The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-19
TO AID SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Philanthropists, by a Single Act,
May Do Double Good.

hdy DO double 0OOus
There is an opportunity offered the
generous-hearted men and women of
Savannah and the state, at a very
moderate cost to themselves, to de-
fray almost in their entirety the ex-
penses of deserving students at the
State Normal School Indeed, the es-
adjustment of a single scholarship
will serve a double purpose and do a
double good.
The last session of the Southern Ed
ucational Association was held in
Athens and at that time fifty scholar
ships in the school, amounting to $50
a year each, We're given by the board
for education in the South. They are
to begin on Aug. 4, of the present
year, and are to continue three years.
A circular issued by President E. c..
Branson announces that these schol-
arships will be awarded to deserving
pupils already in the school.
In addition to the fifty scholarships
thus freely granted the board offered
a like number, on condition that the
gift be duplicated by the men and
women of Georgia. That is, if the
people of the state will give fifty schol-
arships the educational board will
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these scholarships are to continue for
three years and to be worth $50 a
year each. The only condition at
tached to their acceptance by the in
tended beneficiaries is that they Will
agree to teach for three years in
the public schools of the state. This,
of course, implies their ability to Sc
cure situations.
The giver of each scholarship will
be permitted to name his own bene-
ficiary, male or female, and to stipu-
late that the corresponding scholar
ship given by the board shall be be-
slowed upon some deserving person
from his own city or county.
No fee is charged for tuition at the
Normal School, and the only necessary
expenses of students are those incurred
for board and lodging in the dormi-
tory, and for books and stationery.
The entire necessary expense need not
exceed 800 per annum, so that the
holder of one of these scholarships may
secure a thorough normal training at
an expense to himself or herself of $40
a year for three years.
So far as is known not a single
scholarship has yet been given by any
citizen of Savannah, though seventeen
have been offered by the people of
Atlanta and Fulton county. There
have been generous responses also from
other sections of the state.
President Branson has asked Mr..
Otis Ashmore, superintendent of
schools for Savannah and Chatham
county, to make an effort to secure
from wealthy and public-spirited citi-
zens of this city a response to the
schools call for the gift of these schol-
arships.
While Mr. Ashmore indorses fully
and in every respect the statements
made of the good that can be and will
be accomplished by the grit of the
scholarships, he does not feel that he
is in a position or that he has the in
clination to make personal appeals to
Savannah men for their bestowal
'I have no hesfancy," he said yes
terday, 'in laying the matter with
such Endorsement as l can give it, be-
fore some of our Well-known men and
commend it to their consideration-and
this 1 shall debut L shall not ask
them to give a scholarship. However,
l should be glad to see a large num-
Der of the scholarships given by the
men in this county who can afford the
expenditure; / hardly believe they
could use their money more wisely or
in a manner likely to accomplish
greater good"
Mr.. Ashmore said he would be glad
to discuss the matter and to give all
the information as to the school and
the scholarships in his possession to
anyone who contemplated bestowing
one of the scholarships upon the school.
While he does not feel that it would
be proper for him to burden anyone
with applications for such gifts he is
greatly interested in their being grant
ed, as he believes attendance upon the
sessions of the Normal School for the
required period will greatly improve
the efficiency of one who designs to
make teaching his profession and life
work.