New-York tribune., 1908-01-27
THE SCHMIDLAPP FUND
Mss Edith Campbell UM Select the
First Girls To Be Benefited By 1t.

The unique Charlotte Schmidlapp fund FOR the
preparation of young girls for womanhood. which
" I'll in time amount g. 200. has just been put
I'm practical operation. In January, 1871 JACOB u
echmidlapp president of the Union Savings Bank
and Trust Company well known phiianthropist
OF Cincinnati. set aside s2ooo OF his private Tort
une as memorial his daughter Charlotte with
these unique provisions:
That the interest on this sum be added each year
20 the principal with the exception OF or 2i7 per
cent until the bequest reaches 100000. This or
21 per Of shall be used 10 educate
and prepare girls between the ages of twelve and
twenty-five. the governing board shall select, In
such education and training will best fit them
for lffe's struggle. Each year. the income in
creases, more young girls will be educated
For the year 1903 there is only S5" to be ex-
pended, and this. the board decided on January
9, will be turned to residents of Hamilton
County in which Cincinnati is situated MISS
Edith Campbell. of the teachers at the Uni
versity Of Cincinnati has been appointed to select
from the thousands of applications that have
poured in on the trustees since the establishment
of the fund was announced, year ago, the candi-
dates whom she thinks deserving. This list
she will turn to the governing board which
consists of Mayor Leopold Markbreit, President
Charles W. Dabney of the University of Cincinnati
Milton A McRae. Michael Ryan, William H. Aims
and Edward Senior.
The successful candidates must be within the age
limit-twelve to twenty-one. must be of good moral
natural aptitude the work they wish 10 take up
The money is not to be given in charity, but as
loan be repaid should the recipient ever be able
so 1t is not intended that the debt should be-
come burden. Each beneficiary will give her per
sonaI note to bear nominal interest from the date
OF the completion of her education but there is 10
be security other than the intention to return
the loan if possible. that others may be bene-
flied through the fund.
When the eligible girls selected the unique
part OF the plan will be instituted. There may oe
only one 10 reap the benefits of the first years In
terest The committee. if il sees fit. can use the
whole of the $3.50 the education of one girl or
the amount can be divided into many parts as
the board wishes.
President Dabney. who acted as chairman pro
tempore N the absence of Mayor Markbreit at the
first annual meeting of the board. suggested the
erection of institution similar to Hull House. OF
Chicago, which is in charge of Miss Jane Addarns
The disposition of the fund left entirely with the
board OF governors. except for the provision that IL
be used "for the preparation of young girls for
wOmanhoOd.'
Miss Charlotte Schmdlapp in whose memory the
fund is dedicated was killed in an automobile acct-
dent in France in 1905 While spinning along a
country road near Paris in Charles NJ. SchNah :
car in company with her father and Mr.. and Mrs
Ault of Cincinnati. the automobile collided with Il
farmers wagon. and Miss SchmdlapP was in
stantly killed by being thrown against the tongue
of the wagon