The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12
THE SOUVENIR BUTTONS.

A Junior button is given to every
contributor for his first paper print
ed, provided it is not prize winner
nor an honorable mention" Only
one Junior button a year is given,
and this is sent without application.
The new year began Sept. 8, 1901.
An Honor button is awarded for al
honorable MENTION and is sent
without application.
An Honor button is awarded to every
Junior who has three papers printed,
which are neither prize winners nor
honorable mentions. These must be
claimed by the winner, giving dates
Of publication.
An Honor button is awarded for an
accepted contribution to the Storyteller
column, and is sent without applica-
ton, together with an order for a
book.
Any number of Honor buttons may
be won.
A Prize button is awarded for every
, prize paper, without application. Two
prizes only in one year may be won.
All OF these, except the Honor but
tons awarded for three papers printed,
are sent out the Monday following
publication, and all notices of failure
to receive them must be sent to the
editor by the Saturday following the
publication.
High School Credit Contests
: These contests are for writer's in and
above the ninth grade.
Two prizes of SIS and $3.50 for pic.
lures or books. for the school are
awarded every three months to the
!. two high schools winning the highest
number of credits.
The first prize of SIS may be won
but once during the school year.
Winners of the second prize of $3.50
are not barred from winning the first,
prize.
No school in Minneapolis, and no
town in the northwest will be given
more than one credit week. At least
four papers must be sent on topic
for high school to be considered ir
the contest, and there must be at least
twelve papers a month.
A Journal Junior prize button is
sent for the first High School Credit
paper of each competitor during the
quarter.
The third quarter began March Is,
1902, and ends June Z.
The Prize Pictures.
The pictures which are given as
prizes during the school year become
the exclusive property of the school,
rooms upon whose walls they are hung.
hSJ lOhdlh III lie
which the winner attended when he or
she won the prize, and under no cir
cumstances are they to be removed to
another room in the same school,
to another school, or to private
house.
Harrington Beard, the well-known art
dealer and collector, of Minneapolis.
is in charge of the framing and dis
tribution of the prize pictures for T h 9
j o u n a l.
Express charges on all prize pic
lures are prepaid by T b eJ journal.
The StOrytel1er.
Any pupil OF public school. in any
part Of the United States, who is in
or above Fifth Grade, may contribute
to the Storyteller. These stories may
be true or fiction. and upon any sub
ject preferred by the writer. They
must not be less than 500 words in
length, and should not be over 1000.
How to Prepare the Papers.
{ Write in ink, on one side only Of
{ the paper. Leave a space of three
inches at the top Of the first page.
I Use no headlines. Put the number of
words in the upper left-hand corner
OF the first page. Sign the name and
residence at the end at the right, the
grade and school at the end at the
eft.