Scholarship files, 1923-1927.

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Scholarship files, 1923-1927.

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The series contains the scholarship files maintained by the Dept. of Public Instruction from 1923 to 1927. The records include notices for county and senatorial scholarship exams, scholarship applications to Florida State College for Women, and general correspondence concerning college scholarships. The bulk of the material is incoming and outgoing correspondence of William S. Cawthon, Superintendent of Public Instruction, regarding the scholarships. It also includes correspondence of John G. Kellum, business manager for the Florida State College for Women.

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Cawthon, William S., 1871-1963.

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Florida State College for Women

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According to Robin Sellers' Femina Perfecta, in 1914 members of the even-year classes of Florida State College for Women (juniors and freshmen) wore their green and yellow class colors to chapel on the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving. A spontaneous pep rally ensued. On the following Wednesday, odd-year class members (seniors, sophomores, and sub-freshmen) carried canes wrapped with ribbons in their individual class colors of red, white, and purple. On Thanksgiving Day the odd-year classes d...

Kellum, John G. (John Gabriel), 1871-1964

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Florida. Dept. of Public Instruction.

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The Dept. of Public Instruction was created in 1869 (Ch. 1686, Laws) to establish a uniform system of public instruction, free to all the youth residing in Florida between the ages of six and twenty-one. The officers of the Department were the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education, and a Board of Public Instruction and Superintendent of Schools for each county. The Superintendent of Public Instruction had administrative supervision of all matters pertaining to public...