The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-18

(By Sister Esther Carlotta, S. r.,
President Florida Division, U. D. c.
1t is so frequently said by the un-
informed that this magnificent organ
ization of southern womanhood docs
nothing but build monuments" that it
is not amiss to give some information
of one department merely of their
untiring work for the living, viz:
That of assisting the deserving lineal
descendants of Confederate men and
women toward the attainment of
their ambition for that higher and
broader education which fits the man
or woman for the wide work to be
done in the world, by broadening and
Strengthening their manhood or wo.
manhood
Many Of these southern boys and
girls, in whose veins run the bravest
and best of blood, possessing every
qualification for receiving the great
est advantage from a collegiate
course, are without the necessary
means to secure the coveted goal,
and it is to these that the Daughters
of the Confederacy came with gifts
of love and memory.
First, to take up the work of the
General Association, U. D. c. At the
general convention in Atlanta, in No
yember, 1908, this work was practic-
ally inaugurated as a systematic de-
partment. There had doubtless been
a great deal of work done before that,
but it had never been completely re-
ported, if indeed it is yet SO.
At Richmond, Va. in November,
1911, Miss Mary B. Poppenheim Of
Charleston, S. c., the enthusiastic
and capable chairman Of the educa-
ton committee of the L. D. c. Gen
eral Association, reported to the gen
eral convention then in session, the
following scholarships
A scholarship at Vassar College,
carrying free tuition from the college,
valued at $3.50, and having a living
fund OF $3.50 from the Daughters OIL
the Confederacy, making the value
of the scholarship $500
A scholarship at Washington and
Lee University, with free tuition from
the university, worth $50 annually.
and which last year had living fund
of 500, making the scholarship $3.50.
A scholarship of free tuition at the
University of North Carolina, valued
at $50 per annum
A scholarship of free tuition at the
University of Alabama, valued at $50
per annum.
Two scholarships at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. with free tut
ton, valued at $50 each.
A scholarship of free tuition at So
phie Newcomb College of Tulane Uni
versity of New Orleans, carrying a
valuation of 500 per annum.
scholarship in Lucy Cobb Insti-
tute, Athens, Ga. valued at $3.50 per
annum.
scholarship in part at Washing
ton Seminary, Washington. D. c., val
ued at 800 per annum
A total valuation Of $3.50 per an
mum.
TO this, during the Richmond con-
per annum to the Washington and
Lee University scholarship living
fund. and full scholarship at the
Bristol School in Washington, d. c.,
presented by Miss Alice Bristol, and
valued at $1,000 per annum: these two
items nearly doubling the value Of
the scholarships
The Vassar and Alice Bristol schol
arships are available for one year
only to the same student, but the 9th
er eight are available to the success
ful applicant for four years if desir
e1, provided the standard of scholar
ship and character are maintained in
manner satisfactory to the commit
tee.
These scholarships are all awarded
through the general I. d. c. eduea-
ton committee one the Vassar
scholarship, going to the Confederate
states in the order Of their secession.
and after those have had it each one
year, to the other states where the
Daughters of the Confederacy are or
ganized, in the order of their admis-
sion to the Union Florida held this
scholarship in 1901.
For the other scholarships each
state is entitled to send in three
names annually to the education
committee, and states which have a
chaDtnr hut M division NAV send in