The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-20
ST. MARY'S ALUMNAE
The Splendid Work They Have Done
in fhe .!Smedes Memorial Schol-
arship' Now Reality.

In November, at call meeting of st.
Marys Alumnae, the document contain
ing the terms on which the trustees Of
st. Mary's School accept from the Alum
nae Association THE Smedes Memorial
Scholarship" was read. In this document
the trustees after receiving $4,000 from
the Alumnae Association to be paid on
THE Purchase Fund" of st. Mary's prom
Use to furnish tuition, board and 500 for
incidental expenses to the girl who from
time to time be entitled to the advantages
of the scholarship.
The scholarship shall be conferred on
some meritorious girl of high moral char
acter, resident in the Diocese of North
Carolina, of East Carolina, Of South Car
DINA, or of the Missionary Jurisdiction
Of Asheville, without means to enable her
to pay school charges, who shall upon
competitive examination, to be conducted
by the rector and faculty OF st. Mary',
attain the highest average in the several
branches of learning presented at the
time for entrance in st. Mary's. The
scholarship shall be held by the success
full candidate until her graduation but
not exceeding four years. In case Of alb
sence Of more than six months or, OF fail
ure to maintain such an average OF
scholarship and department. as may be
presented by the rector and faculty. OF
to obey or conform to the rules of st.
Mary's, her right to the scholarship shall
terminate. and the scholarship shall at
once be open to competitive examination
as above provided.
The trustees further promise that
should the corporation OF st. Mary'S
=, pol oioh
not for the space of three years, be open
for the reception OF pupils, they will pay
out of the assets of the corporation, the
um of 81 600 or so much thereof as it
shall be in their power to pay, to the
bishops of the Protestant Episcopc
church who shall then he associated IL
| the government of St. Mary's, in trust
that they will invest the sum for the en-
dowment of some other memorial. of ar
educational and religious character, IL
the honor of and in the name of Rev
Albert Smedes, ID. D., founder of st
Mary's; of Sarah Lyell Smedes, his wife;
of Rev. Bennett Smedes, ID. d.. his son
and successor, for whom the scholarship
| is designed as a memorable the same
| to be perpetual The document YVES read
in full, before the association, was &C
CtpIcu Wy tHCli, di-u TI-ii'N " wv ~ S'''
dent and secretary of the association
and by number of the executive com
nittec of the Board of Trustees.
Immediately following the meeting, hav
| ing been authorized by the members to
do so, the treasurer of the association
forwarded to DR.. X. p. Battle, Jr.. treas
arer Board of Trustees, a check foi
81, 900
The members of the association have
cause fer thankfulness; first. in knowing
that they have conferred in THE Smedes
Memorial" upon st. Marys the benefits
OF permanent scholarship; second, tina:
love and honor for those memorializcl
put it into the heart of one member OF
the alumnae to complete by a generous
donation of 81 700 this memorial. The as
ISOLATION will take as its net work tho
enlargement of St. Mary's Chapel. In
this work the association feels assured
of the interest and cooperation of all st
Mary's girls" knowing that around "The
Chapel" cluster the tenderest recollections
of their life at st. Mary's.
The plans proposed for the enlargement
of the chapel will require about 81 600 II
| is hoped, now that full description OF
these plans, with drawings, may be mt
into the school catalogue for 1904 and rs
KATE McKIMMON,
| Sec st. Marys Alumnae Association.