Mabel Felton Marble Scholarship

History of the Mabel Felton Marble Scholarship

Mable Felton Marble was born on July 3, 1892.  She was raised in Berlin and lived on Derby Road for much of her life. Mrs. Marble would often recall in conversation that she could not vote until after the Right to Vote was finally given to women in 1920 when she was 28 years old.  It was an unusual thing for a woman to go to college at the turn of the century, and yet Mable attended Boston University, graduating in 1914.  She went on to teach French and Latin while raising a family.  She taught for a year in West Berlin in the one-room schoolhouse of that time.

Mable married Ralph Perkins Marble and they had three children.  It was her son, Ralph P. Marble Jr., who started the scholarship to honor his mother who felt education was so important for young women.  The scholarship is now funded by Ralph Jr.’s widow, Sylvia Marble, and by Mabel Marble’s granddaughter, Judith Kerr (niece of Ralph Jr. & Sylvia Marble).

Since the inception of the scholarship in 1991, the Berlin Select Board has administered the scholarship which is awarded to high school graduating young women who plan to further their education. 

The Select Board is honored to be part of the process of awarding the Mabel Felton Marble Scholarship to Berlin’s young women graduates.

RECIPIENTS BY GRADUATION YEAR

 The Berlin Select Board is now accepting applications for the 2023 Mabel Felton Marble Memorial Scholarship.

Applicants must be 2024 female graduating high school students residing in the Town of Berlin who are planning on continuing their education either at a college or vocational school.

Download an application here

Applications are also available at the Guidance Departments at

• Tahanto Regional High School and
• Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School
• Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School

The application and all attachments should be filed with the Berlin Select Board’s Office:

1. PREFERRED by email to selectmen@townofberlin.com

2. the U.S. MAIL to Select Board’s Office, 23 Linden St., Berlin, MA 01503

Deadline:  All materials in hand by 12 Noon on Friday, May 10, 2024

BERLIN SELECT BOARD