THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION
STUDENT LOANS
LOAN CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF NOTE:
1.
Loans of any amount from $25 to $2,500 may be made.
The rate of
interest shall be 6% per annum, not compounded except as otherwise herein
provided.
No person may borrow more than $2,500 under the Student Loan
Program.
2.
Application for a loan must be made on a special form provided by the
Association.
The appropriate one of three application forms-for an
undergraduate student, for a graduate student, or for an initiation-fee
loan-must be used.
3.
The note must be co-signed by an independently responsible person of
legal age, preferably the borrower's parent or guardian, who is a citizen of
the United States.
4.
The member shall execute and submit with the application a promissory
note, on the form provided by the Association.
The amount to be borrowed
shall be re-payable to The Tau Beta Pi Association, Inc., together with
interest thereon as above provided, within not more than three years after
date.
The member, in executing the note, agrees to inform the Secretary-
Treasurer of the Association in writing semi-annually of his or her current
address.
In the event the borrower does not advise the Secretary-Treasurer
semi-annually of his or her current address or does not pay the note at
maturity, he or she agrees to the payment of a penalty of $5.00 for each
$100.00 or part thereof of the indebtedness due at the time the default
occurs, and in such event, the borrower and co-signer shall then owe the
Association the penalty incurred plus the balance on the note with interest.
5.
If this note is not paid at maturity, it shall bear thereafter
interest at the rate of 10% per annum on the unpaid balance until the entire
indebtedness is paid in full.
6.
The borrower may re-pay on the indebtedness at any time or times in
multiples of $10.00.
The final payment shall include any balance on the
principal and all interest and penalty, if any.
An extension of the note
may be secured upon written approval of the Executive Council of the
Association, provided application is made prior to maturity of the note, and
accrued interest and penalty, if any, are paid.
An extension, if granted,
shall not be for a period of more than one year and the rate of interest
during said extension period shall be 10% per annum, not compounded, and re-
payment shall be made at least quarterly during the period of extension.
7.
The borrower and co-signer waive presentment, protest, demand, notice
of protest, dishonor and nonpayment of this note and expressly agree that if
this note is placed in the hands of an attorney-at-law for collection or has
to be sued on, they will pay all costs of collection, including a reasonable
attorney's fee incurred in the collection of this note.
The obligation of
the borrower and co-signer shall be joint and several.
8.
This note is made in Tennessee and shall be interpreted under the laws
of the State of Tennessee.
Where in this instrument the word "Association"
appears, it shall be construed and be intended to mean The Tau Beta Pi Association, Inc.