The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-08
PRIZES ARE
AWARDED
FOR ESSAYS


The prizes offered by President Ril
ley Of the Atchlson, Topeka & SAINT;
lie Railway company for essays abou
the value OF the Santa Fe demonstra
ton train from an educational view
point, have been awarded as follows.
First-Lora Roberts, Amarillo, Tex
Second-Harold Payne, Belpre, Kas
Third--Elinor Elder Harper Kas.
Fourth-Wilbert II. Fuller, Emporia
Kas.
Fifth--Lillis Combs, Fowler, Colo.
Sixth-HaZelle Powers, Perry, Okla
Seyenth--Helen Robinson, Holly
Colo.
Elghth-Lida Blanche Dobe, Pueblo
Colo,
Ninth-clarice Brady, Watrous, N
NJ.
Tenth Maurice stubbs, La iunta
Eleventh Blanche sappendeld, stat
| ford, Kas
Twelfth-Gailord smith, Florence
Kas
Thirteenth Ida Casey Trinidad.
Colo
Fourteenth Joe Williams, Usage
City. Kas.
Harold Lentz. lIalstead'
|Kas
sixteentb--Leia English, Macks-
vile. I<as
Seventh Stanley Sharp, Newkirk,
Okla.
ghteenth--Esther Duuham Guth-
RE, Okla.
Honorable Mention--B Bethel Cald.
well. Maramec, Okla, Lucille Soren-
son, Burlngame, Kas, Neva Ritter,
lola Kas.; Edwin PAUL, Pneblo.
Colo; Violet Brown, Las Animas,
Colo; Roy Mcneil, Pueblo, Colo,
Minnie Winters, Princeton. Iias.;
Frank Rlppe, Alya, okla Carl Con
nell Hutchinson. Kas June Wright,
La Lande, n. NJ. Roy Feemister
Hereford, Tex.
The committee on awards was com
posed Of l.. L. Kienne, managing edit
or of the Topeka State Journal; Phil
lip Eastman, managing editor Of the
Topeka Capital and Albert MacRae,
Of Chicago Editor OF the Santa F'e
Employees Magazine
There were written for this contest
D. 1Q2 essays, i'll 372 schools. As ey-
cry school determined its local con
est. only 372 essays We're submitted
% the judges.
This is regarded as the greatest es-
say writing contest on record Pres
dent Ripley authorized a prize Of $50 (
or the best essay: $25 for the second |
md $40 for the third There are fl g I
,rizes of s. each for the essays which
'ank from fourth to eighth inclusive I
md ten prizes of $3.50 each for the /
,ssays rank from ninth to eighteenth /
inclusive The judges said that the
ssays generally were exceptionally /
,ood
The following essay was written by
Miss Esther Dunham, student III
he Logan county high school, who
aptured one of the prizes:
The educational Value of the Santa
re Demonstration Train
The Santa Fe demonstration train
,as sent out obviously to interest the
ublic. to educate it. and to inspire
IS confidence. The train was well 4
dyertised in every place through
thich it passed The main reason
eople went to see it was purely out
t curiosity and to be able to say
nat they had seen the biggest engine
] the world They had no thought
{ much else but to see something
After once investigat-
lg the train and carefully studying
ne explanatory sheet handed them,
aople began to think more about it
First they become more interested
/ the Santa Fe railroad A COM
any that could produce an engine
Ike that must be able to do other
eat things.
Second, it showed the progressive
ess of the company. / once had
acher who said that the world new
: stood still, it either advances or
steriorates. BY this demonstration
ain we are shown concisely the de.
,lopment that has been made IN the