6.9 Scholarships and Awards
This needs further examination. In the Middleburg Community files is a reference to scholarships to black students.
In 1945, the County Wide League offered their first scholarship of two $50 tuition grants to the two ranking graduates from Douglass HS. Money was raised by the cooperative endeavor of local leagues.[1]
It appears that the Colored elementary schools raised funds for scholarships through concerts and other means, such as was done in 1947 when teachers and parents collaborated with the Virginia Union university Choral Club and raised $150 “worth of college entrance scholarships[2].”
6.9 Scholarships for Lawson H. Cockerille, 1951[1]
6.9 Awards for Hamilton Probably from the 1920’s or earlier. The members of the Hamilton Community League won the prize by a newspaper called the Globe which wished to award the league which had done the best work. The award enabled the league to purchase many items for the school, including a microscope, electric light fixtures and window shades.[2]
.6.9 Peabody Awards. 1951-56. Multimillion dollar bequest of William F. Peabody to support White Children, mostly from Lincoln. Also benefited Ashburn, Hamilton and Round Hill.
.6.9 “Negro” Scholarships, 1953, 1954, especially from Middleburg Community Center[3].
.6.9 Negro and White Scholarship, October, 1954
.6.9 Westmoreland Davis Awards, some which benefited Douglass HS[4].
.6.9 Scholarships, “Various. Researching to see if African Americans benefited.
.6.9 Grandville Meade Scholarship for Lawson Cockerville, white, 1951
Nov 19, 1953 Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers announces a scholarship to encourage High School graduates to become teachers; but the only Loudoun County high school mentioned is Leesburg High School, so one is left with the impression that the opportunity was limited to white graduates.[5]