Thank you . It has the real Avonlea flavor . '' Ruby , perceiving the Queen 's calendar lying on the table , wanted to know if Anne meant to try for the gold medal . Anne blushed and admitted she was thinking of it . `` Oh , that reminds me , '' said Josie , `` Queen 's is to get one of the Avery scholarships after all . The word came today . Frank Stockley told me -- his uncle is one of the board of governors , you know . It will be announced in the Academy tomorrow . '' An Avery scholarship ! Anne felt her heart beat more quickly , and the horizons of her ambition shifted and broadened as if by magic . Before Josie had told the news Anne 's highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher 's provincial license , First Class , at the end of the year , and perhaps the medal ! But now in one moment Anne saw herself winning the Avery scholarship , taking an Arts course at Redmond College , and graduating in a gown and mortar board , before the echo of Josie 's words had died away . For the Avery scholarship was in English , and Anne felt that here her foot was on native heath . A wealthy manufacturer of New Brunswick had died and left part of his fortune to endow a large number of scholarships to be distributed among the various high schools and academies of the Maritime Provinces , according to their respective standings . There had been much doubt whether one would be allotted to Queen 's , but the matter was settled at last , and at the end of the year the graduate who made the highest mark in English and English Literature would win the scholarship -- two hundred and fifty dollars a year for four years at Redmond College . No wonder that Anne went to bed that night with tingling cheeks ! `` I 'll win that scholarship if hard work can do it , '' she resolved . `` Would n't Matthew be proud if I got to be a B.A. ? Oh , it 's delightful to have ambitions . I 'm so glad I have such a lot .
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