The morning call., 1893-03-03
ESSAYS ARRIVING.
The. San jose Contest. Is:
" /. Booming.
MANY. WANT. THE PRIZES.
Over Two Thousand students Are
: EIigihIe-JaInes q. Kennedy Says
-. 1t Is "a Fine: Thing. -
First prize, SEQ. IN gold:
ss second priixe.;&io in.Sofd.

second prize, $40 In gold: :. -
That. THE {, ACES prize essay contests:
are going TO be extremely popular is shown
:. among other ways. :by the fact that essays,
are already arriving from San Jose. where;
: the inftiai, Goa test is oeing held.
e: In nearly. eyefy y:sthool: above the primary:
grades IN the Garden City. copies of THE.
CALI cQntai1ing ,annqancenleBts ,f the:
3 contest have;haeA passed around and. the.
striking .nffeFdiseusSed with mach interest.
The ogf6Eof so in.gQld ami .tiledistlnction:.
of b6ng the bestes ssaylstamQng a thousand
;ortw0 students In. big. center. OF culture.
alike: San Jose is enough to stir to their: very
best efforts every boy and girl: with any;
j ability and amb, ton. ::
:. There Will: :be.a big: pile :nf essays from
=: San Jose on ."Iha :diseoVsry o T. America by:
..GolumBls," ;" and there is 10 Doubt; that
:, of older people with ripper culture aud more
!: expefienced: :peils.:.,.:. = - 80; :
..E,.;Sudents who wish 70 compate. for the
:. gold afTd gl6fy offered. must gemember that
they. are mot. eligible for the confestff they
;. are veg: is years of Rges aud they must be
enrolled 10: sum e. s2tGCl located within The:
:: city.lIfri3s efsSan:dose.. =:
~ IT does-pot matter What schpoi OF, what,
part oi:a school yoU:attend... :
-. II .yQN ate: q studeptin q San Jose school,.
:RRd. are NOT pNer;1S years of. age, wake up
:: :.aa d: ma can fort to win the first pFize. =
::::I Ifyeu fail to:win:th first prize you may:
:. win. .tte. .sec0ud onea =. -, :
%: IF YOU fsll@to win any prize you win haEe
,asleast triet, and:the. prarties. will be coed
!: for yostr.,:. ~. 8; :. :
.Tirefe, $holIIt. be q lot of fine. essays from
students in the; State, Normal School where
pro baSly two-thirds of the 500 or SO in at
:. tenfaHce are not.get IS years;o =
Fl Bit then therear any nnmber OF. pupils
J, i'm: the high .sehuol. apa In the grammar
/: grades; as -wtllfa private Institutions. who:
! need: nat: fear to eompete with normal
!; sch0ol8tlde The normal school has no
: mon op6yy :of:the 46pthful brai1s and genius
->>Gl San:Jose+..~:.- =. - ~. :;
r. James c: ~Kennedy, : principal of the
( Franklin GTam maESchooI in San Francisco.
: was SQperiti tefde1t Of Schools in San jose
:. for segeralyears, and. knows what sort Of
material tere:is in:tile sch ools, down there
Z: Yes terday:tl E1Ys the essay contest his;
: -@snthnstastIc approval ard said that If a.
>-:sipliiar coRteSt*Wete invited in San Fran:
:: cisco Hewoalt lt;very pyenptly encourage his
: :pUpi'seto en ter 1t: 8: -. -. 4
1. E: Fl has: contest struck nj as being fine
:sthing,! 2 lie said, sand / tUink THAT 1t ought
'.:=tb aWa}ten a .goOd deal:of enthusiasm among
.s:the schools, = ~ ) ' -.
: !. n .rlenty5of talcnt in tbe San: ose
:. schools; End there: shogid be scme fine es-
says pr6ditGed. :a'.-s.: -. =.
. s: mere is notnore intellectual co immunity
=in Qa}lf9TD iai and # is: an. educational GEN.
s ter: tQ:::whiuh a great many people have
moved to educate theiF clildren. =
y, = ffere are: over Thousand boys and girls
: >fnithe AhHh er: grad es pfthe schools who are
:f:.el ihTe for tIie. 0ompetftl6n. There are
" a bGut 01a:the high school, and there are
: SOC or :iIiOre III the State Normal School,.
Theh*tlefe,fs the. convent of .Notre Dame,
ia Whfeh4 liteEaEy CULTURE is made amin
!: ppTtaQt Feature; under the tuition OF very
:: :cpltuEed aud a bie;Iady. =. T..
Every teaeRer,%E shoqld think, would en-
: courage hi$pupll5 to. enter the contest. 1t
:: ugh: to DE :appreciated by the teachers, for
tt:gives theni an opportunity to stir up in
toTest in; composition writing. 1t win cul-
E. ttyate: a:taste for. literary work among the
students, and direct their attention to 1t,
- THEN ost defective point in our educa-
= t1onak methods Is that the. art Of expression
:: is not ;deNelopede enough. Our students
don't do ,enough original work. We have
=; gone TO seed on studying authors. A boy
can't tleaFn TO write by>srudylng what John
Jones wrote Now he studies authors and
studies style clear through the grammar
school and clear through the high school,
and when he graduates he probably can't
write an essay to save his soul. The
trouble is that we stop short of the express
sion Of the thought acquired.
'Tiiis original work is what we need and
this contest of The .CALL's will do good
work in directing more attention to it. You
will probably receive a good many fne
. essays but good many Door ones. too"
80. The ekIays are to be of not less than
500 nor more than 1900 words.
The former number would make about
half column in THE CALL, and the latter
number would fill about three-fourths of a
column.
The first prize affords a rate by the
column of from two TO four times what is
paid by newspapers to the best writers on
the coast for their productions.
Remem ber the conditions of the contest.
They are simple and liberal
" Contestants must be over IS years of
g age.
Every contestant must be enrolled in
e.. some schnoI in San Jose. The school ms Y
be public, private den ON in a tfonaI.
Every boy or girl who is going to school
Is elig bic.
Call" by March 10.
:: Address 1.-THE CALL, 500 Clay street,
>. San FIR ncIAco."
:: Indorse on the envelope, Essay Com
test"
d. II you want your manuscript return ed
inclOse return postage.
Use paper of note size and write on only
one side OF the paper.
The winning essays will be published In
THE CALL soon1after the contest is closed,
the victorious authors.
The subject is one that every boy and girl
who is going to school should be thoroughly
familiar with, and just now, when the great
celebration of the four handredth anniver-
:: ssry Of the event is exciting the interest OF
the world, the topic is one of special interest
and appropriateness.
1t will suggest many lines Of thought to
: the essay-writeTs, who should find the SUBJ
ject fruitful of ideas.
Originality will be taken as the greatest
merit in judging the productions, and the
literary style, finish and dlction will be con.
sidered next. The essay should not be
merely an historical sketch, giving a record
Of names, dates and events and nothing
else.
Let us see what the rising gener alton In
San Jose can do with Christopher and his
big find.
The City Treasury.
Treasurer Widber said yesterday that the
city funds were still holding out 'frst rate, u
but some heavy claims are due. and there Is