Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-11
PATRIOTIC CITIZENSHIP"
Result Of Prize Essay Contest Inaugurated
by G. A. r.

The result OF the prize essay contest on
Patriotic Citizenship inaugurated in this state
two years ago has just been announced by
| Superintendent Mason S. Stone Of Montpe-
| lier.
The past department commanders of the de-
partment of VERMONT, G. A. R.. at the instr
CATION of Comrade j. H. Gouding, aide on the
staff Of the commander in chief, in charge of
patriotic instruction in 1904 offered a set of
prizes for the best patriotic essays submitted
by the public school pupils of the state. The
purpose of this action was to awaken the
sentiment OF patriotism on the part of the
public school children and to stimulate their
activities toward noble manhood and true
citizenship.
| The prizes were OF three classes, as fol-
lows: One, 10 prizes of IS each, with GER
tificate; two 10 prizes of selected books,
with certificates; three, 10 certificates OF
honorable mention. The division of each class
of prizes between the high school and the
common school pupils was in the ratio of four
six.
A committee consisting of Charles A.
Webb, managing editor, and F. A. Spencer of
The Montpelier Daily Journal, was appointed
to read and grade the essays received and
to select "a from the high school and 80 from
the elementary school essays. After the Sc
lection had been made committee consisting
of Miss Alice A. Dickinson of the Johnson
state normal school, Principal G. III. Morrill,
of the Randolph state normal school, and
Prof c. B. Wright of Middlebury college
Mddlebury, was appointed to read and
grade the essays selected. On account of
the absence of Professor Wright in Europe
during the past winter, Prof. Herbert r.
Roberts of Norwich university, Mortified.
was appointed as substitute and read and
marked the essays of the common school
pupils. OF the $4,000 pupils in the public
schools of Vermont, 14e competed.
The following is a list of prize winners,
together with their addresses and the sub
jects Of their essays:
First Class, SIS Each.
High school pupils-Alice L. Piastridge of
Mortified, Why We Honor the Flag Mary
B. Peck of Burlington, The Making of Yer
mont Nellie Reihan of White River June
ton, The Lesson of the Civil War; Marion
Vera Hoyt of Derby, Abraham Lincoln.
Elementary school pupils-Forest Ranger
of Montpelier, Patriotic Songs; Rodney Bah
cock of st. Adams, Abraham Lincoln; Mary
H. Ellison of Westminster, The Bronze But
tom Mildred Armstrong of Burlington, Lin
coin; Bernice Hayward of Rutland, Memorial
Day; Martha Bailey of East Montpelier,
Ethan Allen.
Second Glass, Selected Books.
High school pupils-M. Malice Marston of
White River Junction, Patriotic Songs; Guy
W. Powers of Bellows Falls, Abraham Lin
coin; Ethel Cambridge of White River juno
ton, Ethan Allen; Floyd B. Johnson of Will
mington, Our National Emblem.
Elementary school pupils-Hugh A. Nc
kinnon of St. Johnsbury, The Life of Abra
ham Lincoln, the American Saviour; Ethel
Hamilton of Nottingham, Pre.Memorial Day
in Vermont; Florence Mead of Proctor, Early
History of Vermont; Gertrude l.. Walch of
st. Johnsbury, Why We Honor the Flag
Annie Regain of Hubbsrdston, The Louisiana
Purchase; Mary A. Seth of Burlington, The
Green Mountain Boys.
Third Glass, Honorable Mention.
High school pupils-Emelie Perkins of
Rutland, The Making of Vermont; Lillian NJ.
Collins of St. Adams, Abraham Lincoln;
Ralph H. Paine of White River Junction,
The Louisiana Purchase; Robert Duffus of
Waterbury, Why We Honor the Flag.
Elementary school pupils-Eva Crossett of
Waterbury, Abraham Lincoln Judith r.
Haines of Cabot, Abraham Lincoln; Ruth
Spencer of Proctor, Patriotic Songs: Ralph
Stearns of johnson, Our National Emblem;
Lindsay Bradford of Burlington, Thomas
Chittenden Alice L. Harvey of Cabot Pa
triotic Songs.