The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
THE SOCIAL SIDE
GENERAL FEDEHATIoN

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 INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP.
 This being for the Alabama Fedora tion of Women's Clubs a red letter one it is the first under the new conditions as a member of the General Federa- ton of Women's Clubs, the work un- dertaken as a member of that power full and influential organization Is in- teresting first to the club women of the States second. to all the women of the State. and third, to all the citizens of the State.
 There Is a Society of American wo- men in London. the object of which is to establish two scholarships Tor American girls in England, and they have contributed $15 900 toward 1t on condition that the General Federation of Women's Clubs raise a Ike amount for. the came purpose. These two scholarships are one for the DIS trict of Columbia and the other Tor the States in general. Each State Tn the Union, by contributing $l0o. may seno girl to enter the contest TOT 'ae ia'
 The first club in the State to con tvfhuta toward this fund of $lOO IS the No Name Club, of Montgomery. the club of which Mrs. W. A. Gayle. Pres- ident of the Alabama Federation, mas been long a member. If eacn cluo ,h the state will contribute s2 the neces- sarv amount will be on hand and the AIabama Federation may send young woman to enter the contest for tnis International scholarship in anl col lege in England she may prefer.
 This scholarship is much on the plsp of the Rh scholarship for boys. One difference being that the young man gets sl 900 and the young woman un- der the wings of the club women gets the sum of s1.200. It will be source of great pride and a cause for congrats ulatfon if Alabama should send con- testant for this scholarship during her first year as part of the General Fed- exation of Women's Clubs and still greater one if the young woman they select from those who apply should be the successful contestant and get the scholarship in an English college of- fered by the General Federation and the noble women who form tn Society of American Women in England. The awarding of this scholarship will be an important feature of the biennial convention of the General Federation to be held in Boston in June.
 An interesting item in the history of Alabama clubs Is that the No Name Club alone became a member of the General Federation several years ago, though 1t afterwards withdrew from 1t and stayed out until the State Fed eration joined at the last convention.
 
 Fitzpatrick, was the brilliant woman who represented the No Name Club at the convention held in Denver.
 The Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs is very much devoted to the line of work embracing scholarships and all educational matters. Under the mothering of the Alabama club women there are four scholarships at Monte- vallo, one at Tuscaloosa, one at Camp Hill, and one at Auburn for the Boys Refornatory at East Lake. The four scholarships at Montevallo are loans and the young woman who accepts it. does it as a loan, which she pays back to the Alabama Federation after her school days, when. with the education she has received, she makes the money herself. Several of these loans are now being returned by the young women who have become able to do so. This money. as it Is paid back, helps the as- piring girl to help herself, which isl almost the only real helpful charity, save to the sick and afflicted.
 JANUARY 18th 1sSs-1 1908.
 Fifty years ago today, at 6:s0 in the