Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-06
AMARILLO GIRL IS
WINNER OF FIRST
ESSAY PRIZE
LOra Roberts, of Lone Star
State, Wrote Best Compost
ton on Santa Fe Demon
stration Train.

To a girl of Amarillo, Texas. goes
the FIRST prize In the essay contest,
In which the demonstration train run
over the Santa Re system several
months ago, and which was Ia Albu-
qnerque two days, was the subject
The name OF the Amarillo girl Is LOra
Roberts. Clarice Brady Of Watrous,
~ NJ. received the ninth out OF Is
prizes, June Wright OF La Lande, n.
NJ, received honorable mention along
with a dozen other youngsters. AL
though many compositions we're sent
In from Albuquerque none OF them
was judged worthy OF a prize. The
prizes for the winning essays about
the demonstration train, which were
given by President r. p. Ripley Of the
Santa Fe. go 20 the following young
persons:
First--Lora Roberts, Amarillo, Tex.
Second--Iiarold Payne. Beipre, Kan.
Thlrd-ElinOr Elder. Harper, Kan.
Fourth-'Wilbert u. Fuller. Emporia.
Kan.
Fifih-Lillis Combs, Fowler. Colo.
SiXth--lIazelle Powers. Perry okla
Seventh-Iielen Robinson, Holly,
Cole
Eighth-Lida Blanche Robe. Pueblo,
Colo
Nlnth--Clarice Brady, watrous. n.
M
! Tenth-Mamic G. subbs. la Iunta,
/ Colo
Eleventh 49, Blanche sappenheld,
/ Stafford, Kan.
Twelfth-Gallord smith, Florence,
/ Kan.
Thlrteenth--Ida Casey. Trinidad,
Colo.
F'ourteenth--Joe Williams, Usage
/ City. Kan.
Flfteenth-Harold Lentz, Halstead
] Kan.
slxteenth-Leila English, Macks
vile. Kan.
seventeenth--sta Stanley sharp. New
kirk. Okla.
( Eighteenth-Esther Durham. Guth-
RE, OKLA
Honorable Mention-.Bethel Cald-
well Maramee. Okla: Lucille Soren-
son, Burlingame, Kan: Neya Ritter
lola, Kan; Edwin PAUL, Pueblo. Colo.
Violet Brown, Las Animas, Colo: Roy
Mcneil. Pueblo. Colo: Minnie Win.
tiers, Princeton. Kan. Frank Ripe
Alvap Okla; Carl Connell. Hutchinson
Kan. June Wright, La Lande, ~ NJ.
Roy Feemister, Hereford. Tex
The committee on awards was com
posed of L. l.. kieune, managing edi-
tor of the Topeka State Journal: Phil.
lip Eastman, damaging editor OF the
Topeka Capital and Albert MacRae
OF Chicago. editor 81 the santa 10
Employees Magazine
There were written for this contest
5,i02 essays. Ia 372 schools A.
every school determined It's local con-
test. only 372 essays were submitted
to the Judges.
This Is regarded as She greatest es
say writing contest On record. PRIEST
dent Ripley authorized n prize of So
for The best essay: $25 for the soconl
and $40 for the third There are
five prizes OF s. each for the essays
which rank from fourth to eight In
elusive and ten prizes OF $3.50 eacl
Tor the essays which rank from ninth
TO eighteenth Inclusive The judges
said that the essays generally wee
exceptionally good
Commenting on the character OF
the essays, j. +. farrell. publicity
agent OF the santa F'e, who arranged
the details Of the contest, said The
TACT developed In the contest that
the school teachers over tho country
have adopted the newspaper style oil
English and are teaching u to theiI
pupils. The teachers may not realize
IL, but that Is the case, just the sane
The contestants, as a rule got down
to their subject without any Of the
preliminary 'nne writing common Ia
the old style Of English EXPIRE sion
Most OF the essays submitted werC
without frils Short, crisp, sentences
were used, statements were not re-
peated, and he writers quit when
they had nothing further TO say. They
had been trained OF course, along
these general lines The mdgen. who
! are practical Newspaper men. said the
ESSAYS read as n they had been writ
. ten by trained reporters which. 10
my opinion, is the highest compliment
that can be paid theso young writer's.
Miss l.ora Roberts, winner of the
fret prize, is q student in the tenth
! grade high school building, Amarillo
Texas. s, N Byid. superintendent OF
! the city schools of Amarillo, speaks
In highest terms of her work. She IS
rs years old
Harold Pagno, simmer OF the second
prize, rs a senior IN the high school
az Belpre, Kan.
Miss Elnog Eder winner OF tho
, third prize is a senior In the high
school at Harper Kan,
The essay by Miss LOra Roberts
, iirst prize winner follows:
The Value Of the Demonstration Train
, From an educational Viewpoint.
Advancement IN railroading has
been phenomenal The Santa Fe
demonstration tain, which was seen
In Amarillo s0me tine ago, gives us
an excellent .iea Of the progress made
during the last 50 years. Il showed
the conyenlonces, the laboraaving de-
vices. enluremsnt OF rolling stock
and improvements In appliances that
make for geator safety. comfort and
onectlyones These are the result Of
thought inyHntlon, ana experiment:
they represent De labor and intelli-
gence OF many iion, each contributing
and each buldiig upon the contrlbu-
lions OF tAC others.
Much of lis country would be use
less III ,hcrD wdfe no railroads only
future blefnr. al rcyeui how much an