Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-07-25
FORMER OLYMPIA
GIRLS WIN H0N0RS
IN HAWAII CONTEST
Misses Shirley B. Foster and Ber-
nice D. Smith Take First
Two Prizes.
DEFEAT % COMPETITORS.
Price of War" Article Leads in
Arbitration and Peace Es-
say Contest.

say Contest.
First and second prizes in the 1918
international arbitration and peace es-
say contests of the Hawaiian island
schools and colleges were taken by, two
former Olympia girls. Misses Shirley
B. Foster and Bernice d. Smith, ac-
cording to copy of the Honolulu Star
Bulletin received by local friends this
week.
granddaughters of Anson Henry, first
daughters of Anson Henry, the first
surveyor general Of Washington terri
tory. Miss Foster is the granddaugh-
ter of Francis Henry, the author of
"Old Settlers" and Miss Smith is the
daughter of Mrs. Lulu Smith, who
moved to Honolulu with her family
about 10 years ago, after the death of
her husband.
Twenty-four students from the vari-
GUS schools and colleges of the islands
participated in the contest which was
held under the auspices of the Homo
lulu Chamber of Commerce and prob
ably will be made an annual affair.
Both Miss Foster and Miss Smith are
students at the College of Hawaii, Miss
Smith being also graduate of Oahu
college. Miss Foster, who won first
prize. was awarded $40 and Miss Smith
the second prize of $50.
The winning of the two leading
prizes in this contest was q big VIC
tory for the local girls. both of whom
were pupils in the local schools during
their residence here, and has been q
source Of qualification not only to them
but to their many local friends. Miss
Fosters essay. which took first prize,
was entitled: The Price Of War;. and
reads: ESQ
Benjamin Franklin said, There new
er was good war or bad peace" I'VE
might translate this into modern eco
nomics and say simply-War is not q
good bargain, that is. 1t is not worth
Its price. It costs dear, too dear, and
you and / are paying the exorbitant
price. We have all noted with awed
surprise, the cost Of war in dollars,
with its endless caravan of ciphers.
But war does not stop with monopoliz-
ing the wealth Of the world. It de-
mands the energy of thousands Of
men; and more than this 1t saps, drop
by drop, the blood of their veins, the
life blood of the nations. War de-
mands great waste of money and en-
ergy, but its heaviest toll is inhuman
life.
Now comes the question-Who are
the men, for war is q mans affair, who
pay this toll? II they are the weak,
the undesirable, their loss Is not SO
regrettable. But they are not the weak
and undesirable. They are the health
lest, the physically and mentally
soundest, and the bravest, possessing
all those qualities which should be
preserved among people. BY the
time youth Is old enough to be food
for gunpowder, he has usually become
a substantial member of his communi-
ty. If he is capable Of meeting the re-
quirements of an officer, he must have
strength and vitality. II he volunteers
his services, he must have courage.
Like panic, plague, pestilence, or any
other calamity, war calls forth the
hero who offers up his life as q sacri.
fee to the benefit of his fellow men.
War, then, which means the slaugh-
tering and wedding out of the best
men, can result only in the degenera-
tion of population and its ultimate
collapse. When two populations en-
gage in warfare, the choice. the elite
Of each country is represented in the
battle line. Whether the final outcome
Is conquest or defeat, the result Is the
same-the best men these countries
have been capable Of producing have
been killed off, and there remains for
the rebuilding Of the nation. the wom-
en-, children and those men who are
too old or weak to enter the army.
This process has only to be carried out
long enough end persistently enough
to entirely eradicate from both sides,
the type of men to whom, alone, we
can look for the conservation of vrility,
vigor and hardihood. The destruction
of the strong, and the preservation of
the weak played no small part in the
decay and fall of the Roman empire.
centuries devoted mainly to military
activity. She wished to live by con-
quest and now we find her oversup-
piled with tin soldiers" and lacking
men. In one year, 1913, 100000 men
were demanded of France and were de-
livered. Multiplying this number by
several generations and the loss be-
comes over 100000 Think what that