The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-27
r1..st ,,,.t-e. SEQ in gold.

{ } These are the prizes that two stu
dents af the San Jose schools are going
* 10 win when THE CALLS essay con-
test shall close on March Is next.
As announced in The CALL yester-
- day the boys and girls in the higher
A grades of all the schools in San Jose
"A are Invited to send in essays on The
: NJ Discovery of America by Columbus.
and when competent judges have been
selected the best and second best of
Z the essays will be published in THE
- CALL and the authors VIII receive the
Il prizes offered.
Successive contests on the same plan
- viii be carried on in other cities and
- then there will be one for the State at
IL large. which will be open to every stu
don't ~ the schools of the State. from Siski-
You to san Diego.
So while interest will center in the San
lose contest for tive OF three weeks. every
boy and girl who is going to school may
know that an equal opportunity will come
before long and all may 90 right 10 work II
ambition prompts the effort.
The immediate question is, Who is going
70 win tie laurels in San Jose?
viii 1t be some country lad who has long
been tramping to The city each morning and
earnestly making the most Of his opport IN
ities9
VIII it he some brilliant fellow to when
school hono1s have became familiar. or some
NEEDING, thoughtful youth who has been
ouietly but surely laying the foundation Of
an education by which he will rise in the
world?
Don't be sure that some modest scholarly
maiden. with tastes and ambitions beyond
spring STYLES and social arts, will not walk
away with tie highest honor.
The girls so frequently do that in CON-
petition with boys in these days.
Is not the honor and local fame Of being
? tie best essayist among ali the bright, am
bilious students Of large city well wor h
winning?
glow Of pride by the lucky winner?
And then the cash prizes offered by THE
CALL are worth winning too. are they not?
\ big twenty dollar niece is a work of art
on which eyes often fondly linEer.
It CLOVIS in splendor. and in the magnif-
cence Of its proportions il very often seems
10 approach the sublime.
A ten-dollar piece is second only to the
twenty il its beauty.
These urizes would mean a good deal to
many students, and in themselves are worth
the efforts that will be required to win
them.
They constitute pretty high rates for the
matter to be published.
The essays are to be of not less than Sol
or more than 200 words.
The former number would make about
half column in THE CALL, and the latter
number would ill about three-fourths Of g
column.
The first prize affords rate by the column
of from two to four times what is paid by
newspapers to the best writer's on the coasi
for their productions.
Remember The conditions Of the contest
They are simple and liberal.
Every contestant must not be over IS year:
of age.
Every contestant must be enrolled in some
school in San Jose. The school may bt
public. private or UNCONVENTIONAL Every
boy or girl who is going to school is
eligible.
The essays must be received by THE
CALL by March 10 next.
address THE CALL, 509 Clay street, San
Francisco"
Indorse on the envelope. Essay con-
test"
II you want your manuscript returned in
close return postage.
! Use paper Of note size and write Cd only
one side Of the paper.
The winning essays will be published in
The CALL soon after the contest is closed,
and something will be told the public about
the victorious authors.
The subject is one that every boy and girl
who is going to school should be thoroughly
familiar with. and justnow, when the great
celebration Of The four hundredih anniver-
sary Of the event is exciting the interest OF
the world. the topic is one Of special inter.
est and appropriateness.
1t will suggest many lines Of thought to
the pssay-writers. who should find the sub.
ject fruitful of ideas.
Originality viii be taken as the greatest
merit in judging the productions. and the
literary style, flush and diction will be con.
sidefed next. The essay should not be
merely historical sketch, giving record
Of names. dates and events and nothing else.
Let US see what the rising generation in
San Jose can do with Christopher and his
big find.