The Irish standard., 1913-07-12

quent plea for cooperation to carry
On this great work.
T There were five scholarships award
cd as follows: Patrick McNulty, q
student in st. Patrick's school, South
Chicago, conducted by the Sisters of
Mercy. Father o'Reilly, pastor; John
O'Brien, of st. Annes school, conduct
ed by the Sisters of Mercy, Rev. E. A.
Kelly, pastor. These two scholarships
are in, st. Phillips High school, which
as conducted by the Servite Fathers
and the donor of the scholarships Is
Hon. Roger G. Sullivan, Democratic
National Committeeman for Illinois.
an open-hearted son Of Erin whose
purse IL never closed when it is a
question Of advancing good cause.
Miss Lucy Harmon, another pupil Of
st. Patrick's, South Chicago, was the
winner of the st. Xavier Academy
scholarship, which was donated by Mr..
Michael Byrnes, another generous son
Of Erin. Miss Lillian Tarpey, stu
dent of st. Patrick's, Desplaines street,
which is conducted by the Sisters OF
Charity Of st. Vincent, was the win
aner Of the scholarship given to st.
y Mary's High school and Miss Loretto
eullivan, student in Our Lady of
Sorrows School, conducted by the Sis
ters Of Providence, was awarded the
= Scholarship in Providence Academy.
These two scholarships were donated
by the County Board of the Ladies'
Auxiliary A. o. H. Of Cook County. The
Irish History Committee are very hope
full that the generous action of Hon.
Roger c. Sullivan and Mr. Michael
Byrnes will be duplicated by sevral pub
l.c-spirited Irish-Americans next year
so that instead of five scholarships they
will have at least ten to give out to
these bright boys and girls who are
interested in the study OF the history
of their ancestors. The children from
the other schools were so bright that
the committees only regret is they did
not have a scholarship for each school.
The A. o. H. County Board had lot
Of calls on their resources last year
SO that they could do nothing about
scholarships, but County President
Geraghty says there is not the slightest
doubt but they will have couple of
scholarships to offer the Irish History
committee next year.
The Essay contest aroused a great
deal of interest and was state wide,
30 schools competing, but here, also.
the committee had to draw the line
also and all the papers were so good
they regretted they could not award
a prize to each child competing. Miss
Margaret Meade, president of the
School Teachers Irish History and Lit
erature class, who was one of the
judges in the essay and scholarship
contest, says that the work of each
child showed wonderful range Of
knowledge. The successful ones were
as follows: Martin Morrissey. a pupil
in Sacred Heart School, Joliet, Illinois.
first prize of $1,000; Mildred McShane,
of st. Annes School, Chicago. second
prize. $1,000; James Feeney, Of st. CO.
slumbanus School. Chicago. third prize.
$500; Juliabelle Monahan, of Our Lady
Of Sorrows School, fourth prize, $500;
and Mary Margaret Byrne, pupil Of
st. Vincent's School, LaSalle, Illinois,
won fifth prize, $500. The following
received honorable mention: Helen
Murray. st. Patrick's School, Des-
PLANES street; V. Grudman, st. Vim
cents School. and Marguerite Case,
Our Lady of Sorrows School, all of
Chicago. The members of the COM
mittee in charge are very we'll satis-
: fed with the results and are hopeful
Of much better results for next year.
State Board of L. A. A. o. II. Meeting.
'"'r The annual meeting of the State
Board Of Illinois was held in Chicago
Saturday, June 2sth, in the Emmett
Memorial hall. The meeting was called
at this time in order to afford the
members an opportunity of participat-
ing in the exercises which marked the
distribution Of scholarships and prizes
for Irish History proficiency. State
President Mrs. McWhorter made a re-
Il. port Of her years work, which COW
,~e cred personal visits to all counties ex-
3 cepting the counties of Henry. Living
hstone, Will. and Warren. State Vice
4 President Mrs. Mulholland reported
having attended to the affairs in Bureau
county 50 that now all is we'll there
and the membership rapidly increas-
ing. The reports of State Secretary
Mrs. Condan and State Treasurer Mrs.
johnson showed the financial affairs of