The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-20
FREE SCHOOLING
OFFERED To HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATE
EnsIey Merchants Will Make
Awards To Pupils OF That
Community
ENSLEY BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD r
EnsleN, Ala. June 10

| Ensley, Ala. June 10
Two scholarships. offered by the
Merchants and Associated Business
Men of Ensley, will be awarded as
| follows: One to boy or. girl who
| has finished the course at the Ems
| ley High school, limited to Birming-
| ham Southern; the other to boy or
girl who has finished the four -year
| course at one of the senior high
| schools. Hueytown, Oak Grove, AL
| lance. Quintown or Sayre. and Will
| be limited to Howard college. This
announcement was made Tuesday
morning.
I Each scholarship carries free tut.
| ton sind pays for all books for one
scholastic year only, and shall not
| exceed $3.50. Payments will be made
as bills fall due. Those who are
| graduates of the above named &C
credited high schools of the class
of 1928 or some previous year
and who still live in this territory;
those who have never attended col
lege before; those who could not at
| tend college next fall without out
| side help; those whose health would
| permit a college education; those
whose character and department are
good, and who give promise of de-
veloping initiative and leadership. All
| applicants must present recommends
| lions from their high school princi-
| pal. who must also furnish evidence
/ as to scholarship, department, charac-
| ter and general fitness for college
work. They must also have letters
! from two prominent citizens of their
community. The principal and the
two citizens must state definitely
| and positively that the applicant
would not be able to attend col
lege next fall without outside help.
| Each applicant must furnish GER
tificate from family physician that
his or her general health is good,
and that he or she should be able
to complete college course with
out the impairment of health.
| Each applicant must file all papers,
| in one package, with Claude II. Eu-
banks, secretary of Ensiry Merchants
and Associated Business Mems as
sociatio not later than July %, 1923.
The secretary will in turn file these
papers with the president of Birming-
ham Southern or the president or
Howard college as application may
| indicate.
The presidents of these two col
Ieges shall each examine carefully
the papers placed in his name, and
shall not be Influenced whatsoever.
tits requested that all applicants ap-
pear in person on August 10, 1928,
| before the college to which they have
applied for entrance.
| The authorities shall then make
| their decision, taking into account all
| the papers that have been filed, to-
gether with the impressions from per-
| sonal touch. The awards Will be an
nourced not later than August is,
1928.
LAYMEN'S CLUB ENTERTAINED
| The deacons of the Ensley Baptist
| church entertained the Laymen's club
at a banquet Tuesday night. The
wives of the deacons served the din
ner, which was one of the most ele-
giant yet handled by the local ladies.
Robert L. Daniel. president of the
club, presided and introduced the
speakers. DIR. Melford, travelling for
| Howard college, was the principal
speaker. He told of the work the COL
lege was trying to do and spoke of
! the extensive efforts being put forth
all over this country to enlist young
men. DR.. Melford interested his audi
ence deeply, and was given the clos
est attention.
| The program consisted of several
musical numbers skillfully rendered
and highly pleasing.
BUSINESS MEN MEET
The Ensley Merchants and Asso-
ciated Business Men held a meeting
in the inferior court room Tuesday
morning. Many details in connection
with the picnic held last Thursday
| were handled and other business
transacted. President ]. A. Smith
presided.
| The most important transaction
was the announcement relative to the
| scholarship to be awarded to Howard
and the Birmingham-S Southern college
| related elsewhere in this column.
SUPPLER RETURNS
William D. Suppler. assistant
cashier of the Bank of Ensley. re-
| turned Tuesday from an extended trip
to Washington. New York and Bos-
ton. Mr. Suppler attended the Shrine
convention and went on to the other
cities after that affair was ended He
said that among business men and
bankers with whom he came in con-
| tact the hea was that the present
| unprecedented business volume would
| continue indefinitely. Mr.. Suppler
called upon several large bankers
| while absent and gathered some in
teresting banking information.