The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-01-21
Rose Terry's
Scholarship
By E. DUNBAR.

"heh the Browning society of Ia
tufn gave the '"Rose and the Book
10 raise funds needed to send n stu
oeht to Tatum Women's college, Their,
were those among the citizens Of Ia
tu'h VINO figured II out that the won
en- had adopted a roundabout way OF
raising two hundred dollars. Old 8
bradley actually went to figuring
ABOUT 1t, and the afternoon before the
performance in the new theater he
gave out as his opinion that it had
cost the folk of Tatum some Thousand
dollars In cold cash to raise that two
hundred.
just In the Bradley family alone
IL mad cost nearly twenty-five dollars
on conservative estimate Jenny. Sis
daughter, was taking minor part. She
had had to get her own costumes. Not
counting the things that she had had
10 make, but could use later, these cos
tunes had cost her eight dollars and
seventy-three cents. Then she had had
TO give up two evening music lessons
Ior evening rehearsals and Jenny got
a dollar lesson. That came to over
ten dollars.
Ihen there were tickets for all the
Bradley family and a taxi to take Jen-
| ny to the dress rehearsal the night be-
fore. as it had rained, and Jenny had
been so busy over the rehearsas that
she hadn't been able to help her moth
err, SO they had had to get in sewing
woman three days to help with the
spring sewing. And so it had come
altogether by careful figuring to
$22.75. This was barring the possible
necessity Of taxi to take Jenny to the
play that night, and 1t looked like
rain. as well as the probability that
Jenny would be all played out after
ward and would need doctor and
medicine.
What 81 Bradley was arguing was
that 1t wasn't worth while. If the
folks Of Tatum wanted to give schol-
arship, through the Browning society,
they should be assessed just so much.
Then there wouldn't have to be any
play and he wouldn't have to 70
through the ordeal Of sitting through
1t.
Roger Maplewood. Mr.. BradIey's
companion In arms, added his quota
OF argument against such perform
ances. 1t would cost even more than
Mr.. Bradley had figured. For he knew
I $nvs 20 n\t I0t he txrn vAh
going to be quite a bit out Of pocket
Jim Wentworth was going to take a
part and at the last minute he had
been called away on business. He
couldn't throw the thing over the last
minute that way. So he had to tele-
graph to some fellow ne knew. taught
English in some college somewhere
and knew Browning from A to 2, and
get him on to take his place. This had
meant Jim Wentworth had had to pay
this professors carfare, and that the
Wentworths would have to have COM
pany dinners. No, 1t wasn't worth
while. According to Roger Maplewood
there wasn't any reason why the citi-
zens Of Tatum should give scholar
ships anyway. If a girl hadn't enough
money to get an education she could
go to work In factory or somebody's
kitchen. College educations were for
children of the well-tO-dO, not for poor
folk.
This discussion took place aboard
the local trolley car Of Tatum and It
was audible to the few passengers be-
cause Roger Maplewood and 81 Brad
ley always sat on opposite sides OF the
car and threw their remarks back and
forth.
Rose Terry, going from high schoo!
to the farmhouse where she worked,
was one Of the passengers. This was
For Rose Terry was the
one out of the seventeen or eighteen
who had applied for the scholarship
who had been selected by the Brown
Ing club as the beneficiary. She was
twenty-six and settled. That was
what finally decided the matter In
other words she wouldn't do what I'M
beneficiaries Of the clubs
DOuHIy uOuC JuSt Sft
through college and then marry some
me and waste her education. The
hub wanted to be sure that IL they
helped a girl to go through college she
vas going to spend her life in teach
ne afterwards II she was the kind
hat would get married. why waste
he education?
Rose Terry was twenty-five the year
,efore when she went to work with
armer In return for her board and
hen started in at the high school. She
,ad been able in one year to make up
or the neglected education Of her girl
ood and prepare herself for college.
he had not applied for the scholar
hip. She had expected to go on work
ny with the farmers family But the
ommittee had heard of her and had ,
ersuaded her to make her application.
he had been selected and now the Z
ommittee had asked her to sit In the
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