The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-14
Frank II, Smith Takes The Her
AIDS First Prize.
MANY RESPONSES CAME
SEVERAL POSSESSED LITERARY
MERIT OF HIGH ORDER.
Failure to Comply With the Condi-
lions of the HeraId's News Con-
test Was the Difficulty with Many
Mt Them-Who Will Win the
Prizes This Week,

The Heralds news contest for the
bright boys and girls of the public
schools was inaugurated only a few
days ago. and already it has created
a great deal of interest among the
school children. This is evidenced by
the large number Of responses received
and the only thing to regret is that
they did not comply more closely with
the conditions. And yet, the contest
being entirely new, this was to be ex-
pected the first week. The illustrations
of what is required, given below, will
doubtless remedy this difficulty here
after
Several communications were received
during the week, but last evening
they fairly poured in. A number of them
contained fairly good news items, but
they were not we'll written. Others
possessed literary merit, but the subjects
discussed had little or no value. The
great majority of them, however, were
simply essays and therefore did not con-
form to the requirements at all for the
reason that they did not contain any
element Of news.
THE Herald invites all of these writ
ers to try again during the coming
week and hopes that all the school
children who feel an interest in the
matter Will make an effort to win the
prize.
Particular attention should be paid
to the conditions, which are as fol.
lows:
The Herald will give weekly a prize
of So to the boy or girl attending any
grade or high school in Utah who will
furnish our city editor with the best
Item of news or correspondence, and a
prize of 81 for the second best item.
These items must reach our city editor
on or before Friday of each week. at Z
p. m. and will be published SATURDAY.
morning.
Ths awards are to be based upon.
First, quality; second, quantity; third,
excellence in composition. All news
must be free from malice or scandal.
Copy must be written on one side only
and marked with the name, age and
address Of the writer, and the grade
and school he or she attends.
Address City Editor Herald. Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The Prize Winner.
.rhe winner Of the first prize this
week is Frank II. Smith of the Bryant
school. whose contribution leads on
all the points required. 1t is as fol.
lows:
alas for the rarity
OF Christian charity"
a few days ago an aged man named
Jerome was on his way down town
with his 15-year-old boy. On reaching
the corner of F and South Temple
streets the old man suddenly fell to
the ground in an almost unconscious
condition. The son appealed in vain
to the passers-by to assist him i'm get
ting his father to their home; but his
appeal fell on deaf ears and stony
hearts. A glance was enough for
them: they formed their own conclu-
sions and passed care1essly on-they
had no time to attend to a drunken
man. But all the time the eyes were
growing more dim and the pulse more
faint and only the boy realized 1t
He was frantic with grief, until at
last q good samaritan in the form Of a
kind-hearted wood vender lent a hand
man to his home on South Temple
between M and N streets A physician
was called in, but the old gentleman
never rallied from the attack and soon
passed away. FRANK H. SMITH.
Aged IA. Bryant School, Grade
Glass A.
Young Mr.. amitl1 is evidently Indus
trlous as we'll as ambitious, for The sent
In another item which, at the time IL
was written, had not been published
in any paper:
Thursday evening Conductor Sparks
of the Salt Lake City Railway com.
pany, when at the corner of Mint,
South and West Temple streets. OBJ
served that the trolley of his CAL, was
not working properly. He caused the
car TO be stopped and climbed to the
roof to fix it, but by some means
slipped and fell to the ground
allghting on his back. He was
sGonslderaoly shaken up. but fortunate,
~ no bones were broken. DR.. Rtchards
was called to attend him and Of 49, -
ably. tas i@VoF-'
The Second Prize,
The second prize should go tn vo,,n ,
MT. Agramonte- He is evidently an Tns
locate reporter, as he went out Isst
might and secured his item. He nee-
lected, however, to give his age. school
ana grade on his copy, but will be
permitted to do SO today. Here is his
contribution: - 1iiS
Professor Whiting lectured last even.
ING AT the university annex on First
North street. He Illustrated his dis
course with a number Of specimens and
told a lot of Stories-fsh stories ore
OF them was about the suck fish II
was narrated that when this rnemba,.
OF the finny tribe desired to go any-
where it didn't hire a special car or
make any personal effort further than
to hook his sucker to any large fish
that happened to be handy and said.
drive on and away would go.
This lecture was not nearly as we'll
attended as it's merit deserved.
On Tuesday evening, january z. Pro.
fessor Byron Cumming will lecture ON
Greek literature, Poetry, History and
Oratory."
Meritorious Contributions.
Among the very best contributions
received are those from Lula Penrose
Bryant school, grade Z, class B: Daisy
Booth, aged IA, Oquirrh school. Eighth
grade; Charles Meakin, aged is. Sew
enth grade; and Edna A. Franks. aged
9, Oquirrh school.
One of these writers might easilv
have taken prize had they given soma
item of current news instead of an
essay or review of some past event,
SOCIAL ADJUSTMENTS.
The Doll Bazaar began its career in full