The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-08
"PUT ON YOUR
THINKING CAPS!'


Books And Papers-And Lastly
| But Not Leastly, Interview 1.-THE
Oldest Inhabitants!"
| The Wayne County Pennsylvania
Society of New York City offers set
of costly die medals of elaborate and
artistic design in gold, silver and
| bronze, known as the Horace G.
Young Prize" to the three students
| of the high schools of Wayne county
who present the best essays on a
subject of Importance in the histori
cal, political, economic or social de-
velopment of Wayne county, Penn
sylvania.
The prizes are perpetuated by en-
dowment through the generosity of
Horace G. Young, former student
of the Honesdale High school.
The object of the prize is to slim
ulate scholarly investigation and
original research. The society aims
to encourage investigation and re-
search along lines germane to the
progress and history of Wayne
county and to bring forth valuable
data that is now unavailable.
The conditions of the competition
are as follows:
/ /. Each competitor must be reg
ularly enrolled student in a high
school of Wayne county.
2. Each essay presented must be
accompanied by a certificate from the
principal of the high school in which
the competitor is enrolled, stating
that the competitor is a duly enroll
ed student in that high school and
that the essay presented is the work
of the competitor presenting the
same.
BLANKS for this purpose will be
provided by the society,"
3. All essays presented are to be-
come the property of the society.
4. Each essay is to be written in
legible hand (type-writing pre-
ferred but not essentiaD on firm,
strong paper, eleven inches by eight
and one-half inches in size and a
space of one and one-half inches on
, the inner margin must be left free
from writing. The pages must be
numbered.
(Paper will be furnished by the
society.)
5. On the first page of each essay
shall appear the following:
Many '''' '''' - -
ADDRESS 80. ........ .............
High School. ......
GLASS. '....... .......
age. .............
Essay submitted. 1911.
No other writing is to appear on
the first page. The competitor S
name must not appear at any other
/, place in the essay.
, 6. On the second page of each
essay shall appear the following;
! Subject of Essay: y:............
Submitted in competition for the
Horace G. Young Prize awarded
under the auspices of The Wayne
County Pennsylvania Society of the
City of New York
lJll.
No other writing shall appear on
the second page.
When the essays are submitted
the secretary of the society will
number each essay and remove the
page containing the competitor
name, and the essays, numbered
will then be submitted to the
judges.
: 7. Each essay must contain al
least $500 words; each statement
of fact must be supported by au
, thentic references and to each es
say must be appended a bibliogra
ply or list of references used by the
author in supporting the disserta
!, tion or thesis.
s. In judging the essays emphasis
will be placed rather on the mater
ial presented and on the fortificatioI
of statements by references than OF
the method of presentation. How
e ever, due credit will be given tC
2 excellence of diction and structure
l orderly and scientific marshalling o.
facts, and the forceful development
and presentation of argument.
8. The competition for the aca
demic year 1910-11 closes May 8
e 1911. The essays should be mailed
or expressed to Charles S. Penwar
den, II Nassau Street, New Yorl
I City, Secretary of the Society," on ol
e before that date.
10. The judges for the academic
e year 1910-1911 will be announced
at later date.
II. The medals will be awarded
! at the commencement exercises o
4 the Honesdale high school, June 13
= 1911.
}. ~, Below is given a list of avail
a able subjects for the academic year
:. 1910-1911. Special emphasis is plac
n ed on the first three subjects. At
d tention is also called to the fac
e that competitor is not confined t.
e topics proposed in this announce
t ment; but any other subject chosel
a must be within the field indicated
e and must first be approved by tn,
= principal of the high school in whicl
d the competitor is enrolled.
n Available Subjetcs.
/. Early Indian Settlements il
Wayne county.
(a) Causes of the immigration
IS and emigration of the Indians t
d and from Wayne.
5 OBJ Places of habitation, customs
n manners, tribal relations, scheme o
i organization and of council
3 (c) The Chiefs of Sachems
i method of selection, power, etc.