Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-01-12
PRIZE WINNING ESSAYS ABOUT
THE DEMONSTRATION TRAIN.

PRIZE WINNING ESSAYS ABOUT
THE DEMONSTRATION TRAIN.
TIE prizes offered by President Riu
by OF the Atch'son. Topeka & San a
F+ Railway company for essays abo,,
The value OF the Sara Fe denonstra-
ION trafn from an educa ,9oua vj,w.
pon-, have been awarded as follows;
Fts-Lora Rober 5. Amarillo. Tex
SsooIh-Haroid Payne Bstpue, Kan.
Thi'd-Elror Elder. Harper Kans.
FoEtd-Wflber H. Fuller, Bmpora
! Kars.
FfN-LaTs Combs, Fowler. Colo.
sm1a-HazalIe Powers, Perry. Okla.
Sevenfh-Heien Robinson, Holy.
Colo.
Bghh-Lita Bl,nohe Roe, Pusb,o,
C1to.
N'nth-Cl2u'ce Brady, Warous.N
} Mex.
Tenth-MaTd;e C. Stu5ts, La Jun,a
Colo.
Elsvenh-Blanehe Sappen3ald, Stsr
ford Ka2s.
Twelfh-Gallord Smith, Floneuoe,
Kans.
Thneanth-Ida Casey, Trinidad.
Cobb.
FoTtaanh-Joe wryams, Usage
ely, KsAs.
Fftean;h-HaroId Lentz. HaIstead,
Kan.
SixteanrA-Lela English, Macks-
vil9e, Hams.
SeVantsan1h-Stauley Sharp. New
Kirk. Okla.
Blghaaam.h-Es her Durham, Guth-
RE. Okla.
Honorable Mentton-Bethel Caldwell
Maramla, Okla; Lucille So1anson, Bur.
lingame, Kan; Neva Ritter, Lola Kan;
Edwin Paul. Pueblo, Colo; viols.
Brown Las Arllnes, Cob; Roy. Nc
NallL Pueblo, Coo; Minnie Winters
Prlaoeaon. Kan; Frank Ripple, Alya
Okla; Carl Connell, Hutchinson, Kan:
June Wright. La Lande, n. Mex; Roy
Feam,star, Hereford, Tex.
The committee on awards was CON-
posed Of l.. L. KienGe, managing ed
ter Of the Topeka State journal; Phil
~ Eastman, managing ei[tOr of tie
Topeka Capital, and Albert McRae, of
Chicago, editor of the Santa Fe En-
plOyas Magazine.
There were written for this con-
eSt 5,1O2 e-slgs, in S72 schools. AS
eesS' school de larmhnad its local con-
70 qae TG 372 essays were submi.ted
This is res.
say writing cooled as the greatest es-
DENT Ripley authO< on record. Presi-
for the best essay; va prize Of $50
Ond, and $40 for the THU. TOR the sec
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five prizes of s. each for 3bere are
which rank from fourth to s,pbsays
elusive and Ten prizes Of $3.50 eso.
= fer the essays which rank from ninth
eighteenth inclusive. The judges
ISaO bat the essays generally an were
e1ceSno sIly good.
CommeD H on hte character of
the essays, 70 Janell, publicity agent
Of the SANTA Fl no arranged the
"details of the cone said: "The
fact developed i'm then apsest that
the school teachers over A Acounty
have adopted the newspaper j n of
English and are teaching it to No
PUPILS. The teachers may not realze'
H. but that is the case, Just
Vne same. The contestants, as a rule.
got down to their subject without any
The preliminary "fine wrtingn com.
m i'm the old style of English ex.
.eSslon. Most Of the essays were
@lohout frills. Short, crisp sentences.
We're used statements were not re.
pea1ed and the writer's quit -wbep(
'1ey had nothing further TO say. They
mad been trained, Of course. alAL
0NeSe general Lines. The id NsOY
are practical newspaper men, sA&e
essays read as il they ha6Nbkeu
written by trained reporters, Which,
In my opinion is the ! ghest com.
AHem." NN' young
g on NtHs bOua obsrANfner MN
the prize. Is . Stu(4i in the TM
\HShHShOH S5Athg, AwkEAlo 4
from M. Nperlntendea) Of 4
!, mt OF sOu,chOOls CfAmaulllo, speaks s
II anu ppepp..ttsps Of her work. She As
ms mi.e cd ON. ~ @ q
,rlng all to be wtAAQcfthe seco,eSe
hot
s way to serve Ter. rhnna2 nlNthA Q