  Educational  Finance

135

Original,  Size,  8J4  x  11

Form  3.

CONFIDENTIAL  REFERENCE
REGARDING  STUDENT  APPLICANT  FOR  A  LOAN
FROM  THE
Harmon  Foundation
INCORPORATED

,*who  is  a  Student  at
has  applied  to  the  Student  Loan  Committee
for  a  loan  from  the  Harmon  Fund.  Loans  are  awarded  only  to  worthy  students  of  proved  ability  whose
means  of  support  are  dependent  wholly  or  in  part  on  their  own  labor.  Preference  is  ^iven  the  deserving
Student  who  will  not  make  the  loan  a  complete  Substitution  for  outside  work,  the  one  whose  heaith  or
College  grades  may  be  in  danger  if  extra  aid  is  not  obtained.
He  has  referred  to  you  as  one  who  knows  the  pecuniary  cifcumstances  of  his  family.  Will  you
therefore  be  good  enough  to  furnish  the  Information  asked  for  below  ?  Applications  will  not  be  approved
until  the  replies  from  references  are  returned.
Your  answers  to  the  following  questions  may  be  given  on  this  sheet  if  you  desire  but  we  should
appreciate  an  estimate  of  the  applicant’s  character  on  your  own  letterhead.  Kindly  send  your  reply  to  the
Chairman  of  the  Student  Loan  Committee  in  the  enclosed,  self-addressed  envelope.
The  information  you  furnish  us  will  be  treated  as  strictly  confidential.
Sincerely  yours,

Chairman,  Student  Loan  Committee

College

1.  How  Iong  have  you  known  the  applicant?
2.  ln  your  opihiom,  does  this  Student  come  within  the  dass
of  students  mentioned  in  paragraph  one  above?
3.  What  is  your  judgment  of  the  applicant’s  character  and  financial  reliability?

4.  Do  you  consider  this  Student  thoroughly  dependable  and  the  sort  of  a  person  to  whom  you  might
lend  money  yourself  with  confidence?

Signa  Iure  of  Reference

Date.

OJhcial  Position  or  Occunation