Evening star., 1918-01-11
MANYLETTERSC COMMENT!
j. SCHOLARSHIP FUNI
Testimonial to the Services Of Ellz-
abeth v, Brown in the D. c.
Public Schools.

RECOGNITION of the Elizabeth v.
Brown scholarship fund as a testi-
monial to the public service rendered
by Miss Brown In the public schools
Of the District, is given today by con-
tributors to the fund which has for its
purpose the higher education OF school
teachers in Washington.
Letters in commendation of the schol-
arship fund have been received by the
College womens Club, of which Miss
Brown was president at the time OF her
death. July 2s. 1915. from Admiral
Charles H. Stockton. former president
of George Washington University; DR..
William C. Ruediger. dean of the
Teachers College; Ernest l.. Ihurston'
superintendent of schools: A. T. Stuart,
director of primary instruction in the
public schools, and Mrs. Eugene Ste
vens, acting president of the College
Women's Club.
ships for teachers studying at George
Washington University has been raised.
1t was announced today by the club
This has been placed at interest OF a1s
per cent. This makes certain the award
of at least one scholarship at the close
of the present scholastic year. An ad-
ditional hundred dollars will insure the
award of two scholarships.
Committee in Charge of Fund.
A committee appointed by the club
has taken charge of subscriptions 10
the scholarship fund. 1t consists or
Miss Ella Gives.. chairman: Mrs. John
II. Cummings. Mrs. William H. Heron,
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes and Mrs. John
r. Weyrick.
Owing to numerous calls for charita-
BILE and patriotic causes, the committee
h1 n1a n IN
nations. but Miss Brown was so widely
known that contributions have been re-
ceived from many who were associated
With ner IN educational and charitable
work. both in and outside of Washing
ton. In addition to members of the
College Women's Club. donors to the
fund have included many teachers and
organizations. as the Audubon Society,
ter. D. A. R.; Woman's Branch Of Ma
tional Civic Federation. League of
American Pen Women. Columbian
Women. Wendell Wolfe Chapter. D. A.
A. R.
Among other we'll known people who
have shown their interest by contribut-
ing to the fund are Mrs. Theodore
tendent of schools, Toronto. Canada;
Miss Alice Fletcher. the only honorary
member of the College Women's Club;
Henry P. Blair. former president of the
DodrQ OF eQQcat1On, MISS Janet Rich |
ards. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and Judge
Martin A. Knapp.
Supt. Thurston's Letter.
Supt., Thurston's letter to MISS Given
is as follows:
Il have had brought to my attention |
q general statement Of the Elizabeth |
v. Brown scholarship fund committee. |
OF which you are chairman, relative |
to the completion of certain steps in |
your important undertaking. May / |
express to you my personal interest in |
this fine work and in the opportunities |
which the fund is going to open to |
the members of our public school teach |
ing force. I am more than glad to |
training opened to teachers in our pub |
lie school system who might not other |
wise have the opportunity to properly |
equip themselves for their great work. |
Knowing Miss Brown as l did. work
ing in close association with her as
school official and superintendent. and
realizing not only her splendid per-
sonality but her great educational |
power. her wonderful leadership and |
her splendid contribution to the edu |
cational life of the community, I feel |
1t to be especially fitting that this op- |
portunity should come in her name to |
one teacher after another to secure !
that training which makes for greater |
come about that the great service In |
the training of teachers which Miss |
Brown contributed to our system will |
be continued, in a sense. through this |
recognition of her. even though she |
has gone from u.s."