BARCLAY MEMORIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13714, 2 October 1908, Page 2

BARCLAY MEMORIAL.

AN AITEAL THKULGU Till: SCHOOLS.

Jhe committee appointed kn days ago Hi carry out the proposal U> tetabUsii j a scholarship as a lueuioiial to the late l\ev. Gjo. Barclay, arc about lu i-suu I io h.ad teaclicis copies of the lollowing '* iijtjiecil to the public of .South Canterbury, ' to bo distributed through the [children attending schools:-- " i.adicn and Gentlemen,-For thirty years the late Kev. George Barclay lauouivd assiduously for, and lciuKml noble seivnc to the cause of Education in >outh Canterbury. His inteiest n,i.in't. iiicixly parochial, it was piuviuciai. I here is not a ncbool in th« district but uu.s much to his -energetic efforts, and not only every scholar of the past and present generation, but every parent also, jwvs ;i debt of gratitude to one who has done so much for them. .U a tilting tribute to his memoiy it has ben •leciilid to establish a scholarship, to l>« known as the "George Barclay Scholai ship." which shall be open to all th* piiman ;sclirmls „f .Smith CaiUrrbmv. The value of the scholarship will be • let -i mined by the amount raised, which, it is toiili.leiilly hoped will not be less :iian £SOO. The arrangement of the details will be left in th-. hands of the Boa id of Education, of which the late Mr Bait-lay was a distinguished member. Kv tv -chool eommittee in South Canterbury has cordially approved of the suggestion, atul tho fund has be«n op< ned. It has been suggested that the pi .-sent pupils of the sellouts of |||.;. district should have some share- m this mciiioii.il. Hid siibsriiptioii.s are ih'i.foic ,imi:ed ftom all pupils, |,,,^ t ; , n ,| ]i| C . C |,i. :*.. „,■!! is fi.mi the ji.ii r-nt s. iin,l l'ii,.-n,|s of the scholar. Subsciiption* will be gladly leceived by head teat-hef, m' inlir i> of •i-Ihm,| committers or may b- forn aided to the ciitval treasurer, Mr ,\. Bell. MA. Boani of Kdueation, Tiuiani On behalf of the promoters of the s. ii-uip \te confidently ap|>cal t<> you in (hi« ni.-ii t •■!-, S. M.Biide, chairman of com ■mine-. Archil. K. Hunt. Gordon I*. Wood. G .1. Staler, A. Bell."

'I hose ,t lio do not receive a copr of i!i? app'-a! iiiioi|._di the schools may* «.-. cfpi the