The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-11
: Schuyler withdrew II to preserve peace
and facilitate the dispatch of business.
| Presents $1,000 Scholarship.

and facilitate the dispatch Of business.
Presents $1,000 Scholarship.
MISS Tarvin. of tho faculty of the
Bristol School. OF Washington. was
next presented by the president and Of
fered to the United Daughters on be-
half of Miss Alice Bristol principal of
tie school, an annual scholarship va.
ued at $1,000 to be awarded annually
10 young woman of Confederate lin
cage. The donor suggested that the
Daughters appoint general commit
tee of all the division presidents. who
In turn shall appoint subcommittee
whose duty II shall DO to arrange the
conditions OF the award.
Tho SLIT aroused an enthusiastic dem
onstraton, and upon motion 1t was or
dercd that the scholarship be known
as the Alice Bristol schoiarship" In
honor of the donor.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution, through one of it's members
on the floor extended an invitation to
the United Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy to cooperate with It in encour-
aging the movement for the construc-
ton of national highways along pioneer
trails and between noted battleiields
and historic points.
omcial Confederate China.
Mrs. Cantrell. of Kentucky. chairman
of the committee In charge. reported
encouraging progress in the project OF
designing and manufacturing officially
recognized Confederate plates and
platters. the sale of which Is expected
TO furnish n considerable source OF
revenue and in other ways extend the
Confederate cause. The difficulty Of
securing a firm that would undertake
TO manufacture II. she reported, mas
been met. and the contract has been
placed with q Richmond company.
sample of the largo platter was
submitted for the examination of the
delegates. Tho artists design include
two portraits of President Jefferson
Davis. one In his youth and the other
in maturity. in tho centre of the plato
and decorative border of State seals
and historic scenes. The plan is to
let each State submit its own design
for one plate. and mako the complete
Confederate set consist of tho largo
platter and the fourteen plates. The
manufacture of this ware is to be pro-
tected by copyright and tho revenue
derived from its sale devoted to tho
objects of the United Daughters
Southern High Schools Deficient.
That high school graduates in tho
South are deficient In Latin, mathe-
mattcs and English. and on this &c
count experience difficulty in being ad-
mitted to class "a" colleges, was the
statement made by Mrs. Mary Poppen-
helm. OF South Carolina, In the course
OF comprehensive report of the com
mlttee on educational reform, of which
she Is chairman. The declaration was
based on the records kept by her com
mittee of scholarships awarded by the
various chapters. and CT the failure in
many cases of the young men and wo-
men selected TO make the entrance re-
quircments or keep up with their
work.
She reported that ia scholarships
are now available at various institu-
tions OF learning, to young men and
women of Confederate lineage Thes Q
represent total value of sls,1so. OF
this number only nine are general
scholarships offered by the United
Daughters to any applicant m the en-
tire organization, the rest being Of
fered by State chapters to young peo-
pie in their respective districts. The
Vassar scholarship Is the only ono car
rSinE with 1t an appropriation for liv-
Ing expenses and Is awarded annually
to the separate States in the order of
their secession. The scholarship is
open this year to Alabama. with Geor-
Eia following next
To SInrk Richmond Surrender.
At the afternoon meeting Mrs. J..
Enders Robinson. historisn-aeneral.
presented for the historical committee.
resolution calling upon the city of
Richmond and the Mayor to ascertain
and suitably mark the spot, several
miles from Richmond. upon which took
place on April 2. 1885. the surrender
OF the city to the approaching Fed
eral forces The resolution, which was
carried. set forth that on that date
Joseph Mayo. at that time Mayor of
I'D h,,
representative citizens. went out as an
embassy to meet the approaching en-
envy and surrendered the city to the
invaders in order to prevent the pill
sge and carnage that might have fol-
lowed forcible entrance.
Tho resolution urged that steps be
taken by the Mayor to rescue the his
toric spot from oblivion by erecting
upon 1t suitable granite marker
This should be done as soon as posi-
BILE. 1t was pointed out, because the
possibility of Identifying tho spot was
rapidly decreasing with the passing
away OF the citizens who were wit
nesses to the capitulation.
Mayor Richardson's reply. which was
read to the convention, stated that he
was warmly interested" In the mat
ter and that he will as soon as prac-
ticable ascertain the location and
have 1t suitably marked
Only Woman Captain.
Ono of tho Inspiring feature of the
afternoon meeting was the presenta-
tion to the assembly by the president.
Mrs. McSherry. OF Miss Sallie Tomp-
kins. regular commissioned captain
In tho Confederate Army, and the only
woman officer OF tho war. She Is very
old and feeble. and had to be supported
on the stage while she Bowed to the
applause. The entire convention arose
and cheered when she was presented.
The meeting closed with the reading
OF the reports of each of the States
represented by members OF their re-
spectivo delegations. The representa-
tive from California presented an invi-
tation from the city of San Francisco
asking tho Daughters to meet in the
Panama Canal Exposition city In 1915.
Silver Service to Mrs, Raines.