The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-20

The Crave of Admiral Semnes" :" writ ten years ago for The Mobile Regis ter. the authorship now unknown. Mrs. Colston and Mrs. Christian both told of their visits to the Alabama Room, in the Richmond Museum, and said that it was quite credit to the State. but urged that more be done by every chapter in the State.
 Meeting adjourned.
 Report of the Scholarship Commiftee
 Alabama Division, U. D. c. Thinking that every chapter will be interested to know the results reached in carrying out the wishes of the Nav Convention regarding the selection of and placing of a student as beneficiary of the s100 appropriated. we report. that:
 Preparatory to arranging for a con test examination of all applicants. as in making the purposes of the Alabama Division known. consultation with a number of educators revealed the fact that no perfect system of uniform grade has been adopted by the High Schools of Alabama.
 Some other specific method therefore had to be adopted by which the com mittee could adjudge fairly the menfs1 proficiency and worth of applicants. We had not considered that we were
  young man upon whom we could be- stow this gift and decided to announce through the press and by circular no- uees, inviting applicants. stipuiating requirements for eligibility. etc. Two hundred and fifty notices were dis tributcd. to every leading newspaper proprietor in the State. to each chapter president and camps; to prominent Vet erans, Daughters. citizens and High School superintendents; to Professor Thach and Mir. Abercrombie. Seven chapters responded and much corres. pondence from interested parties fol- lowed. Huntsville. Union Springs, Prattville, Newberne. Decatur, Cam den. Tuscaloosa, resulting in nine sets of applicants papers being sent it.
 Seven were received within proper time; six were complete. Each of the committee carefully scrutinized these papers, and bolloted upon them, result ing in: First Unanimous for, ,--A. J. Pitt man.
 Second-Percy Coles.
 Third--Dan Collier. Respectively from Union Springs, Huntsville and Decatur.
 A. J. Pittman is IS years old, grad uated from the Union Springs High School in May, 1907; is the worthy son of a worthy Confederate soldier, and "a widowed mother struggling wilma large family to give them a higher education''; "of unduestionable ambit- ionr
 No mention was made in his appIica- tion of preference for either Auburn or the University. and as only few days remained before the opening of the school term, September 4. in the telegram sent him he was advised to report at Auburn. as that school. so far as could be judged was best adapted for the selection of a career. hdr. Pitt ence of the University as best suited to his personal ambition came after ad- vice had been given for Auburn, but as the committe had always consider ed that the student should make his preference of the school. arrangements were at once made, and he entered the University September A..
 Fifty dollars was placed to A. T. Pittnan's credit and the. remaining $50 will be sent at the beginning of the second term. Mir. Abercrombie agree ing that should any occurrence cause a discoatinuance of attendance by MT. Pittman. the committee has the privi- lege of supplying his place by one of the other applicants.
 Mrs. Pfttman and Jack" desire to express gratitude and appreciation to the Alabama Division for the generous aid bestowed. with the assurance of every effort to be made in honor of the good women who have enabled him to continue his education.
 Respectfully submitted.
 Mrs. J. N. Thompson,
 Mrs. L. M. Bashinsky,
 Mrs. T., L. Fossick.
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