Woodstock High School - Eureka Yearbook (Bryant Pond, ME)

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THE BIRCH! IERE SCHOLARSHIP In 1927, Dr. Frederick J. Kinsman and his sister Cornelia P. Kinsman established a trust fund for the scholarship, to be known as the Birch- mere Scholarship, effective only alter the deaths of their mother and themselves. This year, 1950, vn.ll be the first year in which the income will be paid out for this purpose. Dr. Kinsman's wish was that Boys eligible for the scholarship be residents of ’Voodstock, between sixteen and twenty-one years of age; of good character; with a fair record for work in school; and ambitious of securing greater educational advantages... The scholarship is intended primarily for expenses at college or technical school; but Birchmere Scholars are free to use discretion in their use of the money for any educational purpose. Only one Birchmere scholar is to be appointed each year, and as a rule, the same boy is to be re-appointed for a second year. Only in ex- ceptional cases would a boy hold the scholarship for more than two years. No second boy from a family should receive benefits until five or six years after the first award in that family. The scholarship is not primarily intended for boys whose families are able to give thorn a college education, yet every eligible boy in the Town is to be given consideration. The trust fund is administered by the National Bank of Commerce of Portland. A committee of three citizens of the Town of Woodstock was appointed by Dr. Kinsman to choose each year the boy to whom the award would be made. The committee as appointed was Robert C. Crockett, Seymour McAllister and Kts. Anne Jordan. If at any time any member no longer wishes to serve, the committee elects a successor, or he may be appointed by the trustees. In the course of time, Dr. Kinsman sug- gested that boys who had received benefits would in later years become members of the committee. At the tine the Fund was set up, the estimated interest each year amounted to about $500.00, but at the present tine due to declining in- terest rates, this amount can not be realized. However, the Fund will still yield an attractive and worthwhile scholarship. The donors of the Fund suggest that each boy who has received benefits from the Scholarship, at some time hand on to some other boy a sum equal to that which he received from the Birchmere Fund. Also any . . other persons who arc able to do so, may add to the Fund so that the pay- ments to the boys may be increased. It is with the deepest feeling of gratitude that we of the Eureka have recorded some of the details of the Birchmere Scholarship. We wish to express our appreciation for the thoughtfulness and generosity of Dr. Kinsman and his sister in establishing this Fund which can mean so much to some worthy boy each year through the years to come. It is also our hope that the boys receiving the benefits of the Scholarship always keep in mind the high ideals Dr. Kinsman held for boys and in this way enable the scholarship to perpetuate to the greatest extent the purpose for which it was intended. Phyllis Hathaway '50