The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-01-28
FOR CONTESTANTS.

white children of Georgia, under
the age of eighteen.
8. The length of the essay to be
from 1000 to 1900 words. The
papers TO be typewriter, if posi-
BILE, though that is net essential.
4. Preparation for the essays
may be made at home or elsewhere,
with full use of all references.
Essays must be written within
the weeks, January 1881 inclu.
sive, in presence of teacher or
county committeeman.
5. Each essay shall be signed
with fictitious name, and accom-
panied by sealed envelope ad-
dressed with same fictitious name,
but containing real name and ad-
dress of writer and name Of school.
FOR COMMITTEES.
6. Manuscript to be graded upon
subject matter and style.
z. The medal will be awarded at
closing exercises of school at or
near which 1t is won. It will be
presented by the President of the
local chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy.
APPOINTMENTS.
s. Each member of the State
committee shall have charge of the
work in designated counties, and
shall see to the appointment in
each of her counties of q local
committee to take direct supervis-
ion of the work in that county,
and to be known as the county
medal committee.
SCHOOLS.
8. The principal of each contest
ing school shall send to the local
committee of his county the best
essay from his school, stating at
the same time the number of con-
testants in the school.
| COUNTY COMMITTEES.
Each county committee, as an
auxiliary to the State committee,
shall create or stimulate an inter-
est in the work in it's county, shall
receive the essays sent in by the
contestants IL the county, and Sc
lect from the best one to represent
the county before the State COM
mittee, and shall send this ESSAY,
together with information of the
entire number of contestants in
the county, to that member of the
State committee within whose iu-
risdiction the county falls.
STATE COMMITTEE.
Each member of the State com.
mittee, with such assistants as she
shall appoint, select the best two
essays submitted to her from her
counties, for final consideration of
the State committee.
The entire number of essays thus
chosen shall be sent in rotation to
all the members of the State
committee for examination and
grading, being retained by each
member for one week only, then
forwarded to another member, and
finally returned to the chairman
of the committee.
The gradings of the essays shall
be sent, not with the essays, but
directly to the chairman by each
committeeman az soon as practi-
cable after completion.
Immediately after the receipt of
all the reports, the chairman shall
send a tabulated list of them to
each member of the committees
CALENDAR.
10. Essays are to be sent to To-
cal County, committee OH or be-
fore February 14th
The best essays from each coun-
ty must be sent by the county
committee to the member of the
State committee on or before
March 1st.
The best two Of the essays SUBJ
mltted to each member of the
State committee must be sent to
the chairman of that committee on
or before March 18th.
REFERENCE BOOKS RECOMMENDED,
1 The War Between the States
Stephens.
2 School History of the United
States-Field,
3 History of the Confederacy-
! Derry.
A History of the United States
White.
5 Campaigns of the Confeder-
acy-Huil
! 6 The Strife of Brothers
! Derry
Z The South in Literature and
History-Rutherford.